Run to the Hills
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| Single by Iron Maiden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album The Number of the Beast, Live After Death and Rock in Rio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1982 single "Total Eclipse" 1985 live single "Phantom of the Opera" (live) (7" & 12") "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (live) (12") 2002 live single Part 1 "22 Acacia Avenue (live)" "The Prisoner (live)" "Run to the Hills (Camp Chaos video)" Part 2 "Children of the Damned (live)" "Total Eclipse (live)" "Run to the Hills (video)" |
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| Released | 12 February 1982 2 December 1985 11 March 2002 |
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| Format | Vinyl (7", 12") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | January 1982 20 March 1982 28 August 1982 8–12 October 1984 14–17 March 1985 19 January 2001 |
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| Genre | Heavy metal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | EMI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Steve Harris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Martin Birch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Run to the Hills" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released as their sixth single and the first from the band's third studio album, The Number of the Beast (1982). Credited solely to the band's bassist, Steve Harris, although significant contributions were made by lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, it remains one of their most popular songs, with VH1 ranking it No. 27 on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs and No. 14 on their list of the Greatest Hard Rock Songs.
A live version of the song, from Live After Death, was released in 1985 and the original single was reissued in 2002, with all income donated to former drummer Clive Burr's MS Trust Fund. In 1990, as part of The First Ten Years box set, both the original and the 1985 live single were reissued on CD and 12" vinyl, combined with "The Number of the Beast" and "Running Free (live)" respectively.
Due to his previous band, Samson's, contractual issues, Dickinson could not be credited for any of his contributions made during the writing of The Number of the Beast. Although bassist Steve Harris alone receives credit for the song, Dickinson states that he made a "moral contribution" to the song, in addition to "Children of the Damned" and "The Prisoner" from the same album. While speaking at the IBM Smarter Business conference in Stockholm on 10 October 2012, Dickinson revealed that parts of the song are based on the "rising sixth", inspired by a documentary he watched which explored why "My Way" was one of the most popular recorded songs.
The song documents the conflict between European settlers in the New World and Native American tribes during the days of colonisation and later westward expansion. The song is written from both perspectives, covering the Natives' viewpoint in the first verse and the Europeans' in the rest of the song.
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