“Brothers in Arms” is a 1985 song by Dire Straits, appearing as the closing track on the album of the same name. It is in G# minor. [wikipedia]

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“turn the page” is a song originally released by bob seger in 1973 on his back in ’72 album. though never released as a single, seger’s live version of the song on his 1976 live bullet album became a mainstay of album-oriented rock radio stations, and still gets significant airplay to this day on classic rock stations. [wikipedia]

metallica later covered the song, as the first single from their 1998 garage inc. album, reaching #1 on the billboard hot mainstream rock tracks chart for 11 consecutive weeks, the highest number of weeks metallica has ever spent at the top; drummer lars ulrich had heard the original song while driving across the golden gate bridge and later commented that he thought it “had james [hetfield] all over it”. metallica’s rendition is taken at much the same tempo as seger’s, but with a heavier feel; the saxophone part is replaced by a high slide guitar line from kirk hammett and james hetfield played a guitar solo before the last run through the chorus. metallica’s music video for the song, directed by jonas åkerlund, is about the life of a stripper who prostitutes herself while she is trying to raise a child; the prostitute/stripper is played by ginger lynn allen. [wikipedia]