Song · Iron Maiden
“Wrathchild” by Iron Maiden
From the album Killers (1981)
“Wrathchild” by Iron Maiden appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1981 on the album Killers. Its best result is #190 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,188 hard rock song of all time.
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"Wrathchild" sits on Killers, the second Iron Maiden album, which hit the racks in 1981, and like nearly everything on that record it's Steve Harris's baby from top to bottom, music and words both. It's the sound of a band tightening its grip: Harris on bass, Dave Murray and newcomer Adrian Smith on guitars, Clive Burr on drums, and Paul Di'Anno snarling out the lead vocal, with Harris and Smith pitching in behind him.
It's a record of firsts and lasts, too. Killers was Smith's debut with the band and Di'Anno's farewell, and it marked Maiden's first time in the studio with Martin Birch, who produced and engineered it and then stayed behind the desk for their next eight albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 190 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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