On Metallica's The Black Album, which song gave Jason Newsted his only songwriting credit?

“My Friend of Misery” gave Jason Newsted his only songwriting credit on Metallica's The Black Album.

Newsted was Metallica's bassist during the album's creation, and the song began from an instrumental idea he had developed. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich helped shape the final composition, while Kirk Hammett also contributed to the album's guitar work. The finished track appears near the end of the record.

The credit is notable because Newsted had joined Metallica after the death of bassist Cliff Burton in 1986, yet the band's songwriting credits were dominated by Hetfield and Ulrich. “My Friend of Misery” stands as Newsted's sole co-writing credit on the album and one of the clearest examples of his compositional contribution to Metallica.

The title is sometimes confused with “The God That Failed” or “Of Wolf and Man,” which are also Black Album tracks. Neither gave Newsted the distinctive songwriting credit attached to “My Friend of Misery.”