Nothing Else Matters (track)
by Metallica
Nothing Else Matters appears on the following album(s) by Metallica:
- Metallica (track #8) (this album) (1991)
- Live Shit: Binge And Purge (track #16) (1993)
- Through The Never (track #13) (2013)
- Orgullo, Pasión, Y Gloria: Tres Noches En La Ciudad De México (track #15) (2009)
- Live In Las Vegas May 9, 2015 (track #17) (2015)
- Too Heavy 4 Halftime: February 6, 2016 (track #20) (2016)
- Helping Hands... Live & Acoustic At The Masonic (track #8) (2019)
- March 2, 2004 Phoenix, AZ, America West Arena (track #15) (2004)
- Fan Can 2 (track #5) (1997)
- S&M (track #13) (1999)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/06/2026 21:19 |  travelful | 13,799 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 18:32 | spinout | 41,906 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 20:13 | Siromynian | 20,223 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.5/100, a mean average of 88.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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Goliath 11/02/2018 15:51 | #223730
Wow, Metalica sing about love instead of the usual suicide, death, loneliness etc. Great track. (Edited)
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2012 22:43 | #57708
One of Metallica's softest songs. Definitely the ballad that no one ever expected to hear Metallica write. However, it's an excellent song with a great guitar solo and some of Hetfield's most emotional vocal performances.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/13/2016 17:05 | #174910
A truly beautiful song especially with the string arrangement. Very ballsy of them to put it on the album.
I LOVE this one. probably my favorite on the album. I guess thats a cliche thing to say based on the ratings, but this track is amazing. I love the way they incoporated strings and brass, and the guitars seem to just like, wash over the track. It's like a good hot shower.
The devil's advocate in me wishes the guitar solo at the end was a bit longer, but this is still a classic Metallica song.
