When I listen to this song, I get a little bummed only because it's the last track on the last album produced with Martin Birch...which is probably why I like the studio version, it gives me that last bit of production to hold onto...as I understand it, a live version was the one released as a single...and I wonder about that, because the other singles from that album were studio versions...I would only guess that it fits the "live" feeling Steve Harris seems to prefer for albums...when I think of the band producing hit singles, I think of quality studio tracks like NOTB or 2 Minutes To Midnight, because Martin seemed to put the pieces together like a master chef