The Wrathchild Showdown Extravaganza

[Stardust]

It's rather simple - which officially released version of Wrathchild will reign SUPREME over the others? It's time to finally receive the answer to that question, one which you may or may not have asked yourself before but was too afraid to ask everyone else about! Well, now you don't have to concern yourself with that anymore, because I've done the work for you! See, isn't that lovely?

...please note that this list isn't going to be definitive since the band can't stop playing Wrathchild and replacing other songs with it in the setlist if given the opportunity. I may also have missed a version or two...maybe more than that, so if any versions of Wrathchild are missing from the poll, feel free to notify me about it...nicely. Oh, and I almost forgot something...

Discuss!

 

[Jer]

More importantly, what order should people listen to all of these versions of “Wrathchild” in to, y’know, make the playlist flow better...?

 

[John Silver]

Studio for sure. And to those who prefer the Rio Bruce fronted version I say flip it or skip it. I know I do.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Rio version is in my opinion the best, but the studio version is a close second.

 

[Collin]

Fuck it, I’m going BOS live Chapter because I got to see that version live.

 

[phantomoftheicarus]

Out of those I voted for Rio but I would have considered the Maiden Japan version had it been there

 

[Palpy]

DOTR's one is very good but RIR's is perfect.

 

[Magnus]

I should have considered the Maiden Japan version had it been there

Well done!
@Stardust, would you add it please?

 

[Stardust]

Done!

 

[Magnus]

Thanks!

 

[Black Bart]

It lacks the Live After Death (side 4) version, doesn't it? Anyway, my vote goes to the studio version.

EDIT: it's there. Didn't see it first.

 

[Magnus]

It lacks the Live After Death (side 4) version, doesn't it? Anyway, my vote goes to the studio version.

Think it's there, above Donington '88: Wrathchild (Hammersmith).

 

[Black Bart]

Think it's there, above Donington '88: Wrathchild (Hammersmith).

Indeed. My bad.

 

[Stardust]

...it wasn't, but now it is!

 

[Magnus]

Oh. My bad then, sorry @Black Bart .
Hammersmith is '82 then, right?

 

[Stardust]

Yep. Sorry for the confusion!

 

[karljant]

Always sounds great either studio or alive (although it's overplayed... wouldn't mind the band would give it a rest and play other stuff from Killers)... I don't know... it's all too close so I'll go with the original album version.

 

[srfc]

Hallowed Live single. Should have been on ARDO, much better than loads of the shit versions of other tracks on that.

 

[srfc]

Fuck it, I’m going BOS live Chapter because I got to see that version live.

Second best version of it as I was in the crowd

 

[srfc]

Also, Live After Death and Hammersmith, are they not the same version?