Stranger in a Strange Land (song)

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Stranger in a Strange Land is also the name of completely unrelated songs by Leon Russell and U2, as well as the title of the also-unrelated Robert A. Heinlein novel Stranger in a Strange Land

"Stranger in a Strange Land"
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Somewhere in Time
B-side(s)	"That Girl" "Juanita"
Released	22 November 1986
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	5:45
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Adrian Smith
Iron Maiden singles chronology
Wasted Years (1986)	Stranger in a Strange Land (1986)	Can I Play with Madness (1988)

"Stranger in a Strange Land" is the sixteenth single released by Iron Maiden, written by guitarist Adrian Smith for the 1986 Iron Maiden album Somewhere in Time. The song is unrelated to Robert A. Heinlein's novel by the same name. The lyrics are about an arctic explorer who dies and is frozen in the ice. After a hundred years his body is found preserved by other people exploring there. Adrian Smith was inspired to write about this song after talking to an explorer who had had a similar experience of discovering a frozen body. The guitar solo in "Stranger in a Strange Land" is played by Adrian Smith.

The first guitar solo in "That Girl" is played by Dave Murray while the ending guitar solo is played by Adrian Smith.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Stranger in a Strange Land" (Adrian Smith) – 5:45
2. "That Girl" (Andy Barnett, Goldsworth, Jupp) – 5:04
3. "Juanita" (Steve Barnacle, Derek O'Neil) – 3:47

[edit] Credits

• Bruce Dickinson – vocals
• Dave Murray – guitar
• Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Nicko McBrain – drums

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Studio albums: Iron Maiden | Killers | The Number of the Beast | Piece of Mind | Powerslave | Somewhere in Time | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | No Prayer for the Dying | Fear of the Dark | The X Factor | Virtual XI | Brave New World | Dance of Death | A Matter of Life and Death
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"Running Free" | "Sanctuary" | "Women in Uniform" | "Twilight Zone" | "Purgatory" | "Run to the Hills" | "The Number of the Beast" | "Flight of Icarus" | "The Trooper" | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | "Aces High" | "Running Free (live)" | "Run to the Hills (live)" | "Wasted Years" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | "Can I Play with Madness" | "The Evil That Men Do" | "The Clairvoyant (live)" | "Infinite Dreams" | "Holy Smoke" | "Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter" | "Be Quick or Be Dead" | "From Here to Eternity" | "Wasting Love" | "Fear of the Dark (live)" | "Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" | "Man on the Edge" | "Lord of the Flies" | "Virus" | "The Angel and the Gambler" | "Futureal" | "The Wicker Man" | "Out of the Silent Planet" | "Run to the Hills (live)" | "Wildest Dreams" | "Rainmaker" | "The Number of the Beast (2005)" | "The Trooper (live)" | "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" | "Different World"
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