Editing Nothing Else Matters

{{short description|1992 single by Metallica}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Nothing Else Matters
| cover         = Metallica - Nothing Else Matters cover.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Metallica]]
| album         = [[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]
| B-side        = *"[[Enter Sandman]]" (live)
| released      = {{Start date|1992|04|20}}
| recorded      = May 30, 1991
| studio        = One on One, [[North Hollywood, California]]
| genre         = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| length        = 6:28
| label         = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| composer      = *[[James Hetfield]]
*[[Lars Ulrich]]
| lyricist      = James Hetfield
| producer      = *[[Bob Rock]]
*James Hetfield
*Lars Ulrich
| prev_title    = [[The Unforgiven (song)|The Unforgiven]]
| prev_year     = 1991
| next_title    = [[Wherever I May Roam]]
| next_year     = 1992
| misc          = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|id=tAGnKpE4NCI|title="Nothing Else Matters"}}}}
}}

"'''Nothing Else Matters'''" is a [[power ballad]]  by American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]].<ref name="powerballad">{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2018 |title=Top 10 Power Ballads That Don't Suck |url=https://loudwire.com/10-power-ballads-dont-suck/ |access-date=March 16, 2023 |website=[[Loudwire]] |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926233806/https://loudwire.com/10-power-ballads-dont-suck/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was released in 1992 as the third single from their self-titled fifth studio album, ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]''. The song peaked at number 11 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Album Rock Tracks]] chart, number six on the [[UK Singles Chart]], number one in Denmark, and reached the top ten on many other European charts. Recognized as one of Metallica's best known and most popular songs, it has become a staple in live performances.

==History==
Lead singer and rhythm guitarist [[James Hetfield]] wrote the song (credited to Hetfield/Ulrich)<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |title=Metallica - Metallica |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/metallica-mw0000311315 |website=Allmusic.com |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=March 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305132019/https://www.allmusic.com/album/metallica-mw0000311315 |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1990 while on tour, when Hetfield "was bumming out about being away from home."<ref name="Village Voice">{{cite web |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/06/22/james-hetfield-and-kirk-hammett-look-back-on-metallicas-black-album/ |title=James Hetfield And Kirk Hammett Look Back On Metallica's Black Album |last=Steffen |first=Chris |website=[[The Village Voice]] |date=June 22, 2012 |access-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101055816/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/06/metallica_black_album_interview.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> Initially, the song was not meant to be released, as Hetfield had written it for himself, but after drummer [[Lars Ulrich]] heard it, it was considered for the album.<ref name="Village Voice"/> Hetfield initially had reservations about presenting the song to the band: "I thought that Metallica could only be the four of us. These are songs about destroying things, head banging, bleeding for the crowd, whatever it is, as long as it wasn't about chicks and fast cars, even though that's what we liked. The song was about a girlfriend at the time. It turned out to be a pretty big song."<ref name="Metal Hammer">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-metallicas-nothing-else-matters |title=Metallica's Nothing Else Matters: the story behind the song |last=Hobson |first=Rich |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924234917/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-metallicas-nothing-else-matters |url-status=live }}</ref> It was one of four demo songs recorded by the band on August 13, 1990.<ref name="Metal Hammer"/>

==Composition==
{{Original research section|date=May 2020}} 
Its intro is an E minor [[arpeggio]] (transposed one half-step lower on stage performances) beginning with the open low E followed by the open G, B and high E strings.

It is one of the few Metallica songs in which Hetfield plays the guitar solo. Lead guitarist [[Kirk Hammett]] does not play on the studio recording, making it one of the few in the whole Metallica repertoire, along with [[Cliff Burton]]'s "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth", in which he does not appear.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Epstein |first1=Dan |title=Metallica's Black Album: 10 Things You Didn't Know |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/metallicas-black-album-10-things-you-didnt-know-252307/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813073217/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/metallicas-black-album-10-things-you-didnt-know-252307/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Hammett stated he did not learn how to play the song until they were well into the tour for the album.

The orchestral arrangements were written by award-winning composer [[Michael Kamen]].

