Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter

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The song was originally recorded and released by Bruce Dickinson for the soundtrack to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,[1][2] but Steve Harris liked it so Iron Maiden rerecorded it.[3] It is the only UK number-one single for the band to date,[4] in spite of the fact that it received very little airplay on the BBC. The song also topped the Finnish Singles Chart and reached number six in Ireland.

Background

In 1989, while Iron Maiden were taking a break from touring, Zomba asked Dickinson to write a song for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.[2] Teaming up with former Gillan (and future Iron Maiden) guitarist Janick Gers, Dickinson recorded the song, which he claims he wrote "in about three minutes," and the project was expanded into an album, Tattooed Millionaire.[5] Upon hearing the completed track, Steve Harris decided that it would be "great for Maiden" and convinced Dickinson not to put it on his solo album.[3]

The original version of the song, which won a Golden Raspberry Award for "Worst Original Song" in 1989,[6] is, according to Dickinson, "substantially different to the Iron Maiden version," explaining that "the arrangement is identical, but mine's kind of... slinky. Maiden's just really goes for it."[3] Dickinson's original version was included on disc 2 of The Best of Bruce Dickinson in 2001.[7]

Bruce Dickinson said "We're going to release this as a single on Christmas Eve to scare the living daylights out of Cliff Richard". Due to not being officially released until the week of Christmas,[8] it went straight to number one on the UK Singles Chart on 30 December 1990.[4] This was in spite of a ban by the BBC,[9] who refused to play the song on Radio 1 and showed at least 2 minutes of the live clip for Top of the Pops.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Clarify The B-side features cover versions of "I'm a Mover" (originally by Free) and Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown".

In addition to the standard 7" and 12" editions, the single was also released as a special edition 7" flip-top "brain pack" edition.[10]

The music video features scenes from the 1960 horror film The City of the Dead, directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and known as Horror Hotel in North America.[11]

Like most songs from the No Prayer for the Dying album, "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" was rarely played live following the supporting tour, No Prayer on the Road. It returned to Iron Maiden's setlists for select dates in 1992, 1993 and 2003.

Track listing

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Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the 7 inch vinyl,[12] and picture disc covers.[13]

Iron Maiden

Production

Versions

Songs Region and year Catalog number Format
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover Australia 1990 EMI 2552-7 Single 7"
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover EEC 1990 EMI 204171 7 Single 7"
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover UK 1990 EMI EMS 171 Single 7"
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown EEC 1990 EMI 060 20 4171 6 Maxi Single 12"
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown UK 1990 EMI 12 EMP 171 Maxi Single 12"
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover UK 1990 EMI EMPD 171 Picture Disc 7"
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown UK 1990 EMI 12 EMPD 171 Picture Disc 12"
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown Netherlands 1990 EMI CDEM 171 CD Single
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown Japan Promo 1990 EMI TOCP-6572 CD Single
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown Japan 1990 EMI TOCP-6572 CD Single
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown UK 1990 EMI EMS 171 CD Single
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover/Communication Breakdown USA Promo 1990 EMI Epic ESK 4007 CD Single
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter/I'm a Mover UK 1990 EMI TCEM 171 Cassette Single

Charts

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Chart (1990–1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 155
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[15] 8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 1

References

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