Live Performance
"One" is a favorite of many Metallica fans, and thus is a fixture of the band's live performances. When played live, the song is usually played with guitars tuned down by one semitone (a permanent fixture of their studio and live work since the post Metallica era, save for Death Magnetic in the case of the former) and is preceded by pyrotechnics and the same sounds of war such as machine guns, and bombs exploding as heard on the recorded version. The song also features heavy strobe lighting during the heavier half of the song, namely before the Hammett solo. The song was also featured on S&M—Metallica's album of live performances in collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Kamen.
The song is the fourth most played song in Metallica's history, having been played 1,251 times as of June 1, 2012, behind Seek & Destroy (1,322), Creeping Death (1,352) and Master of Puppets (1,395)
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