Originally released by Diamond Head in 1980 on the Lightning to the Nations album, Metallica have already released their version in their 1987's Garage Days Re-Revisited single. Metallica played this song live by 58 times, first on March 14, 1982 in Anaheim, CA. It also is played in the Big 4 concert with Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer on stage. Helpless features in the Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria live album/video. Helpless also appears as a live version, recorded on 1997, in London (England) on the The Unforgiven II single, and on the Metal Up Your Ass demo.