Hero Of The Day - Live with the SFSO

James Hetfield says this song is about children who look outside of their homes for heroes, when their heroes should be their parents.

Load was originally meant to be a double album set with ReLoad, but due to unforeseen problems in the producing of ReLoad the album was split.

Guitarist Kirk Hammett told Kerrang! September 13, 2008 that this contains one of his favorite Metallica guitar solos. He explained: "it's not a particularly shreddy solo, but it's a really melodic and I feel it definitely lifts the song up to a different level after it comes in."