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"Sweating Bullets" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released in 1993 as the third single from their fifth album, Countdown to Extinction (1992). A music video for the song was made, directed by Wayne Isham.[1] The song charted at No. 27 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and at No. 26 in the UK.

"Sweating Bullets"
Single by Megadeth
from the album Countdown to Extinction
Released	January 1993
Recorded	January–April 1992
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	5:03 (original version) 5:28 (2004 remastered version)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Dave Mustaine
Producer(s)	Max Norman, Dave Mustaine
Megadeth singles chronology
"Symphony of Destruction" (1992) "Sweating Bullets" (1993) "Skin o' My Teeth" (1993)
Music video
"Sweating Bullets" on YouTube

Lyrics

The lyrics, written by frontman Dave Mustaine, are from a first-person perspective of someone suffering from schizophrenia. Mustaine wrote the lyrics to express an idea that everyone suffers from the mental illness in their own ways, stating:

"I wrote that about myself. It was pointed out to me that I'm kind of schizophrenic and that I live inside my head. Which is something I don't subscribe to, but I enjoyed the theory nonetheless. I think all of us are sweating bullets all the time. Society's a joke right now, and people are getting more and more hostile. When you think about having an evil twin or schizophrenia, I think a lot of us are schizo, because we live inside our heads. There's someone we all confer with; it's called our conscience. Some people cannot control their other side; it takes them over. Everybody has that psychotic side. Everyone has a thing that will make them snap."[2]

Music video

The music video of this song starts with Dave Mustaine looking at himself in the mirror until a hand touches his shoulder and when he turns around, he notices that it’s himself. Then, multiple Daves appear everywhere doing weird things. Then, the real Dave appears holding his brain sitting on a chair with two other Daves singing the song. In the guitar solo section of the song, the camera filming the music video moves backwards showing the other Megadeth members (Marty Friedman, Nick Menza and David Ellefson) locked in cells as prisoners in a paranoia state with their instruments.

Appearances

"Sweating Bullets" is featured in the 2009 video game Guitar Hero 5.[3]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
European Hot 100 Singles (Music & Media)[4]	87
Ireland (IRMA)[5]	18
UK Singles (OCC)[6]	26
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7]	27

References

На других языках

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- [en] Sweating Bullets (song)

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[es] Sweating Bullets (canción)

«Sweating Bullets» (en español: «Transpirando Balas») es una canción del grupo de thrash metal Megadeth de su álbum de 1992 Countdown to Extinction. La canción fue escrita totalmente por Dave Mustaine.

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[ru] Sweating Bullets

Sweating Bullets — песня американской трэш-метал-группы Megadeth из альбома Countdown to Extinction, изданного в 1992 году. Композиция вышла в виде сингла в 1993 году и заняла 29-е и 26 места в чартах Mainstream Rock Tracks и Великобритании соответственно.

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