Which song is the longest track on Metallica's original 1991 album sequence?

“My Friend of Misery” is the longest track on Metallica's original 1991 album sequence.

The song runs for approximately 6 minutes and 49 seconds, placing it just ahead of other lengthy tracks such as “Wherever I May Roam” and “Nothing Else Matters.” It appears as track 11, immediately before the closing song, “The Struggle Within.”

“My Friend of Misery” grew from a bass-oriented instrumental idea associated with Jason Newsted. The finished recording includes songwriting credits for Newsted, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich. Its reflective lyrics and broad arrangement give it a different mood from the album's more direct singles.

Listeners sometimes identify “Nothing Else Matters” as the longest song because it is the album's best-known ballad and has an expansive structure. On the original studio sequence, however, “My Friend of Misery” has the greatest running time.