Prowler

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This article concerns the Iron Maiden song. For the warplane, see EA-6 Prowler. For the automobile, see Plymouth Prowler. For Marvel Comics superhero, see The Prowler. For the police vehicle, see police car. For the 80s experimental sentry robot, see PROWLER

"Prowler"
Song by Iron Maiden
From the album Iron Maiden
Album released	April 14, 1980
Recorded	Kingsway Studios, London
Genre	Heavy metal
Song Length	3:52
Record label	EMI (UK), Capitol Records
Producer	Will Malone
Iron Maiden Album Listing
	Prowler Track 1	Remember Tomorrow / Sanctuary Track 2

"Prowler" is an early song by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, believed to be one of the first songs written by Steve Harris. The song appeared on the original Maiden-demo The Soundhouse Tapes but had been a part of the bands song-list far longer. It made its official debut on the band's debut album Iron Maiden.

The song is about streaker who apparently likes to masturbate in front of women as suggested by the lyrics "Got me feelin' myself..."

The song was often played during the band's early years but has since fallen out of use.

Prowler was re-recorded in 1988 (along with Charlotte the Harlot) and was aptly titled 'Prowler 88' for the B-side of The Evil That Men Do single.

Steve Harris, in an interview with John Stix in July 1983 said, "'Prowler' is a very special song for us. When we made The Soundhouse Tapes we took the actual tape to Neal Kay who was a D.J. in North London. He used to have a heavy metal chart which was compiled from record requests and printed in the magazine Sounds. 'Prowler' got to be number one just from requests for the demo tape. That's why we had the tape made into a record, because so many kids were asking us how they could get hold of the demo tapes."