| Cover | | Date
 | Title  Album | Points
 | US peak | UK peak | US rock peak | US alt. peak | Comment |
|---|
| 1. | 09/1988 | | 25
 | | 20 UK | | | written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 2. | 02/1989 | | 60
 | 35 US | 13 UK | 46 rock | | [Elektra 7-69329] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 3. | 08/1991 | | 174
 | 16 US | 5 UK | 10 rock | | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #399] [Elektra 4-64857] written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett |
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| 4. | 11/1991 | | 144
 | 35 US | 15 UK | 10 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett |
| 5. | 03/1992 | | 151
 | 34 US | 6 UK | 11 rock | | [Elektra 4-64770] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 6. | 07/1992 | | 74
 | 82 US | 25 UK | 25 rock | | [Elektra 4-64741] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 7. | 10/1992 | | 93
 | 98 US | 20 UK | 15 rock | | [Elektra 4-64696] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 8. | 06/1996 | | 328
 | 10 US | 5 UK | ✫1 rock | 27 alt. | [artist #2 hit] [Elektra 4-64276] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 9. | 07/1996 | | 87
 | | 17 UK | 15 rock | | written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 10. | 09/1996 | | 201
 | 60 US | 17 UK | ✫1 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett |
| 11. | 12/1996 | | 25
 | | 19 UK | | | written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 12. | 01/1997 | | 107
 | 90 US | | 6 rock | | [Elektra 64197] written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett |
| 13. | 06/1997 | | 98
 | | | 6 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett |
| 14. | 11/1997 | | 167
 | 28 US | 13 UK | 3 rock | | featuring Marianne Faithful [Elektra 64126] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 15. | 12/1997 | | 168
 | 59 US | 15 UK | 2 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett |
| 16. | 12/1997 | | 116
 | | 31 UK | 6 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett |
| 17. | 08/1998 | | 84
 | | | 7 rock | | written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 18. | 11/1998 | | 222
 | 102 US | | ✫1 rock | 39 alt. | [artist #5 hit] [album cut] written by Bob Seger |
| 19. | 01/1999 | | 139
 | 124 US | 29 UK | 4 rock | | [album cut] written by traditional |
| 20. | 06/1999 | | 39
 | | | 26 rock | | written by Glenn Danzig |
| 21. | 12/1999 | | 253
 | 74 US | | ✫1 rock | 18 alt. | [artist #4 hit] [live] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 22. | 05/2000 | | 287
 | 76 US | 35 UK | ✫1 rock | 11 alt. | [artist #3 hit] [Hollywood album cut] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
| 23. | 06/2003 | | 206
 | 107 US | 9 UK | 2 rock | 17 alt. | [album cut] written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett & Bob Rock |
| 24. | 08/2003 | | 71
 | | 16 UK | 21 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett & Bob Rock |
| 25. | 12/2003 | | 43
 | | 42 UK | 28 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett & Bob Rock |
| 26. | 07/2004 | | 46
 | | | 19 rock | | written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett & Bob Rock |
| 27. | 03/2007 | | 46
 | | | 21 rock | | written by Ennio Morricone |
| 28. | 2008 | | 28
 | | | 32 rock | | written by Steve Harris & Paul Di'Anno |
| 29. | 08/2008 | | 358
 | 31 US | 19 UK | ✫1 rock | 5 alt. | [artist #1 hit] [Warner Digital] written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo & Kirk Hammett |
| 30. | 09/2008 | | 32
 | 67 US | 51 UK | 38 rock | | [Warner Digital] written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo & Kirk Hammett |
| 31. | 09/2008 | | 143
 | 50 US | 48 UK | 7 rock | 25 alt. | [Warner Digital] written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo & Kirk Hammett |
| 32. | 09/2008 | | 5
 | 112 US | 79 UK | | | [album cut] written by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo & Lars Ulrich |
| 33. | 09/2008 | | 3
 | 114 US | 120 UK | | | [album cut] written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo |
| Top 100 hits | 16 | 23 | 29 | 7 | |
| Top 40 hits | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | |
| Top 10 hits | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | |
| ✫ #1 hits | | | 6 | | |
| US | UK | rock | alt. | |