Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
- 17 years ago
"The Number of the Beast" is Iron Maiden's seventh single and the second single from Iron Maiden's 1982 album of the same name.
The song is inspired by a nightmare bandleader and bassist Steve Harris had after watching the movie "Damien: Omen II". "The Number of The Beast" is one of Iron Maiden's greatest hits, and is almost always performed during concert.
It reached 18 in the UK charts. The track is known for a fairly high-pitched scream by Bruce Dickinson at the end of the intro. In the documentary on the album of the same name, as part of the Classic Albums series by the BBC,
Dickinson said this was due to producer Martin Birch forcing Bruce to sing the first four lines for several hours, over and over again.
The frustration of this culminated in this scream, the pitch of which Dickinson has not managed to re-create live since the early days.
The song is inspired by a nightmare bandleader and bassist Steve Harris had after watching the movie "Damien: Omen II". "The Number of The Beast" is one of Iron Maiden's greatest hits, and is almost always performed during concert.
It reached 18 in the UK charts. The track is known for a fairly high-pitched scream by Bruce Dickinson at the end of the intro. In the documentary on the album of the same name, as part of the Classic Albums series by the BBC,
Dickinson said this was due to producer Martin Birch forcing Bruce to sing the first four lines for several hours, over and over again.
The frustration of this culminated in this scream, the pitch of which Dickinson has not managed to re-create live since the early days.