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(آلبوم) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="عدد اهریمن (آلبوم)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)" title="The Number of the Beast (album) – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="The Number of the Beast (album)" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast" title="The Number of the Beast – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="The Number of the Beast" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a 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Beast av Iron Maiden – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="The Number of the Beast av Iron Maiden" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album_Iron_Maiden)" title="The Number of the Beast (album Iron Maiden) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="The Number of the Beast (album Iron Maiden)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast" title="The Number of the Beast – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="The Number of the Beast" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/IronMaiden_NumberOfBeast.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Remastered cover<a href="#cite_note-1">[a]</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">22 March 1982 (1982-03-22)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Battery_Studios" title="Battery Studios">Battery</a> (London)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Heavy metal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">39:11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records">EMI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Birch" title="Martin Birch">Martin Birch</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a> studio albums chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><a href="/wiki/Killers_(Iron_Maiden_album)" title="Killers (Iron Maiden album)">Killers</a> (1981) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em">The Number of the Beast (1982) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><a href="/wiki/Piece_of_Mind" title="Piece of Mind">Piece of Mind</a> (1983) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from The Number of the Beast </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li>"<a href="/wiki/Run_to_the_Hills" title="Run to the Hills">Run to the Hills</a>" Released: 8 February 1982</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(song)" title="The Number of the Beast (song)">The Number of the Beast</a>" Released: 26 April 1982</li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by English <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> band <a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a>. It was released on 22 March 1982 in the US by <a href="/wiki/Harvest_Records" title="Harvest Records">Harvest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>,<a href="#cite_note-2">[1]</a> and on 29 March 1982 in the UK by <a href="/wiki/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records">EMI Records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BPI-3">[2]</a> The album was their first to feature vocalist <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson" title="Bruce Dickinson">Bruce Dickinson</a> and their last with drummer <a href="/wiki/Clive_Burr" title="Clive Burr">Clive Burr</a>. The Number of the Beast was met with critical and commercial success, and became the band's first album to top the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> and reach the top 40 of the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US Billboard 200</a>. The album produced the singles "<a href="/wiki/Run_to_the_Hills" title="Run to the Hills">Run to the Hills</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(song)" title="The Number of the Beast (song)">The Number of the Beast</a>", the former of which became the band's first top-ten UK single. The album was also controversial, particularly in the United States, due to the religious references in its artwork and the title track's lyrics. Since the release of The Number of the Beast, "The Beast" has become an alternate name for Iron Maiden and was later used in the titles of some of their compilations and live releases, including <a href="/wiki/Best_of_the_Beast" title="Best of the Beast">Best of the Beast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Visions_of_the_Beast" title="Visions of the Beast">Visions of the Beast</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_and_recording">Writing and recording</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Writing and recording">edit</a>]</div> The Number of the Beast is Iron Maiden's only album to include songwriting credits for <a href="/wiki/Clive_Burr" title="Clive Burr">Clive Burr</a>, and was the band's first album to feature writing by guitarist <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(musician)" title="Adrian Smith (musician)">Adrian Smith</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004224-4">[3]</a> In addition, the release saw <a href="/wiki/Steve_Harris_(musician)" title="Steve Harris (musician)">Steve Harris</a> adopt a different approach to writing, which would cater more to new vocalist <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson" title="Bruce Dickinson">Bruce Dickinson</a>. The album's producer <a href="/wiki/Martin_Birch" title="Martin Birch">Martin Birch</a> remarked, "I simply didn't think [former vocalist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Di%27Anno" title="Paul Di'Anno">Paul Di'Anno</a>] was capable of handling lead vocals on some of the quite complicated directions I knew Steve wanted to explore ... When Bruce joined, it opened up the possibilities for the new album tremendously."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004223-5">[4]</a> According to several interviews Dickinson was heavily involved in writing several of the album's songs, and in particular the tracks "Children of the Damned", "The Prisoner" and "<a href="/wiki/Run_to_the_Hills" title="Run to the Hills">Run to the Hills</a>".<a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a> Owing to his previous band <a href="/wiki/Samson_(band)" title="Samson (band)">Samson</a>'s ongoing contractual issues, Dickinson could not legally have any writing credit.<a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a> The recording and mixing of the album had to be completed in only five weeks,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004226-8">[7]</a> after the band had spent too long constructing the new songs.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004225-9">[8]</a> This was allegedly because the group were for the first time creating a new album from scratch, with very little material written prior to the record's pre-production stage.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004224-4">[3]</a> However, live recordings show that five of the album's songs had been premiered live already at a few shows towards the end of the Killer World Tour in November and December 1981. Given that "Invaders" is a re-write of an earlier song, "Invasion", this suggests only two tracks – the title track and "Gangland" – originated after the 1981 tour ended. Music press reports told stories of unexplained phenomena occurring during the sessions at Battery Studios, such as lights turning on and off of their own accord, and the recording gear mysteriously breaking down.<a href="#cite_note-Bushell_100-10">[9]</a> These odd occurrences climaxed with Birch being involved in a car accident with a mini-bus transporting a group of nuns, after which he was presented with a repair bill for £666.<a href="#cite_note-Hammer30-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artwork">Artwork</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Artwork">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iron_Maiden_in_San_Sebastian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Iron_Maiden_in_San_Sebastian.jpg/220px-Iron_Maiden_in_San_Sebastian.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Iron_Maiden_in_San_Sebastian.jpg/330px-Iron_Maiden_in_San_Sebastian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Iron_Maiden_in_San_Sebastian.jpg/440px-Iron_Maiden_in_San_Sebastian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1049" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Iron Maiden performing at Spain in 1982</figcaption></figure> As with all of Iron Maiden's albums during the 1980s and early 1990s, the sleeve artwork was painted by <a href="/wiki/Derek_Riggs" title="Derek Riggs">Derek Riggs</a>. The cover was originally created for the song "<a href="/wiki/Purgatory_(song)" title="Purgatory (song)">Purgatory</a>", but manager Rod Smallwood deemed it of too high a calibre for the release of a mere single, and decided to save it for The Number of the Beast.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004135-13">[12]</a> The original 1982 artwork includes a blue sky in the background; a mistake by the printers of the cover, this was corrected to black when the album was remastered for compact disc in 1998.<a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a> The album attracted controversy, particularly in the United States, due to the lyrics of the title track and the cover art depicting <a href="/wiki/Eddie_(mascot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie (mascot)">Eddie</a> controlling Satan like a puppet, while Satan is also controlling a smaller Eddie. Smallwood explains that the concept was to ask "who's the really evil one here? Who's manipulating who?"<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004135-13">[12]</a> According to Riggs, this was inspired by a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Strange" title="Doctor Strange">Doctor Strange</a> comic book, "which had some big villain with Doctor Strange dangling on some strings like a puppet – it was something I read as a child back in the 1960s, I think," while the images of hell were "taken from my knowledge of medieval European Christian art which was full of such scenes".<a href="#cite_note-Riggs_interview-14">[13]</a> In addition, Satan was supposed to have wings made out of lightning and smoke (which can still be seen vaguely in the final piece) but due to time constraints, Riggs was unable to complete it as intended. He also made Satan look like <a href="/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD" title="Salvador Dalí">Salvador Dalí</a> as a joke.