Английская Википедия:Be Quick or Be Dead
"Be Quick or Be Dead" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released as the first single from their ninth studio album, Fear of the Dark, on 13 April 1992. The single peaked at Шаблон:Abbr 2 on the UK Singles Chart and in Finland while reaching the top 10 in Denmark, Ireland, and Norway.
Synopsis
The song is about several political scandals taking place at the time of its release, including the Robert Maxwell banking scandal, European stock market crashes, and the BCCI case. It was released a month prior to the album and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is faster and heavier than most Iron Maiden songs, and is the band's first single co-written by Janick Gers.
The B-side features two official songs and one hidden track, including an original blues number ("Nodding Donkey Blues") and Montrose cover ("Space Station No. 5"), and the unlisted "Bayswater Ain't a Bad Place to Be". The last is a spoken word comedy piece by Bruce Dickinson (along with acoustic guitar accompaniment from Janick Gers) in which he imitates and makes fun of Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. A similar mockery of Smallwood was released before, as a B-side titled "Sheriff of Huddersfield", which was available on the "Wasted Years" single.
Track listings
7-inch single Шаблон:Tracklist Шаблон:Tracklist
12-inch single Шаблон:Tracklist Шаблон:Tracklist
UK 12-inch single Шаблон:Tracklist Шаблон:Tracklist
CD single Шаблон:Tracklist
UK CD single Шаблон:Tracklist
French CD maxi-single Шаблон:Tracklist
Personnel
Production credits are adapted from the 7 inch single and picture disc covers.[1][2]
Iron Maiden
- Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
- Dave Murray – guitar
- Janick Gers – guitar
- Steve Harris – bass guitar, producer
- Nicko McBrain – drums
Production
- Martin Birch – producer
- Derek Riggs – sleeve illustration
- Mike Prior – photography
- George Chin – photography
Charts
Шаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:SinglechartШаблон:Single chart| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Denmark (IFPI)[3] | 5 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] | 12 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 2 |
References
Шаблон:IronMaiden Шаблон:Authority control
- Английская Википедия
- Iron Maiden songs
- 1992 songs
- 1992 singles
- EMI Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Martin Birch
- Songs written by Bruce Dickinson
- Songs written by Janick Gers
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
