"Sweating Bullets" is a song by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released in 1993 as the third single from their fifth album, Countdown to Extinction. The song charted at #27 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and at #26 in the UK.
It is featured in the 2009 video game Guitar Hero 5.
There is also UK Promo CD which has only "Sweating Bullets (Anxiety Mix)" and "Symphony of Destruction (Gristle Edit Mix)".
Track list:
Sweating Bullets05:04
Sweating Bullets05:02
Ashes in Your Mouth06:33
Countdown to Extinction04:24
Total Time: 21:03
Recording information:
Tracks 2-4 recorded live on December 4th, 1992 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.
"Skin o' My Teeth" is the fourth single from American thrash metal band Megadeth's multi-platinum album Countdown to Extinction.
The song, written by Dave Mustaine, deals with the theme of a suicide attempt, similar to the origin of the phrase skin of my teeth, where the commentator narrowly escapes death.
This song was played in the Argentina concert that would appear on the DVD That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires, but did not make it into the final cut for the DVD. It appears in the iTunes version of the concert. This song was later played in the San Diego concert and appears in the corresponding DVD Blood in the Water: Live in San Diego. The song was also played on June 22, 2010, included in the live DVD The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria.
The song also appears in the Greatest Hits: Back to the Start compilation of 2005 and Anthology: Set the World Afire compilation of 2008.
A drum sample from this song appears in the Pendulum track "Another Planet" on the album Hold Your Colour.
This was the song used for Megadeth's oldest fan Owen Brown's funeral procession.
Track listing
7" Skin o' My Teeth (UK) [with Megadeth Game Board] :-
"Skin o' My Teeth"
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" (General Schwarzkopf Mix)
10" Skin o' My Teeth (UK) [with Megadeth Game Pieces] :-
"Skin o' My Teeth"
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" (General Schwarzkopf Mix)
"High Speed Dirt" (live)
"Mustaine Remarks on Megadeth Game"
CD Skin o' My Teeth (UK) [with Megadeth Game Spin Disc] :-
"Skin o' My Teeth"
"Lucretia" (live)
"Skin o' My Teeth" (live)
CD Skin o' My Teeth (UK) [with Megadeth Game Pass Disc] :-
"Skin o' My Teeth"
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" (General Schwarzkopf Mix)
"High Speed Dirt" (live)
(Live tracks were recorded at the Music Theatre, Alpine Valley, Wisconsin, May 23, 1992)
"Hangar 18" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth from the 1990 album Rust in Peace. UFO conspiracy theories, or possibly Hangar 18, the 1980 film based on those theories, inspired drummer Nick Menza to write the lyrics. Shortly thereafter, frontman Dave Mustaine composed the bulk of the music. The intro is a rapidly strummed version of the D minor arpeggio that Mustaine wrote for the Metallica instrumental track "The Call of Ktulu", which was the final Metallica song for which he was given writing credit. Hangar 18 is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, and it is speculated that an alien aircraft was brought there from Roswell in 1947. The song reached number #25 on the Irish Singles Chart, also reached number #26 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is also particular in that the bass uses a different tuning from the two lead guitars, the bass being in Drop D while the guitars are in standard tuning.
A sequel to this song called "Return to Hangar" was included on Megadeth's ninth album The World Needs a Hero. It tells the fictional story of the life-forms said to be contained in Hangar 18 coming back to life and killing those inside the building before escaping.
"Hangar 18" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 1992 Grammy Awards, but lost to Metallica's self-titled album. It won a Concrete Foundations Award for Top Radio Cut at the 1991 Foundations Forum.
The "Hangar 18" video is themed after the song's lyrical concept. It depicts the torture of aliens and, at the end, shows all the band members in freezing chambers. The video was shot in San Pedro, Los Angeles at a Water & Power building. Coincidentally, the band would film the video for "Crush 'Em" on this same site nine years later. An edited version of "Hangar 18" is typically shown on MTV2 which has the song length cut down drastically. During the intro to the video the song "Dawn Patrol" from the Rust in Peace album can be heard in the background.
"Hangar 18" since its launch has had few covers sung by other artists, most of all, included in those tribute albums to the band. The group Fairlight covered the song on the albums of various artists Megaded: A Tribute to Megadeth in 1999 and This Is the News! The Megadeth Tribute in 2007. The Metal Allstars covered the song from album Megadeth Tribute in 2007. The String Tribute Players also covered the song in 2009 from album Megadeth String Tribute. The band DeadXheaD has also covered the song. The bands Necropolis, Deathinition, Lateralis, Rust in Beer, Rattledeth and Dirty Black covered the song live. A cover version was featured in the video games Guitar Hero II and Band Fuse.
The "Hangar 18" video is referenced in the Duck Dodgers episode "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock", where title character resurrects Dave Mustaine (played by himself) from a freezing chamber to play enough heavy metal to overload an evil device.
An Easter egg in the computer game Deus Ex: Human Revolution contains the phrases of this song along with a mention of "Hangar 18".
The song appeared as a downloadable track for the Rock Band series and Guitar Hero 2 in addition to appearing as a playable track in Guitar Hero Live.
The song was referenced in The Simpsons episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", where soldiers enter Hangar 18 itself, the alien inside the Hangar also references Megadeth for it is holding a green gem (named the "Prober") similar to the album cover in Megadeth's Rust in Peace, where Vic Rattlehead, the band's mascot, is seen holding the gem.
Track listing
US CD single (C2 15662)
"Hangar 18" (AOR Edit) – 3:17
"Hangar 18" (LP Version) – 5:14
"The Conjuring" (Live) – 5:06
"Hook in Mouth" (Live) – 4:28
• Live tracks recorded at Wembley Stadium, London, England on October 14, 1990.
UK 12" LP single (12CLG 604)
"Hangar 18" – 5:11
"Hangar 18" (Live) – 5:14
"The Conjuring" (Live) – 5:06
"Hook in Mouth" (Live) – 4:28
• Live tracks recorded at Wembley Stadium, London, England on October 14, 1990.
Comes with a Megadeth patch.
There are also two promotional versions of this single.
UK Promo 12" has three versions of "Hangar 18" (album version, MJ12 Edit, live at Wembley Stadium) and USA Promo CD has LP version and AOR edit of the title track.
