Top 20 favorite Steve Harris songs

Which are your favorite Steve Harris songs?

  • Total voters
    47
Updated again. "Rime..." is still dominating and is (as of now) the only song to maintain 100% of the votes. "Aces High" (which used to be tied with "Rime...") lost one vote, and is now tied with "Hallowed..." (which took the former's place at #2). "The Duellists" and "Mother Russia" were dropped from the list in favor of "The Clairvoyant" (which is making the list for the first time at slot 19) and "When the Wild Wind Blows" (which has re-entered at slot 20). This update made the list quite predictable actually; I'm hoping for some new surprises next week. :)
 
It's interesting to see which songs have gotten zero votes so far:

Invasion
Invaders
Quest For Fire
The Assassin
From Here To Eternity
Childhood's End
The Angel And The Gambler
 
Number 6 said:
I like them all, but yeah, they're among the weakest Steve's ever done.
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If "Invaders" had a better chorus it could have been a great song, but instead it goes off on a tangent and drops all the momentum that leads up to each chorus. Too bad.
 
The others I don’t care about but I am sad about TAATG. Might have to relisten and see where it does stack up.
 
No additional votes, so no updates this week. As a side note, I did update the list last week, but forgot to make a post. There were no additional entries to it, there were only a few songs which got moved around.
 
Having remade my list of every Maiden song I decided to revote in this poll.
  1. Run To The Hills
  2. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  3. Aces High
  4. Sign of the Cross
  5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
  6. Alexander the Great
  7. Hallowed Be Thy Name
  8. Infinite Dreams
  9. Murders in the Rue Morgue
  10. The Clansman
  11. The Trooper
  12. Children of the Damned
  13. The Red and the Black
  14. Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
  15. The Number of the Beast
  16. Fear of the Dark
  17. Where Eagles Dare
  18. Phantom of the Opera
  19. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
  20. Wrathchild
Only changed things up a little but enough in my mind to warrant a second voting.

What're the bottom 10, @Number 6 ?
 
Diesel 11 said:
What're the bottom 10, @Number 6 ?
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From worst to best:
  1. "The Assassin"
  2. "The Angel and the Gambler"
  3. "Don't Look To the Eyes of a Stranger"
  4. "Quest For Fire"
  5. "From Here To Eternity"
  6. "Invaders"
  7. "Childhood's End"
  8. "Innocent Exile"
  9. "Iron Maiden"
  10. "The Educated Fool"
I couldn't include "Burning Ambition" and "Invasion" because they're tied with a few other songs, but don't have an individual poll to fit my secondary criteria. I figured they wouldn't make much difference, so I left them out (although they'll remain on the poll for whoever wishes to vote). As of now, all but the last 3 songs haven't received any votes. Anyway, no real surprises here since most of these are generally considered to be among Maiden's worst. However, taking a look at the full finished list, there were some stuff going on between these and the Top 20 which caught me by surprise. I think I'll be posting the whole thing later on, some time.
 
(Forgot to update this thing on Saturday.) So... "Hallowed" is now, (un)fortunately, the top favorite, thanks to someone who did not vote for "Rime". Other than that, few other changes were made. "Seventh Son" climbed its way up past "The Trooper", while "Children of the Damned" peaked at number 13 (its highest position so far, I think). "Wild Wind" and "The Clairvoyant" both surpassed "Murders In the Rue Morgue" and "The Clansman" (the latter of which almost got cut out of the list). No new additions, only re-arranged stuff. Would anyone like to check the entire list?
 
  1. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (19)
  2. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (19)
  3. "Aces High" (18)
  4. "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" (17)
  5. "The Trooper" (17)
  6. "Infinite Dreams" (17)
  7. "Phantom of the Opera" (15)
  8. "Sign of the Cross" (14)
  9. "Caught Somewhere In Time" (13)
  10. "Fear of the Dark" (12)
  11. "Alexander the Great" (12)
  12. "The Number of the Beast" (12)
  13. "Children of the Damned" (11)
  14. "Where Eagles Dare" (11)
  15. "To Tame a Land" (11)
  16. "Afraid To Shoot Strangers" (10)
  17. "The Clairvoyant" (9)
  18. "When the Wild Wind Blows" (9)
  19. "Murders In the Rue Morgue" (9)
  20. "The Clansman" (8)
  21. "For the Greater Good of God" (8)
  22. "Run to the Hills" (8)
  23. "The Duellists" (8)
  24. "Mother Russia" (8)
  25. "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" (7)
  26. "Blood Brothers" (7)
  27. "The Red and the Black" (7)
  28. "Wrathchild" (7)
  29. "Transylvania" (6)
  30. "Purgatory" (6)
  31. "No Prayer For the Dying" (4)
  32. "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (4)
  33. "Blood On the World's Hands" (4)
  34. "Genghis Khan" (3)
  35. "Prowler" (3)
  36. "Heaven Can Wait" (3)
  37. "Strange World" (3)
  38. "Judgement of Heaven" (3)
  39. "No More Lies" (2)
  40. "Prodigal Son" (2)
  41. "The Ides of March" (2)
  42. "The Fugitive" (2)
  43. "Another Life" (2)
  44. "Drifter" (2)
  45. "Fortunes of War" (1)
  46. "The Educated Fool" (1)
  47. "Innocent Exile" (1)
  48. "Iron Maiden" (1)
  49. "Childhood's End" (0)
  50. "Invaders" (0)
  51. "From Here To Eternity" (0)
  52. "Quest For Fire" (0)
  53. "Don't Look To the Eyes of a Stranger" (0)
  54. "The Angel and the Gambler" (0)
  55. "The Assassin" (0)

There are 55 songs on the list because I had to leave out "Burning Ambition" and "Invasion". 20 voters overall (as of now).
 
The chosen ones :D

Phantom of the Opera
Children of the damned
The Number of the beast
Hallowed be thy name
Where Eagles Dare
The Trooper
To Tame a Land
Aces High
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Caught somewhere in time
Alexander the Great
Infinite Dreams
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Fear of the Dark
Sign of the Cross
The Clansman
Blood Brothers
For the Greater Good of God
The Red and the Black

The ones that almost made it: Mother Russia, The Clairvoyant, The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner, Run to the Hills
 
No brainers (no particular order):

POTO
Hallowed
Rime
ATG
Infinite Dreams
SSOASS
NPFTD
ATSS
Clansman
WTWWB

Other 10 (might change day to day):
COTD
NOTB
RTTH
WED
Trooper
Aces High
Clairvoyant
FOTD
SOTC
FTGGOG
 
Well well, great news this week! "Rime" is leading again! Meanwhile, "Fear of the Dark" is slowly making its way towards the top (every time I re-check the list, it ends up higher than it was before). "Murders In the Rue Morgue" got cut out in favor of "For the Greater Good of God", which is entering the list for the first time, surpassing both "The Clairvoyant" and "When the Wild Wind Blows", while falling slightly behind "The Clansman". Other than that, only a few stuff got moved around.
 
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