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Fuel

original song written and composed by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
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Fuel

Summary

Fuel is a musical work/composition[1]. Fuel ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (627 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fuel's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Fuel's composer is recorded as James Hetfield[4].
  • Fuel's composer is recorded as Kirk Hammett[5].
  • Fuel's composer is recorded as Lars Ulrich[6].
  • Fuel's genre is traditional heavy metal[7].
  • Fuel followed The Unforgiven II[8].
  • Among the performers on Fuel was Metallica[9].
  • Fuel is part of Reload[10].
  • Fuel's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Fuel was distributed by compact disc[12].
  • Fuel was released on 1998[13].
  • Fuel's lyricist is recorded as Lars Ulrich[14].
  • Fuel's lyricist is recorded as Kirk Hammett[15].
  • Fuel's lyricist is recorded as James Hetfield[16].
  • Fuel's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fuel'}[17].
  • Fuel's different from is recorded as Fuel[18].
  • Fuel's form of creative work is recorded as song[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, rock[21]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, rock[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c5c2db68-833a-3700-bf2e-c867dd676b5e[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Fuel was Metallica[9].

Publication

Fuel was published on 1998[13]. Fuel's language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Fuel's genre is traditional heavy metal[7]. Fuel is part of Reload[10]. Fuel was distributed by compact disc[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Fuel followed The Unforgiven II[8].

Why It Matters

Fuel ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (627 views/month).[2] Fuel has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

compact disc James Hetfield Kirk Hammett Lars Ulrich Metallica Reload

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Fuel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fuel-q1619439
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fuel-q1619439_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fuel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fuel-q1619439}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Metallica
    Part of → Reload
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702634738, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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