<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a> According to US professor Bryan A. Bardine, "this album evokes power, passion and music that present darker themes and images."<a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a> The artwork has been parodied by <a href="/wiki/Crossover_thrash" title="Crossover thrash">crossover thrash</a> band <a href="/wiki/Stormtroopers_of_Death" title="Stormtroopers of Death">Stormtroopers of Death</a> for the cover of their 1999 album <a href="/wiki/Bigger_than_the_Devil" title="Bigger than the Devil">Bigger than the Devil</a>, and on a T-shirt by Streetwear brand Diamond Supply Co.<a href="#cite_note-Riggs_interview-14">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> "It's probably thick," remarked <a href="/wiki/Kiss_(band)" title="Kiss (band)">Kiss</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title="Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a> of the sleeve. "It's probably got elves and dragons holding it up!"<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> In 2015, this cover art makes an appearance in the "<a href="/wiki/Speed_of_Light_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Speed of Light (Iron Maiden song)">Speed of Light</a>" music video depicting Eddie fighting Satan (now known as "The Beast") in a form of <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat" title="Mortal Kombat">Mortal Kombat</a> video game.<a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Songs">Songs</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Songs">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Run_to_the_Hills" title="Run to the Hills">Run to the Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(song)" title="The Number of the Beast (song)">The Number of the Beast (song)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hallowed_Be_Thy_Name_(song)" title="Hallowed Be Thy Name (song)">Hallowed Be Thy Name (song)</a></div> "Run to the Hills" was released as a single on 12 February 1982, two weeks before Iron Maiden's UK tour, acting as a preview for the forthcoming album, which would not be released until two days after the British dates ended.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004226-8">[7]</a> Released alongside a music video, made using live footage and clips from <a href="/wiki/Buster_Keaton" title="Buster Keaton">Buster Keaton</a> films,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004226-8">[7]</a> the single performed remarkably well, earning the band their first top ten entry in the UK Singles Chart.<a href="#cite_note-UK-20">[19]</a> As they were rushing to complete the album in time, as well as record and mix the single for an even earlier release, the band hastily selected "Total Eclipse" as the <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004225-9">[8]</a> As they had written too much material, they had to choose between "Total Eclipse" and "Gangland" for the "Run to the Hills" B-side, with the understanding that the other song would appear on the album.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004225-9">[8]</a> Several band-members have since expressed regret over the decision, with Steve Harris commenting, "We just chose the wrong track as the B-side. I think if 'Total Eclipse' had been on the album instead of 'Gangland' it would have been far better."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004225-9">[8]</a> On top of this, Harris has stated that the record's opening track, "Invaders", was not good enough, commenting that it "could have been replaced with something a bit better, only we didn't have anything else to replace it with at the time. We had just enough time to do what we did, and that was it."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004225-9">[8]</a> "Total Eclipse" was added to the 1998 CD reissue, and replaced "Gangland" on the 2022 40th Anniversary reissue vinyl.<a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> While the title track was considered by many religious groups in the United States as evidence that Iron Maiden was a Satanic band, the song was in fact inspired by a nightmare that bassist <a href="/wiki/Steve_Harris_(musician)" title="Steve Harris (musician)">Steve Harris</a> had, triggered by watching the film <a href="/wiki/Damien:_Omen_II" title="Damien: Omen II">Damien: Omen II</a> late at night.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004224-4">[3]</a> In addition, Harris has stated that the lyrics were also influenced by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Burns" title="Robert Burns">Robert Burns</a>' <a href="/wiki/Tam_o%27_Shanter_(poem)" title="Tam o' Shanter (poem)">Tam o' Shanter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a> The track opens with a spoken introduction from the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a>, read by actor Barry Clayton.<a href="#cite_note-Clayton-22">[21]</a> According to Dickinson, the band originally approached <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Price" title="Vincent Price">Vincent Price</a> to record the passage, but were unwilling to pay Price's fee of £25,000.<a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> Although the liner notes state that the passage is from <a href="/wiki/Revelation_13:18" class="mw-redirect" title="Revelation 13:18">Revelation 13:18</a>,<a href="#cite_note-original_liner_notes-24">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-linernotes-25">[24]</a> the first line comes from 12:12.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> The closing song "Hallowed Be Thy Name" has remained in all but three of the band's setlists since the album's recording (the only exceptions being the <a href="/wiki/Maiden_England_World_Tour" title="Maiden England World Tour">Maiden England World Tour</a> 2012–14, the second leg of the <a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Souls_World_Tour" title="The Book of Souls World Tour">Book of Souls World Tour</a> in 2017, and the <a href="/wiki/The_Future_Past_World_Tour" title="The Future Past World Tour">Future Past World Tour</a> in 2023).<a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> describes the track as "perhaps the most celebrated of the band's extended epics; it's the tale of a prisoner about to be hanged, featuring some of Harris' most philosophical lyrics."<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-27">[26]</a> Several band-members have since stated that it is one of their favourite tracks, with Dickinson describing it as "fantastic" and that performing it live is like "narrating a movie to the audience."<a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a> A live version of the song was released in 1993, gaining the band another top ten placement in the UK Singles Chart.<a href="#cite_note-UK-20">[19]</a> "Children of the Damned" is based on the films <a href="/wiki/Village_of_the_Damned_(1960_film)" title="Village of the Damned (1960 film)">Village of the Damned</a> and <a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Damned" title="Children of the Damned">Children of the Damned</a>,<a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a> which in turn were adapted from the novel <a href="/wiki/The_Midwich_Cuckoos" title="The Midwich Cuckoos">The Midwich Cuckoos</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_Wyndham" title="John Wyndham">John Wyndham</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a> On his last radio show for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Radio 6">BBC Radio 6</a>, during a segment in tribute to the late <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio" title="Ronnie James Dio">Ronnie James Dio</a>, Dickinson mentioned that Children of the Damned was inspired by <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Sea_(song)" title="Children of the Sea (song)">Children of the Sea</a>".<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a> "The Prisoner" was inspired by the <a href="/wiki/The_Prisoner" title="The Prisoner">British TV show of the same name</a>, and features dialogue from its title sequence. The band's manager, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Smallwood" title="Rod Smallwood">Rod Smallwood</a>, had to telephone <a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan" title="Patrick McGoohan">Patrick McGoohan</a> to ask permission to use the audio clips for the song and was extremely hesitant during his conversation with whom Smallwood himself describes as "a real bona fide superstar actor".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004227-30">[29]</a> McGoohan was reported to have said "What did you say the name was? A rock band, you say? Do it."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004227-30">[29]</a> Iron Maiden later made another song based on the series, "Back in the Village" from 1984's <a href="/wiki/Powerslave" title="Powerslave">Powerslave</a>.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> "22 Acacia Avenue", which is the second song in the "Charlotte the Harlot" saga, was originally written by Adrian Smith several years earlier while playing in his old band, <a href="/wiki/Urchin_(band)" title="Urchin (band)">Urchin</a>. According to Smith, Steve Harris remembered hearing the song at an Urchin concert in a local park, and modified it for The Number of the Beast album.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004167-32">[31]</a> The Urchin song this song was based on was called "Countdown".<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_Controversy">Release and Controversy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release and Controversy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruce_Dickinson_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bruce_Dickinson_08.jpg/220px-Bruce_Dickinson_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bruce_Dickinson_08.jpg/330px-Bruce_Dickinson_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bruce_Dickinson_08.jpg/440px-Bruce_Dickinson_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1582" data-file-height="1055" /></a><figcaption>Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris performing in 1982. The Beast on the Road tour was marred by several protests organised by religious activists in the US.