Am I Evil?
| "Am I Evil?" | |
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| Song by Diamond Head | |
| from the album Lightning to the Nations | |
| Released | 19 January 1980 |
| Recorded | 1979 |
| Genre | Heavy metal |
| Length | 7:43 |
| Label | Happy Face |
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| Producer | Reg Fellows |
| Music video | |
| "Am I Evil?" on YouTube | |
"Am I Evil?" is a song by British heavy metal band Diamond Head. Released on the band's 1980 debut album Lightning to the Nations, it remains the band's signature song. The song was written by lead vocalist Sean Harris and guitarist Brian Tatler and released by Happy Face Records, a label owned by the producer Muff Murfin of The Old Smithy studio of Worcester, England.
The song rose to international prominence after Metallica covered the song as a B-side on their 1984 single "Creeping Death"; the cover was then re-released on their 1998 cover album Garage Inc. The song was influenced by Black Sabbath's 1975 song "Symptom of the Universe". The song starts with an instrumental segment inspired by 'Mars, The Bringer of War' from Gustav Holst's The Planets (1914–16).