I thought this week we could share some of our favourite second-best Iron Maiden songs and see which ones are the most popular and make the Top Ten.
The voting is closed now, thanks for taking part. The results are below.
If they’re in the list below they’re banned because they are the classics and that would be too easy. I have to say, the banned songs are heavily biased towards the earlier albums which are my favourites.
| Banned Songs | Banned Songs |
| The Trooper | Number of the Beast |
| Run to the Hills | Hallowed be thy Name |
| Wasted Years | Running Free |
| Phantom of the Opera | 2 Minutes to Midnight |
| Aces High | Iron Maiden |
| Fear of the Dark | Flight of Icarus |
| Prowler | Charlotte the Harlot |
| Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Children of the Damned |
| Killers |
And these are the Second-Best Iron Maiden songs as voted by you.
I’ve created a Spotify Playlist of all these songs, which I thought I’d share here:
Top Ten Second-Best Iron Maiden Playlist
Top Ten Second-Best Iron Maiden Songs
| Songs | Votes |
| 1. Can I Play with Madness | 14 |
| 2. Murders In The Rue Morgue | 12 |
| 2. Remember Tomorrow | 12 |
| 4. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter | 10 |
| 4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son | 10 |
| 6. 22 Acacia Avenue | 9 |
| 6. The Wicker Man | 9 |
| 8. Still life | 7 |
| 8. Alexander The Great | 7 |
| 10. The Prisoner | 6 |
Other Songs Voted For:
| Songs | Votes |
| Stranger In A Strange Land | 5 |
| The Clansman | 5 |
| Where Eagles Dare | 5 |
| Wrathchild | 5 |
| The Evil That Men Do | 5 |
| Blood brothers | 5 |
| Purgatory | 5 |
| Sanctuary | 4 |
| The Clairvoyant | 4 |
| The Writing On The Wall | 4 |
| Afraid To Shoot Strangers | 3 |
| Die With Your Boots On | 3 |
| Moonchild | 3 |
| The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg | 3 |
| Paschendale | 3 |
| Powerslave | 3 |
| The Red and the Black | 2 |
| Sea of Madness | 2 |
| Strange World | 2 |
| Brighter Than A Thousand Suns Death of the Celts Dream Of Mirrors Drifter Empire of the Clouds Flash of the Blade Infinite Dreams Journeyman Montsegur Mother Russia Only The Good Die Young Rainbows Gold Rainmaker Reach Out Revelations Sign of the Cross Speed of Light Tailgunner The Alchemist The Ides of March To Tame A Land Total eclipse Transylvania Twilight Zone Wasting Love Women in Uniform Heaven Can Wait Holy Smoke Man on the Edge These Colours Don’t Run | All of these got 1 |
If you want to leave a comment below about any Iron Maiden song, then please do.
Thank you for taking part in the survey.
Take care and all the best,
Ian
I hope I`m right in saying this but Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter by Iron Maiden is there only ever No.1 UK Chart Song(back in the day) i can still remember when my mum told me and I was thinking are you sure and she said yes its just been on the radio. Had to wait for it to be played again to believe it but she was right 🙂
Thanks Steven, mum’s are always right, aren’t they? I’ll put that on the Second-Best list 🙂
Awful song – so bad, it shouldn’t even get on the 10 Worst Iron Maiden songs!
Not a fan of that one, Dean?
Originally gonna be a Bruce Dickinson solo single but management nicked it for the band
Christmas number 1, replaced by Cliff Richard!
Moonchild is a dangerous song to drive to, the build up on the intro just forces your foot down on the accelerator.
Thanks for the warning Andy, I will be careful 🙂
I much prefer Maiden’s earlier stuff. Not listened to anything when Bruce left.
Yes, the early stuff was brill, hope they play a lot from the first four albums
Personal favourites are The Clairvoyant, Purgatory and Moonchild
I will put them on the list Neil
Couldn’t get a ticket myself Ian but there is a deep vault of tracks to choose from. I hope they do some of the Di’Anno tracks. Remember Tomorrow off the 1st album has always been a favourite
Yes, I love the first four albums, hope they play a lot of tracks from them 🙂
Heaven Can Wait is an absolute banger live.
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg has such a good hook. It’s actually a great song. One of the better ones of the ‘Modern Era’. A Matter of Life and Death is probably their best post 2000 album in my opinion.
And really, don’t overlook the 2 Blaze Bayley albums. There are some decent songs on both of them.
Thanks Stuart, I will add them to the list. I agree The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg is a good one 🙂
What a great idea! 🙂 Moonchild, These Colours Don’t Run and 22 Acacia Avenue are probably mine, but it was too difficult to narrow down to vote.