</figcaption></figure> The Number of the Beast was released on 22 March 1982 through <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> and its sister label <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a> in the United States. The album was strongly opposed by some <a href="/wiki/Social_conservatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Social conservatives">social conservatives</a> in the United States, where Iron Maiden were accused of being <a href="/wiki/Satanism" title="Satanism">Satanists</a>. Public burnings of the band's catalogue were organised, although one religious group smashed the records with hammers, for fear of inhaling fumes from burning vinyl. It is unclear whether their caution was based on toxicological or theological concerns.<a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kerrang!_Legends32-34">[33]</a> The subsequent tour was subject to boycotts and demonstrations: venues were sometimes surrounded by activists who handed out leaflets and, in one case, a 25-foot cross was carried in protest.<a href="#cite_note-NOTBDVD-12">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-CR-35">[34]</a> Harris has stated, "It was mad. They completely got the wrong end of the stick. They obviously hadn't read the lyrics. They just wanted to believe all that rubbish about us being Satanists."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004228-36">[35]</a> The album was reissued in 1995 with a bonus CD containing two songs ("Total Eclipse", and a live version of "Remember Tomorrow") that had been the B-sides of the album's two singles. The US version of the 1995 reissue incorrectly gives Paul Di'Anno a songwriting credit for "Total Eclipse";<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> the song had actually been written by Harris, Murray, and Burr.<a href="#cite_note-linernotes-25">[24]</a> The album was also reissued in 1998 by EMI and <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Sanctuary</a>/<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a> in the US as an enhanced CD version, which included photos, band history and the music videos for the songs "The Number of the Beast" and "Run to the Hills", in addition to "Total Eclipse", which was restored to the album's track listing (having been excluded from the original edition due to space constraints).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004225-9">[8]</a> This version mistakenly lists the track lengths for "22 Acacia Avenue" and "The Number of the Beast" as 4:49 and 3:50; they are in fact 6:38 and 4:51, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-linernotes-25">[24]</a> On March 18, 2022 (UK, Europe) and March 25th (USA) the band will release a new cassette version of the album for the fortieth anniversary of the album's original release.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-27">[26]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Popoff" title="Martin Popoff">Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8/10<a href="#cite_note-martin-39">[38]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">9.0/10<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/20px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/40px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/Sounds_(magazine)" title="Sounds (magazine)">Sounds</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-Bushell_101-42">[41]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">Sputnikmusic</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/40px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/20px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/40px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-sputnik-43">[42]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">The Daily Vault</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">A−<a href="#cite_note-vault-44">[43]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Since its release, the album has received consistent critical acclaim, with <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> describing it as "among the top five most essential heavy metal albums ever recorded. A cornerstone of the genre."<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-27">[26]</a> Sputnikmusic calls it "a classic in the world of metal",<a href="#cite_note-sputnik-43">[42]</a> while <a href="/wiki/BBC_Music" title="BBC Music">BBC Music</a> praised the record's complex arrangements, stating "Whereas even some of the venerable HM institutions (think <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>) would struggle to make material that was something more than a collection of minor-key riffs, Iron Maiden pull this feat off with considerable élan."<a href="#cite_note-BBC_music-45">[44]</a> <a href="/wiki/Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q magazine</a> placed the album at No. 100 in its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever" in 2000; in 2001 named it one of the "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time";<a href="#cite_note-Q's_50_heaviest_albums-46">[45]</a> and in 2006 placed it at No. 40 in its "40 Best Albums of the '80s" list.<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a> <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metal_Rules" title="Metal Rules">Metal Rules</a> placed it third and second, respectively, in their lists of the Top Heavy Metal Albums,<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a> ranked it at No. 17 on their list of "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time".<a href="#cite_note-Guitar_World's_100_Guitar_Albums-50">[49]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deprecated_sources" title="Wikipedia:Deprecated sources">deprecated source</a>] <a href="/wiki/Classic_Rock_(magazine)" title="Classic Rock (magazine)">Classic Rock</a> placed it at No. 15 in their list of the "100 Greatest British Rock Albums", describing it as "the most important metal album of the decade",<a href="#cite_note-CR-35">[34]</a> and it was voted No. 1 in <a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV's</a> list of "The Best British Albums of the Past 60 Years" in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a> The Number of the Beast is one of two Iron Maiden records listed in Robert Dimery's book, <a href="/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die" title="1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die">1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die</a> (1980's <a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden_(album)" title="Iron Maiden (album)">Iron Maiden</a> being the other).<a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> In 2017, it was ranked 4th on <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>' list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> In 2001, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> made a <a href="/wiki/Classic_Albums:_Iron_Maiden_%E2%80%93_The_Number_of_the_Beast" title="Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast">documentary</a> about The Number of the Beast as part of the <a href="/wiki/Classic_Albums" title="Classic Albums">Classic Albums</a> series, which was released on DVD in the same year. In 2022, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the album's release, Number Of The Beast was named #1 of 'The 25 greatest rock guitar albums of 1982' list in Guitar World.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commercial performance">edit</a>]</div> The Number of the Beast was a big commercial success worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWall2004228-36">[35]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> reported in 2010 that 14 million copies have been sold<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> and by 2023 it had sold circa 20 million copies worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> It was the band's first record to top the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK charts</a>, entering at No. 1 on 10 April, maintaining the top position for a further week, and remaining in the Top 75 for a total of 31 weeks.<a href="#cite_note-UK-20">[19]</a> It entered the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> at No. 150 and peaked at No. 33. The album reached the top ten in Austria and Sweden, and No. 11 and No. 13 in Canada and Norway, respectively. It was certified <a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_sales_certifications" class="mw-redirect" title="List of music recording sales certifications">platinum</a> by the <a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">British Phonographic Industry</a> (BPI) and <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">gold</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA) on 4 October 1983 (eventually going platinum in 1986). The album reached No. 11 in Germany and was certified gold ten years later. It received a 3× platinum award in Canada for sales exceeding 300,000 units. The two singles, "Run to the Hills" and the title track, debuted in the UK singles chart at No. 7 and No. 18, respectively. Both songs entered the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">Irish Singles Chart</a> in the same order, and reached No. 16 and No. 19. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions_and_performances_by_other_artists">Versions and performances by other artists</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Versions and performances by other artists">edit</a>]</div> On 24 October 2002, progressive metal outfit <a href="/wiki/Dream_Theater" title="Dream Theater">Dream Theater</a> played the original album in its entirety at <a href="/wiki/La_Mutualit%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="La Mutualité">La Mutualité</a> in Paris, France. The performance was recorded and has been released through the band's YtseJam Records label.