Metallica – One. Check out my profile for all the other songs:) “One” is a Grammy Award winning song performed by heavy metal band Metallica. One of Metallica’s most famous songs, “One” appeared as the fourth track of, and was released as the second single from, the band’s 1988 album …And Justice For All. Metallica won their first Grammy Award in 1990 for “One”, winning Best Metal Performance. “One” was written in November, 1987 by Metallica’s principal composers — rhythm guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. The song was released in 1989 as the second single taken from the album (the first being “Harvester of Sorrow”). Before any music begins, there is a series of sound effects with a battle theme for the first 17 seconds of the track; an artillery barrage is heard and continues slightly after the music begins. The song starts off with a clean tone guitar intro by Hetfield before Kirk Hammett comes in over the top of Hetfield with a clean-toned solo. The song speeds up after Ulrich’s drums come in and continues until each chorus, when the guitars become heavy and distorted before returning to clean. There is a second solo by Hammett halfway through the song, before lyrics cut out and the song gradually gets more heavy and distorted until the “machine gun” guitar build up (played alongside two bass drums) before the final – often highly praised – guitar solo by Hammett, and a final highly technical duel solo by Hammett and Hetfield. “One” was the …