Hallowed Be Thy Name

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"Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)"
"Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" cover
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album A Real Live Dead One
B-side(s) "The Trooper (live)"
"Wasted Years (live)"
"Wrathchild (live)"
Released October 4, 1993
Format Picture Disc
Recorded Ishall, Helsinki, Finland
5 June 1992
Genre Heavy metal
Length 7:11
Label EMI
Writer(s) Steve Harris
Chart positions
  • 9 (UK charts)
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Fear of the Dark (live)"
(1993)
"Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)"
(1993)
"Man on the Edge"
(1995)

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" is a song written by Steve Harris for the 1982 Iron Maiden album The Number of The Beast.

The song describes a man's thoughts just before being sent to the gallows. At first he feels terror but then he comes to realise that he is not afraid to die …tears they flow but why am I crying, after all I am not afraid of dying. This is one of Iron Maiden's most popular songs, and some believe that it may be the greatest metal song of all time.[1] Hallowed Be Thy Name begins with a slow tempo and builds up later in the song. Bruce Dickinson showcases his wide vocal range and power at both slow and fast tempo. This song is considered an Iron Maiden classic, and it is played at almost every live appearance they make. The first guitar solo is played by Dave Murray, and the second by Adrian Smith. After Smith left the band and was replaced by Janick Gers, Gers has played Smith's solo, also after Smith returned to the band.

The song has also been released as a live single from the 1993 album "A Real Live Dead One" and on The Best of the Beast, and has become a live staple for Iron Maiden.

[edit] Single track listing

  1. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (recorded live in Moscow, Russia, on June 4 1993) (Harris) – 7:26
  2. "The Trooper" (recorded live in Helsinki, Finland, on June 5 1992) (Harris) – 3:53
  3. "Wasted Years" (recorded live in Bremen, Germany, on April 16 1993) (Smith) – 4:42
  4. "Wrathchild" (recorded live in Helsinki, Finland, on June 5 1992) (Harris) – 2:57

[edit] Covers

The song was covered in the following years:

[edit] Credits

Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson | Dave Murray | Janick Gers | Adrian Smith | Steve Harris | Nicko McBrain
List of past and present Iron Maiden members
Discography
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
Live albums: Live After Death | A Real Live One | A Real Dead One | Live at Donington | A Real Live Dead One | Rock in Rio | The BBC Archives | Beast Over Hammersmith | Death on the Road
Compilations and box-sets: The First Ten Years | Best of the Beast | Ed Hunter | Edward the Great | Eddie's Archive | Best of the B'Sides | The Essential Iron Maiden
Videos and DVDs: Live at the Rainbow | Video Pieces | Behind the Iron Curtain | Live After Death | 12 Wasted Years | Maiden England | The First Ten Years: The Videos | From There to Eternity | Donington Live 1992 | Raising Hell | Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast | Rock in Rio | Visions of the Beast | The Early Days | Death on the Road
EPs: The Soundhouse Tapes | Live!! +one | Maiden Japan | No More Lies
Singles
"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 '85)" | "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 '01)" | "Wildest Dreams" | "Rainmaker" | "The Number of the Beast (2005)" | "The Trooper (live)" | "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" | "Different World"
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