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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{unreferenced|date=September 2008}}
| Name = Cyanide
{{Infobox Film
| name = Shoot On Sight
| Cover = Cyanide.jpg
| image = Shoot on sight ver2.jpg
| Artist = [[Metallica]]
| caption = [[Film poster]]
| Album = [[Death Magnetic]]
| director = [[Jag Mundhra]]
| Released = September 2, 2008
| writer = [[Jag Mundhra]]
| Format = [[Paid download|Digital download]]
| Recorded = March 12, 2007–May 11, 2008 at Sound City in [[Van Nuys]], [[Los Angeles, California]]; Shangri La Studios in [[Malibu, California]] and HQ in [[San Rafael, California]]
| starring = [[Brian Cox]]<br>[[Sadie Frost]]<br>[[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br>[[Om Puri]]<br>
| music = [[John Altman (composer)|John Altman]]
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| Length = 6:39
| distributor = Arun Govill Productions
| producer = [[Arun Govil]]
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Writer = [[James Hetfield]], [[Kirk Hammett]], [[Robert Trujillo]], [[Lars Ulrich]]
| released = [[August 22]] [[2008]] <small>(UK)</small><br>[[September 26]] [[2008]] <small>(US, limited)</small>
| dvd = [[December 26]] [[2008]] <small>(UK)</small><br>
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| Last single = "[[My Apocalypse]]"<br>(2008)
| This single = "'''Cyanide'''"<br>(2008)
| language = [[English language|English]]
| Next single = "[[The Judas Kiss]]"<br>(2008)
| website = http://www.shootonsightthemovie.com/
| imdb_id = 1038915
}}
}}


"'''Cyanide'''" is the 42nd [[Single (music)|single]] by American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]], and the third from their ninth [[studio album]], ''[[Death Magnetic]]''. On September 1, 2008, it was made available for streaming on the band's official website, as well as a download (for Platinum Members only) from the ''Death Magnetic'' website Mission: Metallica. It has since been made available for purchase as a [[Paid download|digital single]] in the [[iTunes Store]].<ref>http://metallica.com/index.asp?item=601167</ref>
'''''Shoot On Sight''''' is an upcoming film directed by [[Jag Mundhra]] and produced by [[Arun Govil]]. The film is ready for release and is being marketed and distributed globally by Aron Govil Productions Inc.


The song was played live for the first time on [[August 9]], 2008 at [[Ozzfest]] in [[Dallas, Texas]] and was the first song from ''Death Magnetic'' to be performed live in its entirety. An audio recording of the performance is featured on the band's [[MySpace]] page.
==Plot==
Tariq Ali (Shah), a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Ali's task becomes more complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by armed police on the [[London Underground|Underground]]. Ali, a Lahore-born British citizen married to an English woman with two children, is himself distrusted by his colleagues, despite his long service in the Metropolitan Police.
The cast include Brian Cox Sadie Frost Naseeruddin Shah Om Puri and Cloudia Swann.


== Production ==
==Track listing==
#"Cyanide" - 6:38
Shoot On Sight is a fictional story based on [[Operation Kratos]], the police "shoot-to-kill" policy applied to suspected suicide-bombers after the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]].


==External links==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
*{{imdb title|id=1038915|title=Shoot on Sight}}
!align="left"|Chart (2008)<ref>http://acharts.us/song/37541</ref>
* http://www.shootonsightthemovie.com
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|48
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|Denmark Singles Chart
|align="center"|23
|-
|align="left"|Finland Singles Top 20
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|48
|-
|align="left"|[[VG-lista|Norway Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|48
|-
|align="left"|[[United States|U.S.]] [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|50
|-
|}


==Personnel==
{{CinemaoftheUK}}
* [[James Hetfield]] – [[Singing|vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Kirk Hammett]] – [[lead guitar]], [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Robert Trujillo]] – [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals]]
* [[Lars Ulrich]] – [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
* [[Rick Rubin]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
* [[Ted Jensen]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* Greg Fidelman – [[Audio mixing|mixing]]


==References==
⚫
[[Category:2008 films]]
{{reflist}}
⚫
[[Category:British films]]

[[Category:English-language films]]
{{Metallica}}

⚫
[[Category:2008 singles]]
⚫
[[Category:Metallica songs]]

[[es:Cyanide]]
[[fr:Cyanide (Metallica)]]
[[it:Cyanide]]
[[pl:Cyanide (singel Metalliki)]]
[[fi:Cyanide]]
[[tr:Cyanide (şarkı)]]

Revision as of 18:00, 12 October 2008

"Cyanide"
Song

"Cyanide" is the 42nd single by American heavy metal band Metallica, and the third from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic. On September 1, 2008, it was made available for streaming on the band's official website, as well as a download (for Platinum Members only) from the Death Magnetic website Mission: Metallica. It has since been made available for purchase as a digital single in the iTunes Store.[1]

The song was played live for the first time on August 9, 2008 at Ozzfest in Dallas, Texas and was the first song from Death Magnetic to be performed live in its entirety. An audio recording of the performance is featured on the band's MySpace page.

Track listing

  1. "Cyanide" - 6:38

Charts

Chart (2008)[2] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 48
Canadian Hot 100 19
Denmark Singles Chart 23
Finland Singles Top 20 4
Irish Singles Chart 48
Norway Singles Chart 15
Swedish Singles Chart 14
UK Singles Chart 48
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 50

Personnel

References

  1. ^ http://metallica.com/index.asp?item=601167
  2. ^ http://acharts.us/song/37541
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