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It should be the theme music every time Spencer enters a room.

The Wikipedia entry for the song (yeah, I know) notes that "Enter Sandman" was on the Billboard U.S. Digital Tracks charge last year, peaking at #55.

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May just reflect the perennial popularity of the song.

There's also a Metallica track on a recent Ennio Morricone tribute album (yeah, I know), so maybe that prompted some downloads.

The surge of the song might have something to do with Va Tech football. They traditionally come out to that song, and with all the pregame festivities this past weekend it might have been brought back into the conscience of a lot of people.

Random statistical anomaly.

If it was, say, the entire 'Master of Puppets' record, i would chalk it up to america's teens finally coming to their senses.

Um, the Dodgers have taken to playing that song when their reliver Saito comes into a game?

@SloanePeterson: Wait, really? Okay, someone needs to school the closers of America in DIFFERENT MUSICAL CHOICES.

@Maura: Totally. Like, they couldn't get clearance to use Sabbath's "Iron Man"?

But seriously, I never realized that the big league sports world is as far behind the pop-culture curve as, say, deep SE Asia is. I can't wait to see what football team uses Dave Matthews' "Crash Into You" for a fight song. You know, for the ultimate in homophobic irony.

@maura: Seriously, the first closer to come in from the pen to Daft Punk's "Aerodynamic" is gonna make 1990 Dennis Eckersley look like Kyle Farnsworth.

Back in the sold out Cleveland Indians last golden era, each player could choose his own song when he came to bat. Omar Vizquel had Dick Dale's Misirlou. Melted the crowd every time. There was a time Jacobs Field played some awesome tunes. Those were the days, kids.

As I was reading this, the song played as the opening for the Roddick-Federer game at the U.S. Open. Random!

@OKIEDOKE Those were the days! Remember playing the Star Wars "Imperial March" as the opposing team was announced?

@relaxing: Ramon Castro of the Mets uses that as his at-bat music. When he's not on the DL, that is.

Could be in response to the livemetallica.com release of mp3s this week of this summer's European shows. Was Sandman the studio version or live? BTW, the July 13 show from Denmark is a freebie due to technical difficulties.

@maura: My daughter LOVED it when Castro played for just that reason. She noted that he looked like Vader during day games with the mask and shades - plus he's about as big.

@okiedoke: Kyle Snyder of the Boston Red Sox uses "Misirlou" as entrance music. Jonathan Papelbon uses both "Wild Thing" and the Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" (that song from The Departed), which is at least not "Enter Sandman."

Personally, I'm just hoping someday a 9th-inning pitcher struts to the mound in front of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer."

    @Aquemini: Wasn't that a great record? I recently re-listened to "Puppets" after I got my turntable fixed. Wow!

    I also think "Enter Sandman" is a classic. I get chills every time, when it comes up on shuffle mode in my media player.