<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> "Children of the Damned" was covered by Swedish band <a href="/wiki/Therion_(band)" title="Therion (band)">Therion</a> on their 1997 album <a href="/wiki/A%27arab_Zaraq_%E2%80%93_Lucid_Dreaming" title="A'arab Zaraq – Lucid Dreaming">A'arab Zaraq – Lucid Dreaming</a>. "Run to the Hills" was <a href="/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">covered</a> on the tribute album <a href="/wiki/Numbers_From_The_Beast" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbers From The Beast">Numbers From The Beast</a>, featuring vocalist <a href="/wiki/Robin_McAuley" title="Robin McAuley">Robin McAuley</a>, guitarists <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schenker" title="Michael Schenker">Michael Schenker</a> and Pete Fletcher, bassist <a href="/wiki/Tony_Franklin_(musician)" title="Tony Franklin (musician)">Tony Franklin</a> and drummer <a href="/wiki/Brian_Tichy" title="Brian Tichy">Brian Tichy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/Music_in_tribute_of_Iron_Maiden#A_Tribute_to_the_Beast,_Vol._2" class="mw-redirect" title="Music in tribute of Iron Maiden">A Tribute to the Beast, Vol. 2</a> features covers of "Children of the Damned", by <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Bach" title="Sebastian Bach">Sebastian Bach</a> of <a href="/wiki/Skid_Row_(American_band)" title="Skid Row (American band)">Skid Row</a> fame, and "Hallowed Be Thy Name", by <a href="/wiki/Iced_Earth" title="Iced Earth">Iced Earth</a>,<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> who have also covered "Hallowed Be Thy Name" and "The Number of the Beast" on their own album, <a href="/wiki/Tribute_to_the_Gods" title="Tribute to the Gods">Tribute to the Gods</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> "Hallowed Be Thy Name" has also been covered by <a href="/wiki/Machine_Head_(band)" title="Machine Head (band)">Machine Head</a> on <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Heaven:_A_Tribute_To_Iron_Maiden" class="mw-redirect" title="Maiden Heaven: A Tribute To Iron Maiden">Maiden Heaven: A Tribute To Iron Maiden</a>, which was released by <a href="/wiki/Kerrang!" title="Kerrang!">Kerrang!</a> magazine in 2008,<a href="#cite_note-kerrang.com-75">[74]</a> and by <a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_Filth" title="Cradle of Filth">Cradle of Filth</a>,<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> while the title track has also been covered by <a href="/wiki/Billy_Corgan" title="Billy Corgan">Billy Corgan</a>'s band <a href="/wiki/Djali_Zwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Djali Zwan">Djali Zwan</a> on the soundtrack of the film <a href="/wiki/Spun" title="Spun">Spun</a>.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> Acoustic reinterpretations of "Children of the Damned" and "22 Acacia Avenue" were included on the album Across The Seventh Sea (2012) by the tribute project <a href="/wiki/Maiden_uniteD" title="Maiden uniteD">Maiden uniteD</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances_in_other_media">Appearances in other media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Appearances in other media">edit</a>]</div> Several of the record's songs have been used in video games: "Run to the Hills" is featured in <a href="/wiki/SSX_On_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="SSX On Tour">SSX On Tour</a> as the opening theme,<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Episodes_from_Liberty_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City">Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City</a>,<a href="#cite_note-gta-80">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> and a cover version is included in <a href="/wiki/Rock_Band" title="Rock Band">Rock Band</a>, the only song in the game listed as 'Impossible' for all instruments.<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> In addition, "The Number of the Beast" (as the original master recording), "Run to the Hills" and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (the latter being a live recording found on <a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden:_Flight_666" title="Iron Maiden: Flight 666">Flight 666</a>) were made downloadable to Rock Band on 8 June 2009; "The Prisoner" was made downloadable on 22 May 2012.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> "The Number of the Beast" was also featured in <a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero_III:_Legends_of_Rock" title="Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock">Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock</a> (master recording),<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> and on <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_4" title="Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4">Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4</a>.<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Track listing">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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0}</style><div class="track-listing">All tracks are written by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Harris_(musician)" title="Steve Harris (musician)">Steve Harris</a>, except where noted<table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Invaders"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Children of the Damned"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:34</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"The Prisoner"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(musician)" title="Adrian Smith (musician)">Adrian Smith</a></li><li>Harris</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">5:34</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"22 Acacia Avenue"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Harris</li><li>Smith</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">6:34</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009" /><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(song)" title="The Number of the Beast (song)">The Number of the Beast</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Run_to_the_Hills" title="Run to the Hills">Run to the Hills</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Gangland"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Smith</li><li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Burr" title="Clive Burr">Clive Burr</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Hallowed_Be_Thy_Name_(song)" title="Hallowed Be Thy Name (song)">Hallowed Be Thy Name</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">7:08</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>39:11</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009" /><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two – Japanese edition<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a></caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"The Number of the Beast"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Run to the Hills"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Total Eclipse"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Harris</li><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Murray_(musician)" title="Dave Murray (musician)">Dave Murray</a></li><li>Burr</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Gangland"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Smith</li><li>Burr</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Hallowed Be Thy Name"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">7:08</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>43:36</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009" /><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two – 2022 40th anniversary edition<a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a></caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"The Number of the Beast"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Run to the Hills"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Total Eclipse"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Harris</li><li>Murray</li><li>Burr</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Hallowed Be Thy Name"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">7:08</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>39:50</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009" /><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>1995 reissue bonus disc</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Total Eclipse"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Harris</li><li>Murray</li><li>Burr</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Remember Tomorrow" (live)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Harris</li><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Di%27Anno" title="Paul Di'Anno">Paul Di'Anno</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">5:29</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>9:55</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009" /><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>1998 remastered edition</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Invaders"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:22</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Children of the Damned"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:33</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"The Prisoner"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Smith</li><li>Harris</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">6:00</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"22 Acacia Avenue"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Harris</li><li>Smith</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">6:38</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"The Number of the Beast"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Run to the Hills"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Gangland"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Smith</li><li>Burr</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:47</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Total Eclipse"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Harris</li><li>Murray</li><li>Burr</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:28</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Hallowed Be Thy Name"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">7:10</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>44:39</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personnel">edit</a>]</div> Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.