I Disappear

“I Disappear”
Single by Metallica from the album Mission Impossible II
Released	2000
Format	CD single
Recorded	2000
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:35
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Producer	Bob Rock Metallica
Metallica singles chronology
"No Leaf Clover" (2000) "I Disappear" (2000) "St. Anger" (2003)

I Disappear is a song by the metal band Metallica. The song was recorded as a contribution to the Mission: Impossible II Soundtrack.

The discovery of the song in early 2000 on the P2P file-sharing network Napster helped bring the illegal sharing of mp3 files to the spotlight, leading to the massive lawsuits that eventually brought down the original incarnation of Napster.

The video to the song, directed by Wayne Isham, features the members from Metallica in scenes that reference other movies, James Hetfield is driving a car down a San Franciscan hill, in a chase sequence resembling Bullitt, Kirk Hammett is on a desert being chased by a plane (North by Northwest), Jason Newsted is in a mansion struggling against hundreds of people that walk by him (Brazil), and Lars Ulrich jumps off a building (Die Hard).

This is Metallica's last studio release featuring bassist Jason Newsted, who left the following year.

A renewed version of this song was later released on the Metallica release "The Videos 1989-2004" with a more overdriven sound to the guitars and some sections redone.