Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Excellent, looking forward to see those clues. I'll try to help you out with the one I (think) I got: Steve says in the tab book pictured that Tame A Land is his fav song?

Anyway, here we go:

Clue 1:
This song’s origins pre-dates the album on which it was released with several years.
 
Clue #1: Analog < Dune (which the song is based on) was initially in the American science fiction magazine named Analog.
Clue #2: Nebula < it won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966.
Clue #3:
View attachment 32458 < "he has the power to foresee or to look into the past"
Clue #4:
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"Again evil the fire / that spreads through the land"

Clue #5: in the first verse of this song, there are two words that are featured in the titles of two songs from Angra's first album.
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"He is the King of all the land
In the Kingdom of the sands
Of a time tomorrow" -> "Time" and "Streets of Tomorrow" are on Angels Cry (1993)

Clue #6: John Steinbeck
< "It is a land that's rich in spice
The sand riders and the 'mice' // Of Mice and Men

Clue #7:
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< this Spice Girls collector obviously lives in a "land that is rich in spice" :D

Clue #8: a very naughty boy!
< "Messiah supreme / True leader of men" // "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" (Monty Python's Life of Brian)

Clue #9:
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< "Don't fret he's strong" // Charles Berthoud, a strong bass player if there is any, is here playing fretless bass.

Clue #10: "Then down in falls comes the rain", they said!
< at the end of the novel, a character fulfills a prophecy by making heavy rain fall on Arrakis.

Clue #11:
View attachment 32506"Your favourite song?"
< as said by Jmaster, the tablature book contains an interview in which Steve Harris cites TTAL as his favourite song.

Clue #12: as above, so below... he is the boss
<"He rules over everything
In the land called planet Dune"
"He is the ruler of the stars"


Clue #13: His excellency hopes that you will die honorably
< a reference to Star Wars, Episode III: Return of the Jedi, when C3PO is made to deliver a speech to the soon-to-be victimsof the almighty Sarlac, a giant sandworm.

Clue #14: This song has been covered by a band that made the news recently for something that rejoices its fans
< Dream Theater (which has just been rejoined by Mike Portnoy) covered TTAL on a bonus disc of Black Clouds & Silver Linings.

Clue #15:
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< the place in India is "a land that's rich in spice"
 
Clue 1:
This song’s origins pre-dates the album on which it was released with several years.

Clue 2:
The song lyrics use a variation of a metaphor the band had used before.

All confusion: Innocent Exile, Iron Maiden
 
Clue 1:
This song’s origins pre-dates the album on which it was released with several years.

Clue 2:
The song lyrics use a variation of a metaphor the band had used before.

Clue 3:
In terms of both subject matter and inspiration, the song is definitely not an outlier in the Maiden catalogue.


All confusion: Innocent Exile, Iron Maiden, Nomad, Dream of Mirrors, Blood Brothers, When the Wild Wind Blows
 
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