==Music video==
The music video premiered on [[MTV]] on February 26, 1992.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} It was directed by [[Adam Dubin]] and edited by Sean Fullan. The clip consists of parts of the ''[[A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica]]'' documentary, which was shot during the recordings of ''Metallica''.<ref name="Mamo">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/nothing-else-matters-metallica-billion-views-youtube-9611078/ |title=Metallica Scores First Entry in YouTube's Billion Views Club |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=August 5, 2021 |access-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235731/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/nothing-else-matters-metallica-billion-views-youtube-9611078/ |url-status=live }}</ref> One of them shows Hetfield playing a [[Gibson EDS-1275]] guitar during the second chorus. MTV will not air the video during daytime hours anymore because it features nudity in the form of pin-up posters and ''[[Playboy]]'' centerfolds that are taped up in the studio. It also has a picture of [[Winger (band)|Winger]]'s [[Kip Winger]] which Ulrich is seen throwing darts at. On the band's 2006 music video compilation DVD, the posters are censored, as was done with the nudity featured in the music videos for "[[Turn the Page (Bob Seger song)#Covers|Turn the Page]]" and "[[Whiskey in the Jar]]".

In August 2021, the music video hit one billion views on YouTube, making it Metallica's first music video to do so.<ref name="Mamo"/>

==Live==
The song has become a staple in Metallica's live performances, and has been dedicated to their fans.{{cn|date=February 2023}} 

A live version in which this can be heard can be found on the CD/DVD ''[[Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México]]''. Other live recordings can be found on ''[[Live Shit: Binge & Purge]]'', on ''[[S&M (Metallica album)|S&M]]'', [[Cunning Stunts (video)|''Cunning Stunts'']] DVD, the DVD/[[Blu-ray]] ''[[The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria]]'' as well as on the soundtrack for the band's [[Metallica Through the Never|feature film ''Through the Never'']], and also featured on 2019 ''S&M'' follow-up live album, ''[[S&M2]]''.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|headline = U.S. cassette
|title1   = Nothing Else Matters
|length1  = 6:30
|title2   = [[Enter Sandman]]
|note2    = Live
|length2  = 5:26
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = International single
|title1   = Nothing Else Matters
|length1  = 6:30
|title2   = Enter Sandman
|note2    = Live
|length2  = 5:26
|title3   = [[Harvester of Sorrow]]
|note3    = Live
|length3  = 6:02
|title4   = Nothing Else Matters
|note4    = Demo 
|length4  = 5:52
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = ''Live at Wembley Stadium, London, April 20, 1992''
|title1   = Enter Sandman
|length1  = 5:39
|title2   = [[Sad but True]]
|length2  = 5:30
|title3   = Nothing Else Matters
|length3  = 6:17
}}

* This version was released in Europe April 27, 1992,<ref>[http://www.metallica.com/releases/live-at-wembley-stadium.asp Live at Wembley Stadium release date] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303193826/http://www.metallica.com/releases/live-at-wembley-stadium.asp |date=March 3, 2013 }}</ref> and it contained the three songs Metallica played at the [[Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] on April 20, 1992, at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].

{{Track listing
|headline = 1999 CD single
|title1   = Nothing Else Matters
|note1    = Live
|length1  = 6:47
|title2   = [[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]
|note2    = Live
|length2  = 4:52
|title3   = - Human
|note3    = Live
|length3  = 4:19
|title4   = Nothing Else Matters
|note4    = Video
}}

==Personnel==
* [[James Hetfield]] – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
* [[Jason Newsted]] – bass guitar
* [[Lars Ulrich]] – drums

'''Additional personnel'''
* [[Michael Kamen]] – orchestral arrangement
* [[Bob Rock]] - production

