T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan wrote the song about his preoccupation with cars, adding a mystic dimension, "'Metal Guru' is a festival of life song," he said. "I believe in a god, but I have no religion, and I thought God would be all alone without a telephone."
Bolan repeats "Metal Guru" 21 times. "My lyrics always come before the music," he said in a 1972 interview. "Repetition comes into my songs a lot because I think my lyrics are so obscure that they need to be hammered home. You need to hear them eight or nine times before they start to make sense."
T. Rex recorded "Metal Guru" with their producer, Tony Visconti, at the Chateau d'Herouville studio northwest of Paris. At the time, the studio was known as "Strawberry Studios," but it later became known as the "Honky Chateau" after Elton John recorded his album of the same name there.
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