<a href="#cite_note-original_liner_notes-24">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-linernotes-25">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iron_Maiden">Iron Maiden</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Iron Maiden">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson" title="Bruce Dickinson">Bruce Dickinson</a> – vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Murray_(musician)" title="Dave Murray (musician)">Dave Murray</a> – guitars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(musician)" title="Adrian Smith (musician)">Adrian Smith</a> – guitars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Harris_(musician)" title="Steve Harris (musician)">Steve Harris</a> – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Burr" title="Clive Burr">Clive Burr</a> – drums</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_performer">Additional performer</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Additional performer">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Barry Clayton – spoken word on "<a href="/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(song)" title="The Number of the Beast (song)">The Number of the Beast</a>"<a href="#cite_note-Clayton-22">[21]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production">Production</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Birch" title="Martin Birch">Martin "Farmer" Birch</a> – production, <a href="/wiki/Audio_engineer" title="Audio engineer">engineering</a></li> <li>Nigel Hewitt-Green – engineering</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Riggs" title="Derek Riggs">Derek Riggs</a> – <a href="/wiki/Illustration" title="Illustration">illustration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Fowler_(photographer)" title="Simon Fowler (photographer)">Simon Fowler</a> – photography</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Halfin" title="Ross Halfin">Ross Halfin</a> – photography</li> <li>Toshi Yajima – photography</li> <li>Andre Csillag – photography</li> <li>Bob Ellis – photography</li> <li>P.G. Brunelli – photography</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Smallwood" title="Rod Smallwood">Rod Smallwood</a> – management, photography</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Heyworth" title="Simon Heyworth">Simon Heyworth</a> – <a href="/wiki/Remaster" title="Remaster">remastering</a> (1998 edition)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_O%27Regan" title="Denis O'Regan">Denis O'Regan</a> – photography (1998 edition)</li> <li>George Chin – photography (1998 edition)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Charts">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Weekly charts">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1982-1983) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<a href="#cite_note-aus-88">[87]</a> </th> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austrian Albums (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Austria_Iron_Maiden-89">[88]</a> </th> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-group=-90">[89]</a> </th> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Album_Top_100" title="Dutch Album Top 100">Album Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Netherlands_Iron_Maiden-91">[90]</a> </th> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> </th> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finnish Albums (<a href="/wiki/The_Official_Finnish_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="The Official Finnish Charts">The Official Finnish Charts</a>)<a href="#cite_note-FINI-93">[92]</a> </th> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Germany4_Iron_Maiden-94">[93]</a> </th> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Musica_e_dischi" title="Musica e dischi">Musica e dischi</a>)<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japanese Albums (<a href="/wiki/Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon</a>)<a href="#cite_note-JPN-96">[95]</a> </th> <td align="center">28 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand Albums (<a href="/wiki/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Official New Zealand Music Chart">RMNZ</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_New_Zealand_Iron_Maiden-97">[96]</a> </th> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norwegian Albums (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Norway_Iron_Maiden-98">[97]</a> </th> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Sweden_Iron_Maiden-99">[98]</a> </th> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-UKA1-100">[99]</a> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a><a href="#cite_note-Billboard_200-101">[100]</a> </th> <td align="center">33 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1987) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-UKA2-102">[101]</a> </th> <td align="center">98 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2006) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spanish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Spain_Iron_Maiden-103">[102]</a> </th> <td align="center">56 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-UKA3-104">[103]</a> </th> <td align="center">54 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2010) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Greek Albums (<a href="/wiki/IFPI_Greece" title="IFPI Greece">IFPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Greece_Iron_Maiden-105">[104]</a> </th> <td align="center">33 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mexican Albums (<a href="/wiki/Top_100_Mexico" title="Top 100 Mexico">Top 100 Mexico</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Mexico_Iron_Maiden-106">[105]</a> </th> <td align="center">95 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2012) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Sweden_Iron_Maiden-99">[98]</a> </th> <td align="center">32 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2015) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/wiki/SNEP" title="SNEP">SNEP</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_France_Iron_Maiden-107">[106]</a> </th> <td align="center">172 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2018-2022) </th> <th>Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop</a> Flanders)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Flanders_Iron_Maiden-108">[107]</a> </th> <td align="center">122 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop</a> Wallonia)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Wallonia_Iron_Maiden-109">[108]</a> </th> <td align="center">51 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Croatian International Albums (<a href="/wiki/Top_of_the_Shops" title="Top of the Shops">HDU</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Croatia_Iron_Maiden-110">[109]</a> </th> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Germany4_Iron_Maiden-94">[93]</a> </th> <td align="center">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Greek Albums (<a href="/wiki/IFPI_Greece" title="IFPI Greece">IFPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Greece_Iron_Maiden-105">[104]</a> </th> <td align="center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Hungarian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies" title="Association of Hungarian Record Companies">MAHASZ</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Hungary_Iron_Maiden-111">[110]</a> </th> <td align="center">21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="Scottish Singles and Albums Charts">Scottish Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Scotland_-112">[111]</a> </th> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spanish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Spain_Iron_Maiden-103">[102]</a> </th> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swiss Albums (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Switzerland_Iron_Maiden-113">[112]</a> </th> <td align="center">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Rock_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Rock Chart">UK Rock & Metal Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_UKRock_-114">[113]</a> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Year-end charts">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1982) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="GfK Entertainment Charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> </th> <td>58 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Certifications">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>50,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austria (<a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a> Austria)<a href="#cite_note-AustriaIron_Maiden''The_Number_of_the_Beast''albumCertRef-117">[116]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>25,000* </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Belgian_Recorded_Music_Association" title="Belgian Recorded Music Association">BRMA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>25,000* </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<a href="#cite_note-CanadaIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-119">[118]</a> </th> <td>3× Platinum </td> <td>300,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/SNEP" title="SNEP">SNEP</a>)<a href="#cite_note-FranceIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-120">[119]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000* </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-GermanyIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-121">[120]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>250,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italy (<a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ItalyIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-122">[121]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>25,000‡ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japan (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_Japan" title="Recording Industry Association of Japan">RIAJ</a>)<a href="#cite_note-JPN-96">[95]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<a href="#cite_note-JPN-96">[95]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/NVPI" title="NVPI">NVPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-NetherlandsIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-123">[122]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">RMNZ</a>)<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>7,500^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Poland (<a href="/wiki/Polish_Society_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry">ZPAV</a>)<a href="#cite_note-PolandIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-125">[124]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>10,000‡ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a>)<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a> Switzerland)<a href="#cite_note-SwitzerlandIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_The_BeastalbumCertRef-127">[126]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>25,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-BPI-3">[2]</a> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>300,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-United_StatesIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-128">[127]</a> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,000,000^ </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> * Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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original cover was a misprint, the sky behind Eddie turning out blue instead of the intended grey. 