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Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills (3:54)

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“Run to the Hills” is Iron Maiden’s sixth single and the first single from their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. It was written by Steve Harris, bassist and founder of the band.

The song itself is about the conflict between Native Americans and the invading white men. The first verse is written from the point of view of the native Cree, the second from the point of view of white soldiers, and the third from a more neutral observer point of view. It may have been inspired by the film Soldier Blue, about the massacre of a peaceful Cheyenne village by US militia (one line goes “Soldier blue in the barren wastes” and then refers to rape and murder amongst other atrocities).

The song features a memorable drum intro that was likely copied and slightly modified from the Buzzcocks’s 1978 “Autonomy”.

The song was released as a single on 12 February 1982, as a prelude to the album. This would be the first single released by the band to feature current vocalist Bruce Dickinson. On the B-side was a song called “Total Eclipse”, which would not be on the initial version of the album. However, the band later regretted this decision, as they thought the song was too good to be only a B-side. “Total Eclipse” was added to the Number of the Beast album when it was re-released in 1998.

The single is the second of three single-covers featuring Riggs’ depiction of Satan. He debuted on the single-cover of “Purgatory” and his decapitated head is featured on the single-cover for “The Number of the Beast”.
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  • The Number Of The Beast
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  • Edward the Great
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  • Ed Hunter
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  • rockandrolljoe

    Disco hahahhahahahah

    14 days ago

  • MyPreferences_

    It maybe overrated, but IT IS... STILL ... AWESOME!

    20 days ago

  • katie94th

    ahahahh, as I love Iron Maiden and there's no doubt about that, I hate this song so much that I can't stand listening to it : D (same with The number of the beast +2 min 2 mindnight) too 'disco' for me :D

    22 days ago

  • gamejerk147

    LOVE THIS SONG :D

    last month

  • saxonjackson62

    love it classic

    last month

  • niceverdict

    RUN. TO. THE. HILLLLLLS!!!

    last month

  • moresweetb

    Agree with oldiesfanjohn"" ..wtf this Band IS the best.) Bruce is awesome.

    last month

  • alinuxguru

    tight lyrics. Not the type of topic that you would expect from a "metal" band.

    last month

  • crispolly

    Metal gods (4)

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  • EvilMaleKikyo

    ImI Kill people metal ImI

    last month

  • gagagaensefuss

    absolut genial!!!! \m/

    last month

  • HerrB2010

    reminds me of wild days......'n nights years ago. run for your lives!

    last month

  • Fear432

    So overrated

    last month

  • karolkurtcobain

    UP THE IRONS!!!

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  • dubistheroots

    oh, really! there is no Run To The Hills on En Vivo!

    March 2012

  • super_ruben09

    The last time they played it was in 2009.

    March 2012

  • super_ruben09

    "and the band play this song every concert!!!" - Not true, Maiden barely plays this one any more.

    March 2012

  • dubistheroots

    I love Iron Maiden but i can't stand this song. Me too... i don't understand why are so many people excited with this song?! and the band play this song every concert!!! meh... it would be better they chose another song instead of this

    March 2012

  • DarkEpitaph

    I love Iron Maiden but i can't stand this song

    March 2012

  • budziov

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

    March 2012
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