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1992–1993)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|8|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|41|chartid=2116|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}
|-
|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-06-20.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=25|page=16|date=June 20, 1992|accessdate=March 22, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318041203/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-06-20.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref name="l">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-06-06.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=16|issue=20|page=10|date=June 6, 1992|access-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name="Pennanan">Pennanen, Timo. ''[http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/mau-mem.html Sisältää hitin: levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972]''. Otava Publishing Company Ltd, 2003. {{ISBN|951-1-21053-X}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
{{single chart|France|10|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|9|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters|songid=2454|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}
|-
|Holland Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-05-09.pdf|title=National Market Airplay – Holland|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=16|issue=26|page=19|date=May 9, 1992|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=Nothing Else Matters|accessdate=December 24, 2020}}
|-
|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-06-06.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=23|page=21|date=June 6, 1992|access-date=November 23, 2019|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318041209/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-06-06.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|5|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|4|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=metallica+nothing+else+matters&pg=PA48|title=Hits of the World – Spain|date=June 20, 1992|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=48|accessdate=May 10, 2017|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318041613/https://books.google.com/books?id=qRAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=metallica+nothing+else+matters&pg=PA48|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|14|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|6|artist=Metallica|artistid=24423|access-date=March 30, 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|34|artist=Metallica}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|11|artist=Metallica}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1999–2000)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Austria|6|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|14|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2007–2010)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Denmark|23|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Finland|14|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Ireland3|28|artist=Metallica|access-date=January 24, 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|3|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|12|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|53|artist=Metallica|artistid=24423|access-date=March 30, 2025}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2012–2022)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|18|year=2022|week=11|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|France|162|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|40|artist=Metallica|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1992)
!Position
|-
|Australia (ARIA)<ref name=aria>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/CZuarGp.png|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1992 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 152)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|access-date=October 13, 2016|archive-date=October 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013215751/http://i.imgur.com/CZuarGp.png|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|69
|-
|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1992|title=Jaaroverzichten 1992|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216145206/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1992|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|34
|-
|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1992|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1992|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509002247/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1992|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|26
|-
|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1992|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1992|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322013942/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1992|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1992&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1992|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216015223/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1992&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|21
|-
|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp92singlar.htm|title=Årstopplistan 1992, Singlar|publisher=Grammotex|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010225021610/http://www.grammotex.se/topp92singlar.htm|archive-date=February 25, 2001|access-date=April 7, 2025}}</ref>
|align="center"|71
|-
|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1992|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=August 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822102631/http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1992|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|US Album Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Top Album Rock Tracks|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=104|issue=52|page=YE-42|date=December 26, 1992}}</ref>
|align="center"|39
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2000)
!Position
|-
|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2000|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2000|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233444/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2000&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|31
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2008)
!Position
|-
|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2008|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2008|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805110821/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|100
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=7|relyear=1992|certyear=2024|access-date=March 8, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|access-date=January 2, 2012|relyear=1992|certyear=2000}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|certyear=2014|relyear=1992}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|certyear=2024|relyear=1992}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|award=Platinum|number=2|id=12607|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|access-date=July 5, 2023|relyear=1992|certyear=2023|certmonth=6}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Gold|number=3|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|certyear=2023|relyear=1992|access-date=September 25, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|relyear=1992|certyear=2018|access-date=August 16, 2022|id=10017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=4|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|relyear=1992|source=radioscope|access-date=2024-12-30|certyear=2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|accessdate=March 19, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|certyear=2000|relyear=1992|source=artist|access-date=June 12, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|access-date=May 21, 2021|relyear=1992|certyear=2021|id=13197-2158-1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Metallica|title=Nothing Else Matters|access-date=November 13, 2019|relyear=1992|certyear=2012}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Alternative versions==

==="Nothing Else Matters '99"===
{{Infobox song
| name          = Nothing Else Matters '99 (live)
| cover         = Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (live) cover.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Metallica]]
| album         = [[S&M (Metallica album)|S&M]]
| B-side        = *[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|"For Whom the Bell Tolls"]] (''S&M'' version)
*"- Human"
| released      = {{Start date|1999|11|22}}
| recorded      = April 21–22, 1999
| venue         = [[Berkeley Community Theatre]], [[Berkeley, California]]
| genre         = <!--Please source genres.-->
| length        = {{Duration|6:47}}
| label         = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| writer        = *[[James Hetfield]]
*[[Lars Ulrich]]
| producer      = *[[Bob Rock]]
*James Hetfield
*Lars Ulrich
*[[Michael Kamen]]
| prev_title    = [[Die, Die My Darling#Metallica version|Die, Die My Darling]]
| prev_year     = 1999
| next_title    = [[No Leaf Clover]]
| next_year     = 2000
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[San Francisco Symphony]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title =
 | prev_year  =
 | title      = Nothing Else Matters '99
 | year       = 1999
 | next_title = [[No Leaf Clover]]
 | next_year  = 2000
}}
}}

For its appearance on ''[[S&M (Metallica album)|S&M]]'', its orchestration was arranged by [[Michael Kamen]] conducting the [[San Francisco Symphony Orchestra]]. This live version is featured on the album ''[[S&M (Metallica album)|S&M]]''. It was also released as the single "Nothing Else Matters '99", which included the b-sides "-Human", and the ''S&M'' version of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", on November 22, 1999.<ref>[http://www.metallica.com/releases/nothing-else-matters-s-and-m.asp Nothing Else Matters '99 release date] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115080951/http://www.metallica.com/releases/nothing-else-matters-s-and-m.asp |date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref> This version was also played with guitars tuned to E♭.

