Sweating Bullets (song)

"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. 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
ReleasedJanuary, 1993
RecordedJanuary – April, 1992
GenreHeavy metal
Length4:29
LabelCapitol
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)

"Sweating Bullets" is featured in the 2009 video game Guitar Hero 5.[2]

Song meaning

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."[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
  1. Songfacts. "Sweating Bullets by Megadeth - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. "Megadeth MFC PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP OFFER & WIN A 'GUITAR HERO 5' GAME!". Megadeth.com. March 7, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  3. August 27, Tee RoyPublished:; 2013. "Tuesday Metal Mania – Megadeth "Sweating Bullets"". ROCK 96.7. Retrieved August 27, 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles (See last week's position)" (PDF). Music & Media. June 12, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Megadeth". Irish Singles Chart.
  6. "Megadeth: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  7. "Megadeth Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
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