Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Clue 1: In the beginning of this song, there is an allusion to the Bible.

Clue 2: The narration in the song is from a first-person point of view, but there is a significant second character in the lyrics.
Clue 3: The song has a feature in common with The Clairvoyant, Remember Tomorrow and Still Life.

Clue 4:
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Clue 5:
In the first verse, a supernatural experience occurs which seems to start a transformation. This transformation is also reflected in the chorus, although with other words.

Clue 6:
Both Led Zeppelin and The Beatles have a song with a name that will lead you right to the chorus of this Maiden song. In addition, a nascent band once started out with a band name that is key to the chorus of the song. After a personell change, this band changed their name and became very successful. The very name of the Maiden song you're looking for is also the name of a 1980s band who mainly found success in their home country.

Clue 7:
The song belongs in a rather exclusive group within the Maiden discography, together with From Here to Eternity, Twilight Zone, Holy Smoke and a few others. Keywords are discography and live history.

Clue 8:
When it comes to writing credits, the song is something of a rarity.


The demon in your mind will rape these guesses in your bed at night:
Only the Good Die Young, Man of Sorrows, Juanita, Revelations, The Number of the Beast, Prodigal Son, The Darkest Hour, For the Greater Good of God, Prodigal Son, Blood Brothers, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Prophecy, Can I Play With Madness, The Red and the Black, Moonchild, No Prayer for the Dying, Heaven Can Wait, Fear of the Dark, Dance of Death, Killers, Paschendale, Wrathchild, El Dorado, New Frontier
 
Absolutely no idea... I'll go with Dream Of Mirrors, although it's basically guaranteed to be wrong.
Twilight Zone was the first single to feature Adrian, Holy Smoke his last writing credit until the reunion, so along the same lines Dream Of Mirrors is basically all but confirmed to feature lyrics by Blaze, but the band bought off the rights for the writing credit.

Kind of a throwaway guess I suppose, but this'll get us to the next clue sooner.
 
Clue 1: In the beginning of this song, there is an allusion to the Bible.

Clue 2: The narration in the song is from a first-person point of view, but there is a significant second character in the lyrics.

Clue 3: The song has a feature in common with The Clairvoyant, Remember Tomorrow and Still Life.

Clue 4:
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Clue 5:
In the first verse, a supernatural experience occurs which seems to start a transformation. This transformation is also reflected in the chorus, although with other words.

Clue 6:
Both Led Zeppelin and The Beatles have a song with a name that will lead you right to the chorus of this Maiden song. In addition, a nascent band once started out with a band name that is key to the chorus of the song. After a personell change, this band changed their name and became very successful. The very name of the Maiden song you're looking for is also the name of a 1980s band who mainly found success in their home country.

Clue 7:
The song belongs in a rather exclusive group within the Maiden discography, together with From Here to Eternity, Twilight Zone, Holy Smoke and a few others. Keywords are discography and live history.

Clue 8:
When it comes to writing credits, the song is something of a rarity.

Clue 9:
The name of the song is also very similar to the name of a film. The director of this film has another film on his CV that has inspired the lyrics of another song in Maiden’s catalog.


The demon in your mind will rape these guesses in your bed at night:
Only the Good Die Young, Man of Sorrows, Juanita, Revelations, The Number of the Beast, Prodigal Son, The Darkest Hour, For the Greater Good of God, Prodigal Son, Blood Brothers, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Prophecy, Can I Play With Madness, The Red and the Black, Moonchild, No Prayer for the Dying, Heaven Can Wait, Fear of the Dark, Dance of Death, Killers, Paschendale, Wrathchild, El Dorado, New Frontier, Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter, Dream of Mirrors, Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 
Clue #7 suggests that the song is a single that has never been played outside the associated tour(s) for the album.
I can think of "The Angel and the Gambler" and "Out of the Silent Planet".
Clue #8 makes me choose the latter.
 
Clue 1: In the beginning of this song, there is an allusion to the Bible.

Clue 2: The narration in the song is from a first-person point of view, but there is a significant second character in the lyrics.

Clue 3: The song has a feature in common with The Clairvoyant, Remember Tomorrow and Still Life.

