For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1984 Thrash metal song by rock band Metallica from their second album Ride the Lightning. The song's name comes from Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel of the same name.

"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Promotional single by Metallica
from Ride the Lightning"
B-side	Album version
Released	1984
Recorded	February 20 – March 14, 1984
Studio	Sweet Silence (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	5:10 (album version) 3:59 (promo edit)
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Cliff Burton James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Producer(s)	Metallica Flemming Rasmussen
Metallica singles chronology
""Creeping Death" (1984) For Whom the Bell Tolls ""Master of Puppets" (1986)

In pop culture

• The song was featured in the opening credits of the movie ''Zombieland''.
• It is played when the NFL's Chicago Bears score a touchdown.
• The song is used in the trailer for the video game Gaia: Honor and Vengeance.
• The song is played near the start of 2019 movie Triple Frontier
• A Japanese cover of the song is played in episode 6 of the 2023 Netflix series, Blue Eye Samurai.