Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

Clue 1: This song has a female character.

Hey girl...

Clue 2: This song has inspired the style of a well-known and visually instantly recognizeable (but now defunct) band.

Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone built his rapid down-strokes style on this riff.


Clue 3: The song begins with a question.

This caught me a bit off guard, as I after posting this clue realised that Zep's first line is "stop what you're doing". So I had to give Maiden's version another listen, and Bruce actually sings "what you doing?". Which I guess technically is a question.

Clue 4: The song has a few peculiar links to another artist, an artist who has sold more records than Iron Maiden. One such link is that the name of the song in question is the same as one of this other artist's biggest hits - only with other words.

Cliff Richard's "We don't talk anymore". "Communication Breakdown" is also a "Bring your Daughter..." b-side. That single dethroned Cliff Richard from the top of the UK single charts in late 1990, to Bruce's delight.
 
Holy Smoke? I don't know, the only connections I see are the first names of Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy the Reptile.
 
clue#1: Hendrix. That's what I said
clue#2: No Elvis (even in line of fire) and Im not talking about the one from Tupelo or Costello. There's similar titled song released in 1977 that caused controversy.

Incorrect: Strange World, Invasion, Holy Smoke
 
clue#1: Hendrix. That's what I said
clue#2: No Elvis (even in line of fire) and Im not talking about the one from Tupelo or Costello. There's similar titled song released in 1977 that caused controversy.
clue#3: The later part of clue#1 (That's what I said) is from the song mentioned in clue#2. Hendrix and no Elvis on december 16, 1988.
The songwriting team (of the song here in question) gives you the following numbers: 7.8, 8.1,8.2,8.7,14.6,16B. And I give you 280 seconds.

Incorrect: Strange World, Invasion, Holy Smoke
 
clue#1: Hendrix. That's what I said
clue#2: No Elvis (even in line of fire) and Im not talking about the one from Tupelo or Costello. There's similar titled song released in 1977 that caused controversy.
clue#3: The later part of clue#1 (That's what I said) is from the song mentioned in clue#2. Hendrix and no Elvis on december 16, 1988.
The songwriting team (of the song here in question) gives you the following numbers: 7.8, 8.1,8.2,8.7,14.6,16B. And I give you 280 seconds.
clue#4: we get to hear couple guitar-solos in the song, but most importantly there's a bit of a solo from 'Arry aswell which is welcome because that bass-solo (or such thing anyways) isn't too common thing. This song has not yet been played live in concert and so it unfornately seems that it won't ever be played, I think it's a bit forgotten but also underrated little tune. Abrupt and sudden ending comes so fast that you might not even realize and you might have waited it to last little longer. And of you go, turn the tape, turn the lp or just play cd and listen to the album from the start again.
The date in clue#3, the december 16th 1988 is date when some certain tv-program was first shown. And the numbers mentioned mean that there's total of 6 songs that the team has done.

Now I think you will know for sure what song this is..if not then I will have to think of more clues..

Incorrect: Strange World, Invasion, Holy Smoke, Losfer Words (Big Orra), The Evil That Men Do, Black Bart Blues
 
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