Jump in the Fire

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"Jump in the Fire"

Single by Metallica
from the album Kill 'Em All
Released	1983
Format	EP
Recorded	May 10 - May 27, 1983 Music America Studios California
Genre	Thrash Metal
Length	4:40
Label	Music for Nations
Writer(s)	Dave Mustaine James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Producer(s)	Paul Curcio Jon Zazula
Metallica singles chronology
Whiplash (1983)	Jump in the Fire (1984)	Fade to Black (1984)

"Jump in the Fire" is the fourth track on Metallica's 1983 album Kill 'Em All. The lyrics of this song are written from the devil's point of view who's watching the people who are killing each other, and so he is sure that they will all get themselves in hell. They "Jump in the Fire". The original lyrics, featured on the No Life 'Til Leather demo dealt with sexuality, and were written by Dave Mustaine.

The song was released as Metallica's first ever album single, accompanied by fake live performances of "Phantom Lord" and "Seek and Destroy", which were alternate studio recordings with sounds of a crowd overdubbed in.

In an interview Lars Ulrich says that that one of the main reasons they wrote this song was because Run To The Hills was the most popular song at that time, and so this was their version of that song.