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| "Flight of Icarus" | ||||
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| Single by Iron Maiden | ||||
| from the album Piece of Mind | ||||
| B-side | "I Got the Fire" | |||
| Released | 11 April 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 3:49 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Martin Birch | |||
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| Flight of Icarus on YouTube | ||||
"Flight of Icarus" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden from their fourth studio album, Piece of Mind (1983). It was their eighth single, and their first in the United States, where it received heavy rotation on MTV, and was one of their few to garner substantial radio airplay.[1] It was Iron Maiden's highest charting single on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 8,[2] however, it was a lesser success in the UK, peaking at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.
One of Iron Maiden's most famous songs, it was the band's first single composed entirely by members other than Steve Harris, credited to Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson. Long absent from live shows, "Flight of Icarus" was performed live for the first time in 32 years on May 26, 2018, in Tallinn, Estonia. During their hiatus from Iron Maiden, Dickinson and Smith performed the song live with Dickinson's solo band in the 1990s.[3][4]
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- ^ "Flight of Icarus by Iron Maiden song statistics | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
- ^ "Iron Maiden Setlist at Saku Suurhall, Tallinn". setlist.fm.