"Fuel" is a song by American heavy metal band

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, and

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, and was released as the third single from their seventh album, '' Reload'' (1997). Inspired by Hetfield's love of custom cars, the song was nominated for a

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in 1999 but lost to

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for the song " Most High". It was moderately successful on the music charts, peaking at number two in Australia, number three in Hungary, number five in Finland and number six on the US ''

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chart. Since its release, "Fuel" has remained a regular on Metallica's live setlists. It has featured on the live albums '' Cunning Stunts'', '' S&M'', ''

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'', '' Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México'', '' Live at Grimey's'' and '' Through The Never''. A demo version of the song called "Fuel for Fire" (with different lyrics) was used as the theme song for ''

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'' from 2001 until the 2004 Daytona 500. The song was also featured in the video game ''

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Track listings

All live tracks were recorded on April 20, 1998, at the

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, Brisbane, Australia. UK and Australasian CD1 # "Fuel" – 4:29 # "

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" – 8:06 UK and Australasian CD3 # "Fuel" – 4:30 # " Until It Sleeps" (live) – 4:25 # "Fuel" (live) – 4:40 # "Fuel" (demo) – 4:25 European CD single # "Fuel" – 4:29 # "Sad but True" (live) – 6:23 Japanese EP # "Fuel" – 4:30 # "Sad but True" (live) – 6:24 # "Until It Sleeps" (live) – 4:26 # "One" (live) – 8:07 #" Fuel" (demo) – 4:26

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Weekly charts

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuel (Song) 1997 songs 1998 singles Elektra Records singles Mercury Records singles Metallica songs Music videos directed by Wayne Isham Song recordings produced by Bob Rock Songs written by James Hetfield Songs written by Kirk Hammett Songs written by Lars Ulrich Vertigo Records singles