====Charts====

'''Weekly charts'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1999)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|28|artist=Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|33|artist=Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|2|artist=Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|song=Nothing Else Matters|songid=4073}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|5|artist=Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|song=Nothing Else Matters}}
|}

'''Year-end charts'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2000)
!Position
|-
|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2000|title=Jaaroverzichten 2000|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116024532/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2000|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2000|publisher=Music & Media|access-date=September 12, 2022|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615122244/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|42
|-
|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2000|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509005435/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2000|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2000|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=January 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108052719/http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2000|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2000&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2000|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018035306/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2000&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |title=Swiss year-end chart |publisher=swisscharts.com |year=2000 |url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2000 |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-date=December 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214233110/http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2000 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|}

==="Elevator Version"===
There is also an acoustic remix of "Nothing Else Matters" that is called "Elevator Version", with no electric guitars (replaced by acoustic guitars, even for the solo), Kamen's orchestrations, and Hetfield's voice only; it appears as the B-side to "[[Sad but True]]".

===''Jungle Cruise'' version===
An instrumental version of "Nothing Else Matters" appears on the soundtrack of the 2021 film ''[[Jungle Cruise (film)|Jungle Cruise]]''. The band collaborated with the film's composer [[James Newton Howard]] to record a new orchestral arrangement of the song for the film.<ref name=jungle>{{cite magazine |title=Hear Metallica's Disney-fied 'Nothing Else Matters' Redux for 'Jungle Cruise' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-metallicas-disney-fied-nothing-else-matters-redux-for-jungle-cruise-1205231/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731173755/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-metallicas-disney-fied-nothing-else-matters-redux-for-jungle-cruise-1205231/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Metallica_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/metallica-jungle-cruise-movie-score-lars-ulrich/|title=Exclusive: Metallica's Lars Ulrich Talks Working on 'Jungle Cruise' Score for Disney|work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2021|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904095001/https://collider.com/metallica-jungle-cruise-movie-score-lars-ulrich/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Lucie Silvas version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Nothing Else Matters
| cover      =
| alt        =
| caption    = CD1
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Lucie Silvas]]
| album      = [[Breathe In (Lucie Silvas album)|Breathe In]]
| B-side     = "Better Love Next Time" (demo)
| released   = {{Start date|2005|10|31}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = Pop
| length     = {{Duration|4:36}}
| label      = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| composer      = *[[James Hetfield]]
*[[Lars Ulrich]]
| lyricist      = James Hetfield
| producer   = [[Mike Peden]]
| prev_title = [[Forget Me Not (Lucie Silvas song)|Forget Me Not]]
| prev_year  = 2005
| next_title = [[Everytime I Think of You]]
| next_year  = 2006
}}
"'''Nothing Else Matters'''" is a special Europe-only single by British singer-songwriter [[Lucie Silvas]]. It was released in exactly the same way as "[[Don't Look Back (Lucie Silvas song)|Don't Look Back]]", with the same B-sides and artwork.

===Track listing===
{{track listing
| headline        = CD1
| total_length    = 
| title1          = Nothing Else Matters
| note1           = Edit
| writer1         = James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
| length1         = 3:07
| title2          = Breathe In
| note2           = Live in Denmark
| writer2         = [[Lucie Silvas]], [[Judie Tzuke]], Graham Kearns, [[Mike Peden]]
| length2         = 3:32
}}

{{track listing
| headline        = CD2
| total_length    = 
| title1          = Nothing Else Matters
| note1           = Edit
| writer1         = Hetfield, Ulrich
| length1         = 3:07
| title2          = Twisting the Chain
| note2           = Acoustic
| writer2         = Silvas, Charlie Russell, Kearns, Peden
| length2         = 3:55
| title3          = Better Love Next Time
| note3           = Demo
| writer3         = Tzuke, Kearns
| length3         = 3:40
| title4          = Nothing Else Matters
| note4           = Video
| writer4         = Hetfield, Ulrich
| length4         = 
}}

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center"|Chart (2005)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="left"|Germany
|align="center"|38
|-
|align="left"|Greece<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |title=IFPI archive |access-date=December 28, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228034600/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|35
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100]]
|align="center"|160
|}

