“Freewheel Burning” by Judas Priest

"Freewheel Burning" was the first single off Defenders of the Faith, Judas Priest's 1984 album, and the title is fair warning about the speed. K. K. Downing, Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton wrote it together, and the 12-inch ran a longer guitar intro that got cut from the album version.

The B-sides caught the band live in front of a colossal crowd: "Breaking the Law" and "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" from the US Festival at Glen Helen Park, near Devore in California, taped on 29 May 1983 before roughly 375,000 people. That "Breaking the Law" was the first official release with the guitar solo Downing had added on stage. The video is pure arcade-age fun: the band blasts away while a boy plays Pole Position, with Halford's face superimposed on the game.

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