Which Metallica song on The Black Album begins with a sitar intro?

“Wherever I May Roam” begins with a sitar intro on Metallica's The Black Album.

The unusual opening immediately distinguishes the track from the album's more conventional guitar-led songs. James Hetfield played the sitar part, and the song then develops into a heavy, mobile-sounding arrangement built around the idea of life on the road. Its lyrics present touring and wandering as a central part of the narrator's identity.

The song was written by Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, with Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted contributing to the band performance. It was released as the album's fourth commercial single in 1992 and became closely associated with Metallica's touring years.

Listeners sometimes mix up the song's title with the names of the tours it inspired. “Wherever I May Roam” is the song, while Wherever We May Roam Tour was a separate tour title. The track's sitar introduction is the identifying musical detail that separates it from those neighboring facts.