==Gregorian version==
[[Gregorian (band)|Gregorian]] is a German band headed by [[Frank Peterson]] that performs [[Gregorian chant]]-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. In 1999, they recovered their version to be included on their album ''[[Masters of Chant]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=r/Music - Gregorian - Nothing Else Matters [Gregorian chant, new age] |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/6mpeec/gregorian_nothing_else_matters_gregorian_chant/ |website=reddit |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318041614/https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/6mpeec/gregorian_nothing_else_matters_gregorian_chant/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Miley Cyrus version==
{{Infobox song
| name     = Nothing Else Matters
| cover    =
| border   = yes
| type     = promo
| artist   = [[Miley Cyrus]] featuring [[Andrew Watt (record producer)|Watt]], [[Elton John]], [[Yo-Yo Ma]], [[Robert Trujillo]] and [[Chad Smith]]
| album    = [[The Metallica Blacklist]] {{Noitalic|and}} [[The Lockdown Sessions (Elton John album)|The Lockdown Sessions]]
| released = June 22, 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0GxS05LSGHZd8XLravwM6w|title=Nothing Else Matters - Single by Miley Cyrus {{!}} Spotify|last=Cyrus|first=Miley|author-link=Miley Cyrus|date=June 22, 2021|website=open.spotify.com|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708091456/https://open.spotify.com/album/0GxS05LSGHZd8XLravwM6w|url-status=live}}</ref>
| length   = 6:35
| label    = Blackened
| writer   = {{Flatlist|
* James Hetfield
* Lars Ulrich}}
| producer = Andrew Watt
| misc     = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DqoQY9bobow|"Nothing Else Matters"}}|type=song}}
}}
On January 7, 2021, it was announced that [[Miley Cyrus]] would be releasing a cover version that would feature [[Elton John]] on piano, drummer [[Chad Smith]] from [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], Metallica's bassist [[Robert Trujillo]] and cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]]. Cyrus also announced in October 2020 that she plans to release a full album of Metallica covers. Cyrus previously covered "Nothing Else Matters" during her 2019 set at [[Glastonbury]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/elton-john-chad-smith-and-more-to-appear-on-miley-cyrus-metallica-covers-album-2850739| title=Elton John, Chad Smith and more to appear on Miley Cyrus' Metallica covers album| website=NME| date=January 7, 2021| access-date=January 7, 2021| archive-date=January 10, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110020451/https://www.nme.com/news/music/elton-john-chad-smith-and-more-to-appear-on-miley-cyrus-metallica-covers-album-2850739| url-status=live}}</ref> The cover, produced by Andrew Watt, was released on June 22, 2021, as a promotional single from Metallica's tribute album ''[[The Metallica Blacklist]]'', released on September 10. The video for this version was uploaded the same day on Cyrus' YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Carter|first=Josh|date=June 23, 2021|title=Miley Cyrus "Nothing Else Matters" {{!}} 'The Metallica Blacklist' {{!}} AltPress|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/miley-cyrus-nothing-else-matters-metallica-blacklist/|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629225422/https://www.altpress.com/news/miley-cyrus-nothing-else-matters-metallica-blacklist/|url-status=live}}</ref> The cover is also featured on John's album ''[[The Lockdown Sessions (Elton John album)|The Lockdown Sessions]]'', which released on October 22.

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Chart (2021)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Hot Singles ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-07-02|title=Hot Singles Chart {{!}} The Official New Zealand Music Chart|date=July 5, 2021|website=[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|nztop40.co.nz]]|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918182928/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=5141|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 26
|-
{{single chart|UKrock|26|date=20210702|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|36|artist=Miley Cyrus|rowheader=true|access-date=July 7, 2021}}
|}

==Hardwell mashup==
On December 23, 2022, [[Hardwell]] released a mashup of "Nothing Else Matters" and his song "F*cking Society", featured on the deluxe edition of his album ''[[Rebels Never Die]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2022/12/hardwell-strengthens-dancing-astronauts-2022-album-of-the-year-with-deluxe-edition-of-rebels-never-die/|title=Hardwell strengthens Dancing Astronaut's 2022 Album of the Year with deluxe edition of 'Rebels Never Die'|first=Ross|last=Goldenberg|date=December 23, 2022|website=Dancing Astronaut|access-date=December 24, 2022|archive-date=December 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224040950/https://dancingastronaut.com/2022/12/hardwell-strengthens-dancing-astronauts-2022-album-of-the-year-with-deluxe-edition-of-rebels-never-die/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Other cover versions==
* ''[[The Metallica Blacklist]]'' features cover versions by a variety of artists, including Cyrus, [[Phoebe Bridgers]], [[Dave Gahan]], [[Mickey Guyton]], [[Dermot Kennedy]], [[Mon Laferte]], [[Igor Levit]], [[My Morning Jacket]], [[Per Gessle|PG Roxette]], [[Darius Rucker]], [[Chris Stapleton]] and [[Tresor (singer)|Tresor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/06/23/the-metallica-blacklist-tracklist/|title=THE METALLICA BLACKLIST ALBUM'S TRACKLIST EXPLORED: MILEY CYRUS, ELTON JOHN, AND MORE TO FEATURE|website=HITC|date=June 23, 2021|access-date=September 11, 2021|author=Kandpal, Disha|archive-date=September 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911022106/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/06/23/the-metallica-blacklist-tracklist/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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