Song · Iron Maiden
“The Prisoner” by Iron Maiden
From the album The Number of the Beast (1982)
“The Prisoner” by Iron Maiden appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1982 on the album The Number of the Beast. Its best result is #615 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,717 hard rock song of all time.
"The Prisoner" comes from The Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden's third album, which reached British shops in March 1982, and it belongs to the record that brought in a new voice: it was the first Maiden album to carry Bruce Dickinson, and the last with Clive Burr behind the drums.
Steve Harris and Adrian Smith wrote it together, words and music, with Smith and Dave Murray sharing the electric guitars and Harris on bass. Martin Birch produced and engineered. The album around it became the band's first to top the UK chart and their first to crack the American top 40, and it gave Maiden a nickname that stuck: the Beast.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 615 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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