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Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-group=-90"><a href="#cite_ref-group=_90-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6528&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6528.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6528">"Top RPM Albums: Issue 6528"</a>. <a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>. <a href="/wiki/Library_and_Archives_Canada" title="Library and Archives Canada">Library and Archives Canada</a>. Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_Netherlands_Iron_Maiden-91"><a href="#cite_ref-ac_Netherlands_Iron_Maiden_91-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden&titel=The+Number+of+the+Beast&cat=a">"Dutchcharts.nl – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a> (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_I.php">"Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – I"</a>. Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Y.php">the original</a> on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Infodisc.fr&rft.atitle=Le+D%C3%A9tail+des+Albums+de+chaque+Artiste+%E2%80%93+I&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infodisc.fr%2FAlbum_Y.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> Select Iron Maiden from the menu, then press OK. </li> <li id="cite_note-FINI-93"><a href="#cite_ref-FINI_93-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPennanen2006" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-951-1-21053-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-951-1-21053-5"><bdi>978-951-1-21053-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sis%C3%A4lt%C3%A4%C3%A4+hitin+%E2%80%93+levyt+ja+esitt%C3%A4j%C3%A4t+Suomen+musiikkilistoilla+vuodesta+1972&rft.place=Helsinki&rft.pages=166&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Kustannusosakeyhti%C3%B6+Otava&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-951-1-21053-5&rft.aulast=Pennanen&rft.aufirst=Timo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_Germany4_Iron_Maiden-94">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ac_Germany4_Iron_Maiden_94-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ac_Germany4_Iron_Maiden_94-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-8484">"Offiziellecharts.de – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a> (in German). <a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="GfK Entertainment Charts">GfK Entertainment Charts</a>. Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php">"Classifiche"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Musica_e_dischi" title="Musica e dischi">Musica e dischi</a> (in Italian). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161201160637/http://musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php">Archived</a> from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Musica+e+dischi&rft.atitle=Classifiche&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musicaedischi.it%2Fclassifiche_archivio.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "The number of the beast". </li> <li id="cite_note-JPN-96">^ <a href="#cite_ref-JPN_96-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-JPN_96-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-JPN_96-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). 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Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-UKA1-100"><a href="#cite_ref-UKA1_100-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19820404/7502/">"Official Albums Chart Top 100"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">Official Charts Company</a>. Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-Billboard_200-101"><a href="#cite_ref-Billboard_200_101-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/Iron-Maiden/chart-history/TLP">"Iron Maiden Chart History (Billboard 200)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>. 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Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_Mexico_Iron_Maiden-106"><a href="#cite_ref-ac_Mexico_Iron_Maiden_106-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden&titel=The+Number+of+the+Beast&cat=a">"Mexicancharts.com – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a>. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_France_Iron_Maiden-107"><a href="#cite_ref-ac_France_Iron_Maiden_107-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden&titel=The+Number+of+the+Beast&cat=a">"Lescharts.com – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a>. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_Flanders_Iron_Maiden-108"><a href="#cite_ref-ac_Flanders_Iron_Maiden_108-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden&titel=The+Number+of+the+Beast&cat=a">"Ultratop.be – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a> (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024. </li> <li id="cite_note-ac_Wallonia_Iron_Maiden-109"><a href="#cite_ref-ac_Wallonia_Iron_Maiden_109-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden&titel=The+Number+of+the+Beast&cat=a">"Ultratop.be – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a> (in French). Hung Medien. 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Retrieved 4 April 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+100+Album-Jahrescharts&rft.pub=GfK+Entertainment+Charts&rft.date=1982&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.offiziellecharts.de%2Fcharts%2Falbum-jahr%2Ffor-date-1982&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-116"><a href="#cite_ref-116">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://i.imgur.com/totLqGG.jpg">"Platinum and Gold Albums 1982"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>. 28 February 1983. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211110062852/https://i.imgur.com/totLqGG.jpg">Archived</a> from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via <a href="/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur">Imgur</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Platinum+and+Gold+Albums+1982&rft.pub=Kent+Music+Report&rft.date=1983-02-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtotLqGG.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-AustriaIron_Maiden''The_Number_of_the_Beast''albumCertRef-117"><a href="#cite_ref-AustriaIron_Maiden''The_Number_of_the_Beast''albumCertRef_117-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifpi.at/auszeichnungen/?fwp_per_page=100&fwp_interpret=Iron+Maiden&fwp_titel=%27%27The+Number+of+the+Beast%27%27&fwp_format=album&">"Austrian album certifications – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a> (in German). <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a> Austria. 21 September 1990. Retrieved 15 November 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Austrian+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+Iron+Maiden+%E2%80%93+The+Number+of+the+Beast&rft.pub=IFPI+Austria&rft.date=1990-09-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fifpi.at%2Fauszeichnungen%2F%3Ffwp_per_page%3D100%26fwp_interpret%3DIron%2BMaiden%26fwp_titel%3D%2527%2527The%2BNumber%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBeast%2527%2527%26fwp_format%3Dalbum%26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-118"><a href="#cite_ref-118">^</a> <<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://auction.heavymetaltruants.com/?view_lot&id=6">"The Number Of The Beast Gold Vinyl- Belgium"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230306011645/https://auction.heavymetaltruants.com/?view_lot&id=6">Archived</a> from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Number+Of+The+Beast+Gold+Vinyl-+Belgium&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fauction.heavymetaltruants.com%2F%3Fview_lot%26id%3D6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-CanadaIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-119"><a href="#cite_ref-CanadaIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef_119-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=The+Number+of+the+Beast%20Iron+Maiden">"Canadian album certifications – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Canadian+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+Iron+Maiden+%E2%80%93+The+Number+of+the+Beast&rft.pub=Music+Canada&rft.date=2006-10-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmusiccanada.com%2Fgold-platinum%2F%3F_gp_search%3DThe%2BNumber%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBeast%2520Iron%2BMaiden&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FranceIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-120"><a href="#cite_ref-FranceIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef_120-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certifications.php">"French album certifications – Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast"</a> (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 13 January 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=French+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+Iron+Maiden+%E2%80%93+Number+of+the+Beast&rft.pub=InfoDisc&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infodisc.fr%2FAlbum_Certifications.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> Select IRON MAIDEN and click OK.  </li> <li id="cite_note-GermanyIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-121"><a href="#cite_ref-GermanyIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef_121-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.musikindustrie.de/wie-musik-zur-karriere-werden-kann/markt-bestseller/gold-/platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung/datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Number+of+the+Beast&strInterpret=Iron+Maiden&strTtArt=2&strAwards=checked">"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Iron Maiden; 'Number of the Beast')"</a> (in German). <a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">Bundesverband Musikindustrie</a>. Retrieved 15 November 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gold-%2FPlatin-Datenbank+%28Iron+Maiden%3B+%27Number+of+the+Beast%27%29&rft.pub=Bundesverband+Musikindustrie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.musikindustrie.de%2Fwie-musik-zur-karriere-werden-kann%2Fmarkt-bestseller%2Fgold-%2Fplatin-und-diamond-auszeichnung%2Fdatenbank%2F%3Faction%3Dsuche%26strTitel%3DNumber%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBeast%26strInterpret%3DIron%2BMaiden%26strTtArt%3D2%26strAwards%3Dchecked&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-ItalyIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-122"><a href="#cite_ref-ItalyIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef_122-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/certificazioni/certificazioni.kl#/certifications">"Italian album certifications – Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast"</a> (in Italian). <a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana</a>. Retrieved 4 March 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Italian+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+Iron+Maiden+%E2%80%93+Number+of+the+Beast&rft.pub=Federazione+Industria+Musicale+Italiana&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fimi.it%2Ftop-of-the-music%2Fcertificazioni%2Fcertificazioni.kl%23%2Fcertifications&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Number of the Beast" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione". </li> <li id="cite_note-NetherlandsIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-123"><a href="#cite_ref-NetherlandsIron_MaidenNumber_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef_123-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.goudplatina.nl/database">"Dutch album certifications – Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/NVPI" title="NVPI">Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers</a>. Retrieved 28 January 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dutch+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+Iron+Maiden+%E2%80%93+Number+of+the+Beast&rft.pub=Nederlandse+Vereniging+van+Producenten+en+Importeurs+van+beeld-+en+geluidsdragers&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goudplatina.nl%2Fdatabase&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> Enter Number of the Beast in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1996 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". </li> <li id="cite_note-124"><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFScapolo2007" class="citation book cs1">Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Maurienne House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-877443-00-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-877443-00-8"><bdi>978-1-877443-00-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Complete+New+Zealand+Music+Charts%3A+1966%E2%80%932006&rft.pub=Maurienne+House&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-877443-00-8&rft.aulast=Scapolo&rft.aufirst=Dean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-PolandIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-125"><a href="#cite_ref-PolandIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef_125-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-wyroznien">"OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień"</a> (in Polish). <a href="/wiki/Polish_Society_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry">Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry</a>. Retrieved 22 February 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=OLiS+-+oficjalna+lista+wyr%C3%B3%C5%BCnie%C5%84&rft.pub=Polish+Society+of+the+Phonographic+Industry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.olis.pl%2Fcharts%2Foficjalna-lista-wyroznien&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> Click "TYTUŁ" and enter The Number of the Beast in the search box. </li> <li id="cite_note-126"><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSalaverri2005" class="citation book cs1">Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8">Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002</a> (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 917. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/84-8048-639-2" title="Special:BookSources/84-8048-639-2"><bdi>84-8048-639-2</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130928101528/http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8">Archived</a> from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=S%C3%B3lo+%C3%A9xitos%3A+a%C3%B1o+a+a%C3%B1o%2C+1959%E2%80%932002&rft.place=Spain&rft.pages=917&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Fundaci%C3%B3n+Autor-SGAE&rft.date=2005-09&rft.isbn=84-8048-639-2&rft.aulast=Salaverri&rft.aufirst=Fernando&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediafire.com%2Fview%2Fx263f6daopkswo8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-SwitzerlandIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_The_BeastalbumCertRef-127"><a href="#cite_ref-SwitzerlandIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_The_BeastalbumCertRef_127-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=The_Number_of_The_Beast">"The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('The Number of The Beast')"</a>. IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Official+Swiss+Charts+and+Music+Community%3A+Awards+%28%27The+Number+of+The+Beast%27%29&rft.pub=IFPI+Switzerland.+Hung+Medien&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swisscharts.com%2Fsearch_certifications.asp%3Fsearch%3DThe_Number_of_The_Beast&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-United_StatesIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef-128"><a href="#cite_ref-United_StatesIron_MaidenThe_Number_of_the_BeastalbumCertRef_128-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Iron+Maiden&ti=The+Number+of+the+Beast&format=Album&type=#search_section">"American album certifications – Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a>. Retrieved 15 November 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=American+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+Iron+Maiden+%E2%80%93+The+Number+of+the+Beast&rft.pub=Recording+Industry+Association+of+America&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.riaa.com%2Fgold-platinum%2F%3Ftab_active%3Ddefault-award%26ar%3DIron%2BMaiden%26ti%3DThe%2BNumber%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBeast%26format%3DAlbum%26type%3D%23search_section&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWall2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mick_Wall" title="Mick Wall">Wall, Mick</a> (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (third ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86074-542-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-86074-542-3"><bdi>1-86074-542-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Iron+Maiden%3A+Run+to+the+Hills%2C+the+Authorised+Biography&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Sanctuary+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-86074-542-3&rft.aulast=Wall&rft.aufirst=Mick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDraper2008" class="citation book cs1">Draper, Jason (2008). A Brief History of Album Covers. London: Flame Tree Publishing. pp. 238–239. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781847862112" title="Special:BookSources/9781847862112"><bdi>9781847862112</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/227198538">227198538</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Brief+History+of+Album+Covers&rft.place=London&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E238-%3C%2Fspan%3E239&rft.pub=Flame+Tree+Publishing&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F227198538&rft.isbn=9781847862112&rft.aulast=Draper&rft.aufirst=Jason&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Number+of+the+Beast+%28album%29" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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the Dark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(album)" title="The X Factor (album)">The X Factor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_XI" title="Virtual XI">Virtual XI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_New_World_(Iron_Maiden_album)" title="Brave New World (Iron Maiden album)">Brave New World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_of_Death_(album)" title="Dance of Death (album)">Dance of Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_(album)" title="A Matter of Life and Death (album)">A Matter of Life and Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Frontier" title="The Final Frontier">The Final Frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Souls" title="The Book of Souls">The Book of Souls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senjutsu" title="Senjutsu">Senjutsu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Live_After_Death" title="Live After Death">Live After Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Real_Live_One" title="A Real Live One">A Real Live One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Real_Dead_One" title="A Real Dead One">A Real Dead One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Donington_(Iron_Maiden_album)" title="Live at Donington (Iron Maiden album)">Live at Donington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_England" title="Maiden England">Maiden England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Real_Live_Dead_One" title="A Real Live Dead One">A Real Live Dead One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_in_Rio_(album)" title="Rock in Rio (album)">Rock in Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Archives_(album)" title="BBC Archives (album)">BBC Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beast_over_Hammersmith" title="Beast over Hammersmith">Beast over Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Road" title="Death on the Road">Death on the Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden:_Flight_666" title="Iron Maiden: Flight 666">Flight 666</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/En_Vivo!_(Iron_Maiden_album)" title="En Vivo! (Iron Maiden album)">En Vivo!