‘The Ultimate Metallica Show’ Recap: Chris Cornell Covers ‘One’

We are mere weeks away from the release of Metallica's new album, 72 Seasons, which means we're also getting closer and closer to the start of their worldwide M72 tour.

Continuing our anticipation of that tour—which comes to North America in August—I dedicated the first full hour of The Ultimate Metallica Show to nothing but live Metallica, covering a lot of ground from 1989 to 2022. In the second hour, I served up one of the coolest covers of a Metallica song I've ever heard: Chris Cornell's take on "One," performed live at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. As the story goes:

I was going to do "One" by U2—I Googled the lyrics, but the words to Metallica's "One" came up. I thought, "You know what, I'm gonna add those," and it seemed to work pretty seamlessly. Those are things that, when I'm doing a cover song, maybe goes some degree beyond what you'd expect. And that's just me having fun.

You can check out the show's full playlist below, and don't forget, you can always stream The Ultimate Metallica Show 24/7 right here.

The Ultimate Metallica Show — Hour 1

• "Nothing Else Matters" — Live at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 25, 2008
• "Motorbreath" — Live at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 25, 2008
• "Moth Into Flame" — Live at Lollapalooza, Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 2022
• "Battery" — Live at Lollapalooza, Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 2022
• "Until It Sleeps" — Live at Great Woods Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, July 18, 1998
• "Of Wolf and Man" — Live at Great Woods Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, July 18, 1998
• "Fade to Black" — Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, California, Sept. 23, 1989
• "For Whom the Bell Tolls" — Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, California, Sept. 23, 1989

The Ultimate Metallica Show — Hour 2

• "Bleeding Me" — Load
• "The Memory Remains" — Reload
• "Creeping Death" — Ride the Lightning
• "Rebel of Babylon" — Beyond Magnetic
• "Wherever I May Roam" — Metallica
• "One" — Cover by Chris Cornell, Chris Cornell
• "Purify" — St. Anger
• "Hit the Lights" — Kill 'Em All

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As we get closer and closer to the release of 72 Seasons, what song (or songs) do you want to hear on The Ultimate Metallica Show? Drop me a line in the Ultimate Metallica app and let me know!

Listen to Chris Cornell Cover Metallica's "One" to the Tune of U2's "One"