Song · Iron Maiden
“Die With Your Boots On” by Iron Maiden
From the album Piece of Mind (1983)
“Die With Your Boots On” by Iron Maiden appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1983 on the album Piece of Mind. Its best result is #651 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,770 hard rock song of all time.
"Die With Your Boots On" charges out of Piece of Mind, Iron Maiden's fourth studio album, which EMI put out in Britain on 16 May 1983 with Capitol handling America. Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris and Adrian Smith wrote it, and the engine room was new: Nicko McBrain, lately of the French band Trust, had replaced Clive Burr at the end of 1982, and this was his first album with them.
The band wrote the songs in Jersey, commandeering a hotel called Le Chalet in its off season and rehearsing in the restaurant, then headed to Nassau to record at Compass Point Studios, their first trip to the Bahamas. Martin Birch produced, engineered and mixed; Dave Murray and Smith handle the guitars, Harris the bass and Dickinson the lead vocal.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 651 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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