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Souls:_Live_Chapter" title="The Book of Souls: Live Chapter">The Book of Souls: Live Chapter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nights_of_the_Dead" title="Nights of the Dead">Nights of the Dead: Live in Mexico City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Best_of_the_Beast" title="Best of the Beast">Best of the Beast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Real_Live_Dead_One" title="A Real Live Dead One">A Real Live Dead One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Hunter" title="Ed Hunter">Ed Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Best_of_the_%27B%27_Sides" title="Best of the 'B' Sides">Best of the 'B' Sides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Great" title="Edward the Great">Edward the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Iron_Maiden" title="The Essential Iron Maiden">The Essential Iron Maiden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somewhere_Back_in_Time" title="Somewhere Back in Time">Somewhere Back in Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/From_Fear_to_Eternity_(album)" title="From Fear to Eternity (album)">From Fear to Eternity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Box sets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Ten_Years_(box_set)" title="The First Ten Years (box set)">The First Ten Years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie%27s_Head" title="Eddie's Head">Eddie's Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie%27s_Archive" title="Eddie's Archive">Eddie's Archive</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Soundhouse_Tapes" title="The Soundhouse Tapes">The Soundhouse Tapes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live!!_%2Bone" title="Live!! +one">Live!! +one</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Japan" title="Maiden Japan">Maiden Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_More_Lies_(EP)" title="No More Lies (EP)">No More Lies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Running_Free" title="Running Free">Running Free</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Sanctuary (Iron Maiden song)">Sanctuary</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Women_in_Uniform" title="Women in Uniform">Women in Uniform</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Twilight Zone (Iron Maiden song)">Twilight Zone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Purgatory_(song)" title="Purgatory (song)">Purgatory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Run_to_the_Hills" title="Run to the Hills">Run to the Hills</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(song)" title="The Number of the Beast (song)">The Number of the Beast</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flight_of_Icarus" title="Flight of Icarus">Flight of Icarus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Trooper" title="The Trooper">The Trooper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/2_Minutes_to_Midnight" title="2 Minutes to Midnight">2 Minutes to Midnight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Aces_High_(song)" title="Aces High (song)">Aces High</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wasted_Years" title="Wasted Years">Wasted Years</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Stranger in a Strange Land (Iron Maiden song)">Stranger in a Strange Land</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can_I_Play_with_Madness" title="Can I Play with Madness">Can I Play with Madness</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Evil_That_Men_Do_(song)" title="The Evil That Men Do (song)">The Evil That Men Do</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Clairvoyant_(song)" title="The Clairvoyant (song)">The Clairvoyant</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Infinite_Dreams" title="Infinite Dreams">Infinite Dreams</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Holy_Smoke_(song)" title="Holy Smoke (song)">Holy Smoke</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bring_Your_Daughter..._to_the_Slaughter" title="Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter">Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be_Quick_or_Be_Dead" title="Be Quick or Be Dead">Be Quick or Be Dead</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_Here_to_Eternity_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="From Here to Eternity (Iron Maiden song)">From Here to Eternity</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wasting_Love" title="Wasting Love">Wasting Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fear_of_the_Dark_(song)" title="Fear of the Dark (song)">Fear of the Dark</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hallowed_Be_Thy_Name_(song)" title="Hallowed Be Thy Name (song)">Hallowed Be Thy Name</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_on_the_Edge" title="Man on the Edge">Man on the Edge</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies_(song)" title="Lord of the Flies (song)">Lord of the Flies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Virus_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Virus (Iron Maiden song)">Virus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Angel_and_the_Gambler" title="The Angel and the Gambler">The Angel and the Gambler</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Futureal" title="Futureal">Futureal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wicker_Man_(song)" title="The Wicker Man (song)">The Wicker Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_Silent_Planet_(song)" title="Out of the Silent Planet (song)">Out of the Silent Planet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wildest_Dreams_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Wildest Dreams (Iron Maiden song)">Wildest Dreams</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rainmaker_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Rainmaker (Iron Maiden song)">Rainmaker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Reincarnation_of_Benjamin_Breeg" title="The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg">The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Different_World_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Different World (Iron Maiden song)">Different World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/El_Dorado_(song)" title="El Dorado (song)">El Dorado</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Satellite_15..._The_Final_Frontier" title="Satellite 15... The Final Frontier">Satellite 15... The Final Frontier</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Speed_of_Light_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="Speed of Light (Iron Maiden song)">Speed of Light</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Empire_of_the_Clouds" title="Empire of the Clouds">Empire of the Clouds</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Writing_on_the_Wall_(Iron_Maiden_song)" title="The Writing on the Wall (Iron Maiden song)">The Writing on the Wall</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Rainbow" title="Live at the Rainbow">Live at the Rainbow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_Pieces" title="Video Pieces">Video Pieces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Iron_Curtain_(video)" title="Behind the Iron Curtain (video)">Behind the Iron Curtain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_After_Death" title="Live After Death">Live After Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Wasted_Years" title="12 Wasted Years">12 Wasted Years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_England" title="Maiden England">Maiden England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Ten_Years:_The_Videos" title="The First Ten Years: The Videos">The First Ten Years (From There to Eternity)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Donington_(Iron_Maiden_album)" title="Live at Donington (Iron Maiden album)">Donington Live 1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_Hell_(video)" title="Raising Hell (video)">Raising Hell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classic_Albums:_Iron_Maiden_%E2%80%93_The_Number_of_the_Beast" title="Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast">Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_in_Rio_(album)" title="Rock in Rio (album)">Rock in Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visions_of_the_Beast" title="Visions of the Beast">Visions of the Beast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_History_of_Iron_Maiden_%E2%80%93_Part_1:_The_Early_Days" title="The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days">The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Road" title="Death on the Road">Death on the Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden:_Flight_666" title="Iron Maiden: Flight 666">Flight 666</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/En_Vivo!_(Iron_Maiden_album)" title="En Vivo! (Iron Maiden album)">En Vivo!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Souls:_Live_Chapter" title="The Book of Souls: Live Chapter">The Book of Souls: Live Chapter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iron_Maiden_concert_tours" title="List of Iron Maiden concert tours">Tours</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metal_for_Muthas_Tour" title="Metal for Muthas Tour">Metal for Muthas Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden_Tour" title="Iron Maiden Tour">Iron Maiden Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killer_World_Tour" title="Killer World Tour">Killer World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Slavery_Tour" title="World Slavery Tour">World Slavery Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somewhere_on_Tour" title="Somewhere on Tour">Somewhere on Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Tour_of_a_Seventh_Tour" title="Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour">Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fear_of_the_Dark_Tour" title="Fear of the Dark Tour">Fear of the Dark Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Live_Tour" title="Real Live Tour">Real Live Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_XI_World_Tour" title="Virtual XI World Tour">Virtual XI World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_New_World_Tour" title="Brave New World Tour">Brave New World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_of_Death_World_Tour" title="Dance of Death World Tour">Dance of Death World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rips_Up_the_World_Tour" title="Eddie Rips Up the World Tour">Eddie Rips Up the World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_Tour" title="A Matter of Life and Death Tour">A Matter of Life and Death Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somewhere_Back_in_Time_World_Tour" title="Somewhere Back in Time World Tour">Somewhere Back in Time World Tour</a></li> <li><a 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