Artist · chart history
Bruce Dickinson
Solo artist Worksop United Kingdom Iron Maiden vocalist
Bruce Dickinson is an artist from Worksop. Bruce Dickinson has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2002. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Silver Wings”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #67. The station that charted Bruce Dickinson most often is KNAC (Los Angeles, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Bruce Dickinson, born in 1958, is the voice of Iron Maiden: that wide-ranging, operatic wail and a stage presence like a man shot out of a cannon. He cut his teeth in pub bands in the '70s while at school in Sheffield and university in London, then made a name for himself with Samson as "Bruce Bruce" before replacing Paul Di'Anno in Iron Maiden in 1981. His first record with them was The Number of the Beast in 1982, and the platinum and gold albums piled up from there.
He left in 1993 to go it alone, and his solo work wandered all over heavy metal and rock. Tattooed Millionaire, released on EMI in 1990, was a leather-jacketed, good-time hard rock record, a world away from Maiden's epics. By 2001 he was back with Maiden, having rejoined in 1999 with Adrian Smith, and "Silver Wings" showed he still had solo fire to burn. Tyranny of Souls followed in 2005 and The Mandrake Project in 2024.
Off stage he may be rock's most restless man. He worked as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines and captained Maiden's own plane, Ed Force One, on their world tours, founded Cardiff Aviation in 2012, hosted a BBC Radio 6 Music show from 2002 to 2010, wrote novels, brewed a beer with Robinsons and fenced internationally.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bruce Dickinson on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver Wings | 1 | #67 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | Tattooed Millionaire | 1 | #650 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 67 | Silver Wings | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
| 1990 | 650 | Tattooed Millionaire | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) |
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