Guess The Iron Maiden Song!

clue#1: Sumner had similar lines in one of his most known songs.
clue#2: Not single A-side or b-side, just album track that has been played live. Scottish indie pop/rock group has song that has almost similar title (but has no other connection really). 42 and 391 I give those to you.

Incorrect: 22 Acacia Avenue, Childhood's End, Quest For Fire
 
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clue#1: Sumner had similar lines in one of his most known songs.
clue#2: Not single A-side or b-side, just album track that has been played live. Scottish indie pop/rock group has song that has almost similar title (but has no other connection really). 42 and 391 I give those to you.
clue#3: "The farther I go, The less I know" on the other side of big pond. 600. Protagonist in the story (of the same name) is called Smith.
5000, 10000, 20000. 10091986.

Incorrect: 22 Acacia Avenue, Childhood's End, Quest For Fire, Holy Smoke
 
PhantomOfTheOpera said:
Let's make this go faster and I will now add new clue..someone knows this for sure.

clue#1: Sumner had similar lines in one of his most known songs.
clue#2: Not single A-side or b-side, just album track that has been played live. Scottish indie pop/rock group has song that has almost similar title (but has no other connection really). 42 and 391 I give those to you.
clue#3: "The farther I go, The less I know" on the other side of big pond. 600. Protagonist in the story (of the same name) is called Smith.
5000, 10000, 20000. 10091986.

Incorrect: 22 Acacia Avenue, Childhood's End, Quest For Fire, Holy Smoke
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The Great Unknown
 
Jer said:
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
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You're correct and now it's your turn.

clue#1: Sumner had similar lines in one of his most known songs.
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, fronted the band Police and one of their most known songs is "Every Breath You Take" and same phrase is being mentioned in the The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner.

clue#2: Not single A-side or b-side, just album track that has been played live. Scottish indie pop/rock group has song that has almost similar title (but has no other connection really). 42 and 391 I give those to you.
Yep, this wasn't single a-side or b-side, just song on Somewhere In Time album.
It has been played live only once, on the first date of Somewhere on Tour, 10th of september 1986 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Scottish band Belle And Sebastian, has song titled "The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner", on the b-side of their "Jonathan David" released in 2001.
42 is the marks and digits of the letters that form the words and spaces in the title (isn't this longest song title from Maiden?).
391 is the number of seconds the song lasts, which is 6:31

clue#3: "The farther I go, The less I know" on the other side of big pond. 600. Protagonist in the story (of the same name) is called Smith.
5000, 10000, 20000. 10091986.
"The farther I go, The less I know" is the first line in the lyrics of US-band Fugazi's song "Long Distance Runner" released on their album "Red Medicine" from 1995.
The story that the song I suppose is based on (according to maidencommentary) is short story written by Alan Sillitoe, in which the main protagonist is called Smith.
5000, 10000, 20000 are the distances (in meters) of long distance running, I made slight mistake as 600 should have been 60 indicating one hour running. 10091986 is the date of only live performance of the song as I mentioned in the clue#2 earlier.
 
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Just for fun, I found it from wikipedia that the Belle And Sebastian song "The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner" actually is also reference to Alan Sillitoe's short story "The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner", so it's not at all some coincidence.
Cool that the both bands used same inspiration and maybe have check out if my local library has that story..have to start reading some of the inspiring stuff that had influence on Maiden songs.
 
Nope.

Clue #1: Fake news
Clue #2: Anything goes

Incorrect guesses: When The Wild Wind Blows, 2 Minutes To Midnight, Face In The Sand
 
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