Stone Cold Crazy by Metallica Song Info
"Stone Cold Crazy" is a song from the band Queen from their 1974 album "Sheer Heart Attack." Metallica covered the song as their contribution to the 1990 compilation album "Rubáiyát – Elektra's 40th Anniversary. This cover version was later used as a B-side of their "Enter Sandman" single and subsequently won a Grammy Award; it also appeared on their covers/b-sides album Garage Inc. The Metallica version of the song is more aggressive than the original; they also slightly altered the lyrics, adding two uses of the word "F**k" and changing the more humorous lines for more violent lyrics, such as "walking down the street/shooting people that I meet/with my fully loaded tommy gun". James Hetfield once sang it together with Queen & Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame (singing Metallica's altered lyrics) at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Metallica also played the song as an encore during their 1991-'93 Black Album tour; it appears on the live CD Live S**t: Binge & Purge. Hellyeah played Metallica's version of Stone Cold Crazy on the 2007 Family Values Tour, sometimes referring to it under the title "Stone Cold Wasted".
