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Why this album mattered
Load (1996) is a Metallica album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It peaked at #1 and spent 4 weeks at #1 across 98 total chart weeks. Major singles from the album include "Until It Sleeps".
The music
- 1
Ain’t My Bitch
- 2
2 X 4
- 3
The House Jack Built
4 Until It Sleeps
5 King Nothing
6 Hero of the Day
- 7
Bleeding Me
- 8
Cure
- 9
Poor Twisted Me
- 10
Wasting My Hate
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Jun 22, 1996#1
- Jun 29#1
- Jul 6#1
- Jul 13#1
- Jul 20#2
- Jul 27#3
- Aug 3#4
- Aug 10#4
- Aug 17#8
- Aug 24#10
- Aug 31#9
- Sep 7#10
- Sep 14#15
- Sep 21#13
- Sep 28#19
- Oct 5#18
- Oct 12#22
- Oct 19#25
- Oct 26#27
- Nov 2#27
- Nov 9#31
- Nov 16#37
- Nov 23#42
- Nov 30#40
- Dec 7#46
- Dec 14#52
- Dec 21#47
- Dec 28#47
- 1997
- Jan 4, 1997#38
- Jan 11#37
- Jan 18#43
- Jan 25#43
- Feb 1#50
- Feb 8#44
- Feb 15#36
- Feb 22#38
- Mar 1#43
- Mar 8#45
- Mar 15#48
- Mar 22#47
- Mar 29#50
- Apr 5#52
- Apr 12#49
- Apr 19#49
- Apr 26#55
- May 3#63
- May 10#70
- May 17#71
- May 24#78
- May 31#82
- Jun 7#86
- Jun 14#86
- Jun 21#88
- Jun 28#82
- Jul 5#86
- Jul 12#87
- Jul 19#90
- Jul 26#89
- Aug 2#92
- Aug 9#86
- Aug 16#98
- Aug 23#96
- Aug 30#102
- Sep 6#102
- Sep 13#111
- Sep 20#113
- Sep 27#118
- Oct 4#120
- Oct 11#121
- Oct 18#134
- Oct 25#131
- Nov 1#130
- Nov 8#132
- Nov 15#145
- Nov 22#149
- Nov 29#141
- Dec 6#115
- Dec 13#144
- Dec 20#146
- Dec 27#138
- 1998
- Jan 3, 1998#141
- Jan 10#138
- Jan 17#137
- Jan 24#157
- Jan 31#163
- Feb 7#158
- Feb 14#161
- Feb 21#160
- Feb 28#163
- Mar 7#163
- Mar 14#176
- Mar 21#175
- Mar 28#174
- Apr 4#173
- Apr 11#173
- Apr 18#177
- Apr 25#185
- May 2#184
A rocket up the chart — jumping 26 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #1 at its peak, stayed at #1 for 4 weeks and slid down the chart across 98 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
- Until It SleepsMetallica
- Hot 100 peak
- #10
- Weeks on chart
- 20
Highest peak · Longest-running single · First charting singleOpen song journey → - Hero Of The DayMetallica
- Hot 100 peak
- #60
- Weeks on chart
- 18
Open song journey → - King NothingMetallica
- Hot 100 peak
- #90
- Weeks on chart
- 8
Final charting singleOpen song journey →
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