

Songwriter/s: James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich The video was uploaded to Metallica’s YouTube channel in October 2009, and as of December 2019, it has over 688.7 million views with almost 2.5 million likes. The music video is fairly simples, featuring clips of the band playing the song during the recording process of their album. The music video for “Nothing Else Matters” premiered on MTV on the 26th Feburary 1992 and was directed by Adam Dubin and edited by Sean Fullan. That solidified, I think, that we were doing the right thing, writing form the heart about what we felt, and you can’t go wrong that way.” In a 2016 interview with from Metal Hammer, former Metallica bassist Jason Newstead spoke about the impact “Nothing Else Matters” head on the metal genre and their futures as musicians. It’s quite amazing, it’s a true testament to honesty and exposing yourself, putting your real self out there, and taking the risk, taking a gamble that someone’s either going to step on your heart with spikes on or they’re going to put their heart right next to it, and you never know until you try. In a 2012 interview with The Village Voice, Hetfield spoke about the intention of the track, its meanings and how it came to be: “It was a song for myself in my room on tour when I was bumming out about being away from home.

“Nothing Else Matters” is a ballad about being honest with your feelings and expressing them. Written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich from the band, the track was released in April 1992 and is one of Metallica’s most well-known and popular songs. “Nothing Else Matters” is the eighth track from American rock band Metallica and their 1991 self-titled album.