Clue 4:
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Clue 5:
In the first verse, a supernatural experience occurs which seems to start a transformation. This transformation is also reflected in the chorus, although with other words.

Clue 6:
Both Led Zeppelin and The Beatles have a song with a name that will lead you right to the chorus of this Maiden song. In addition, a nascent band once started out with a band name that is key to the chorus of the song. After a personell change, this band changed their name and became very successful. The very name of the Maiden song you're looking for is also the name of a 1980s band who mainly found success in their home country.

Clue 7:
The song belongs in a rather exclusive group within the Maiden discography, together with From Here to Eternity, Twilight Zone, Holy Smoke and a few others. Keywords are discography and live history.

Clue 8:
When it comes to writing credits, the song is something of a rarity.

Clue 9:
The name of the song is also very similar to the name of a film. The director of this film has another film on his CV that has inspired the lyrics of another song in Maiden’s catalog.

Clue 10:
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The demon in your mind will rape these guesses in your bed at night:
Only the Good Die Young, Man of Sorrows, Juanita, Revelations, The Number of the Beast, Prodigal Son, The Darkest Hour, For the Greater Good of God, Prodigal Son, Blood Brothers, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Prophecy, Can I Play With Madness, The Red and the Black, Moonchild, No Prayer for the Dying, Heaven Can Wait, Fear of the Dark, Dance of Death, Killers, Paschendale, Wrathchild, El Dorado, New Frontier, Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter, Dream of Mirrors, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Out of the Silent Planet, The Fallen Angel, The Longest Day
 
Rainmaker it is! 12 points go to @Black Bart, after some impressive reasoning around clue 7.

Here are the clues explained:


Clue 1: In the beginning of this song, there is an allusion to the Bible.
Walking in the desert, like the Israelis did for 40 odd years.

Clue 2: The narration in the song is from a first-person point of view, but there is a significant second character in the lyrics.
The lyrical self dominates the first verse, while the “you”-person in in focus during the chorus.

Clue 3: The song has a feature in common with The Clairvoyant, Remember Tomorrow and Still Life.
The name of the song does not appear in the lyrics.

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Messrs. Ian and Kramer, as you obviously recognise: “Ian Kramer” is an anagram for 'rainmaker'.

Clue 5: In the first verse, a supernatural experience occurs which seems to start a transformation. This transformation is also reflected in the chorus, although with other words.
First verse: “A choir of angels” created a feeling that "life would never be the same again".
In the chorus: “Stop the rain” and “we all can change” also point to a transformation.

Clue 6: Both Led Zeppelin and The Beatles have a song with a name that will lead you right to the chorus of this Maiden song. In addition, a nascent band once started out with a band name that is key to the chorus of the song. After a personell change, this band changed their name and became very successful. The very name of the Maiden song you're looking for is also the name of a 1980s band who mainly found success in their home country.
“The Rain song” (Led Zep) and “Rain” (The Beatles). “The Rain” was an early moniker used by what would later be Oasis.
Kansas rock outfit the Rainmakers had some success in the US in the 1980.

Clue 7: The song belongs in a rather exclusive group within the Maiden discography, together with From Here to Eternity, Twilight Zone, Holy Smoke and a few others. Keywords are discography and live history.
These are Maiden singles played on one tour only. For the 1980s output, this is very rare (beside Twilight Zone, only non-album single “Women in Uniform” - played live only once - qualifies). A few more could be added to the category in the 1990s: Wasting Love, The Angel and the Gambler and Futureal. Another few more could be added for the 2000s, including Out of The Silent Planet, Wildest Dreams and Rainmaker.

Clue 8: When it comes to writing credits, the song is something of a rarity.
Rainmaker (and Brave New World) are the only Maiden songs credited to Murray, Dickinson & Harris.

Clue 9: The name of the song is also very similar to the name of a film. The director of this film has another film on his CV that has inspired the lyrics of another song in Maiden’s catalog.
Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Rainmaker” from 1997. Coppola also made “Apocalypse Now”, an obvious inspiration for “The Edge of Dorkness”.

Clue 10:
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This is a screenshot from the "Rainmaker" music video.

Your turn, @Black Bart
 
Well, well, well...

Clue #1: "This next sooong is a sooooong, which has four letters in the title... and it starts with an 'e' "
 
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