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Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

power ballad by the American heavy metal band Metallica
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Summary

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is a musical work/composition[1]. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) ranks in the top 4% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,176 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: James Hetfield[3]
  • Genre: heavy metal music[4]
  • Follows: Battery[5]
  • Followed by: ...And Justice for All[6]
  • Producer: Metallica[7]
  • Performer: Metallica[8]
  • Record label: Elektra[9]
  • Part of: Master of Puppets[10]
  • Distribution format: vinyl record[11]
  • Publication date: October 23, 1986[12]
  • Lyricist: James Hetfield[13]
  • Form of creative work: song[14]

Why It Matters

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Elektra James Hetfield Kirk Hammett Lars Ulrich Master of Puppets Metallica

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Welcome Home (Sanitarium). Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/welcome-home-sanitarium
MLA “Welcome Home (Sanitarium).” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 20 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/welcome-home-sanitarium.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_welcome-home-sanitarium_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Welcome Home (Sanitarium)}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/welcome-home-sanitarium}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59053|batch #59053]]: remove non-Tp P7902 (DtBio)"
  2. 12d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Elektra
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → —
    Followed by → ...And Justice for All
    Part of → Master of Puppets
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58947|batch #58947]]: Import P7902 (DtBio)"
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