Metallica Song Catalog: Overkill (Motörhead Cover)

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Written by

Ian Fraser Kilmister
Eddie Clarke
Phil Taylor

Total Performances

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First Performed Live

December 14, 1995

West Hollywood, CA, United States

Most Recent Performance

September 14, 2011

New York, NY, United States

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Lyrics

Only way to feel the noise Is when it’s good and loud So good you can’t believe It’s screaming with the crowd Don’t sweat it Get it back to you Don’t sweat it Get it back to you Overkill Overkill Overkill On your feet you feel the beat It goes straight to your spine Shake your head you must be dead If it don’t make you fly Don’t sweat it Get it back to you Don’t sweat it Get it back to you Overkill Overkill Overkill Know your body’s made to move Feel it in your guts Rock ’n’ roll ain’t worth the name If it don’t make you strut Don’t sweat it Get it back to you Don’t sweat it Get it back to you Overkill Overkill Overkill

Originally released by Motörhead in 1979 on the Overkill album.

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