The REAL reason Bring your daughter to the slaughter was a #1 song

[SirRobbins]

So it may seem odd that this song hit number one on the charts but thanks to an analyst at forbes magazine, the mystery has been explained and may also explain other singles and album charting positions....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwor...son-for-apples-itunes-app-store/#d96409d2eaff

 

[GhostofCain]

Without checking the link, the explanation is simple: a strategy of selling the single in multiple formats at the time of the year when most people would not be buying music, knowing that your fans would buy more than one copy of each. As Bruce put it in his autobiography: "a clever manipulation of the chart system".

 

[Perun]

It's because the (W)Rothschilds paid the British government to push a single celebrating the Bohemian Grove virgin slaughters. We all know that already.

 

[Shadow]

It's not like Maiden were the only band to do this at the time.

 

[Brigantium]

I was not a 'spotty youth'!

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Even the mods are trashing threads now...

 

[Perun]

Just in case somebody is interested in what the article has to say, it's not worth reading at all. The point is: Maiden got a number one because they released the single at a moment when nobody was buying records and thus a comparatively small amount of sales already got them to number one. The rest of the article is just a desperate attempt of making a story out of it.

 

[Black Wizard]

@SirRobbins this is a well known fact. They tried the same with 'These Colours Don't Run' too and got to number 3. There is nothing new about this story.

 

[naranja]

It’s still cool they got a number one single

 

[Gk1]

Come on guys,don't ruin it for @SirRobbins

 

[ErichZann]

Tiny minority of spotty youths.....

 

[Whooten]

The problem is though that the band actually thinks people like this song. "It was a number one single, let's play it again!"

 

[Night Prowler]

People do like it. It's in my Top 10.

 

[Perun]

The problem is though that the band actually thinks people like this song. "It was a number one single, let's play it again!"

Oh yeah, that explains the massive amount of appearances it's made between 1995 and 2003, and since 2003. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[maideneer10]

@SirRobbins this is a well known fact. They tried the same with 'These Colours Don't Run' too and got to number 3. There is nothing new about this story.

I'm sure you meant "Different World." You had me wondering if Maiden had released a single that I didn't have for a moment.

 

[Black Wizard]

I'm sure you meant "Different World." You had me wondering if Maiden had released a single that I didn't have for a moment.

Indeed, my mistake. 'Different World' also reached number 3 in Italy and even number 1 in Finland!

 

[Whooten]

Oh yeah, that explains the massive amount of appearances it's made between 1995 and 2003, and since 2003. Thanks for clearing that up.

It is Iron Maiden's 43rd most-played live song, ahead of songs including Brave New World, 7th Son of a Seventh Son, and Stranger in a Strange Land. It has been played more often than contemporaries such as Tailgunner, No Prayer for the Dying and Holy Smoke. Finally, it has been played exactly double the amount of times that Be Quick, or Be Dead has been played. Yes, I do suspect they think much more highly of the song than should be warranted.

 

[Black Wizard]

It is Iron Maiden's 43rd most-played live song, ahead of songs including Brave New World, 7th Son of a Seventh Son, and Stranger in a Strange Land. It has been played more often than contemporaries such as Tailgunner, No Prayer for the Dying and Holy Smoke. Finally, it has been played exactly double the amount of time that Be Quick, or Be Dead has been played. Yes, I do suspect they think much more highly of the song than should be warranted.

If anything, I think this shows how little they've played the other songs you've mentioned and the many other songs we'd like them to play.

 

[Whooten]

If anything, I think this shows how little they've played the other songs you've mentioned and the many other songs we'd like them to play.

Which is why it is frustrating that they trot out some of these less-than-popular songs like Wildest Dreams, Heaven Can Wait, and Sanctuary even more than once.

 

[Magnus]

If anything, I think this shows how little they've played the other songs you've mentioned and the many other songs we'd like them to play.

I don't think they'll ever play these ones.