Which Metallica song on The Black Album credits Jason Newsted as a co-writer?

“My Friend of Misery” is the Metallica song on The Black Album that credits Jason Newsted as a co-writer.

The writing credit belongs to Newsted, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich. Newsted had originally developed an instrumental bass idea, but the piece was reshaped into a full song with vocals and a complete band arrangement. The finished track became the album’s penultimate song.

The credit is notable because Newsted’s role in Metallica’s songwriting was comparatively limited on the band’s studio albums. He was the group’s bassist at the time, having joined after the death of Cliff Burton, but many Metallica compositions were primarily credited to Hetfield and Ulrich, sometimes with Kirk Hammett.

Listeners sometimes assume that every song featuring a prominent bass idea was written by Newsted. That is not the case. On The Black Album, “My Friend of Misery” is the specific track associated with his co-writing credit. The song’s reflective, atmospheric character also contrasts with the album’s more aggressive singles.