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"
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Iron Maiden
Released	April 14, 1980
Format	CD
Recorded	Kingsway Studios, London
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	3:52
Label	EMI / Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Steve Harris
Producer(s)	Will Malone
Iron Maiden singles chronology
	"Prowler" (1980)	"Sanctuary" (1980)

"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 band's song list far longer. It made its official debut on the band's first 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 solo in the song is played by Dave Murray.

The song was played during almost every concert of the band's early years up until the World Peace Tour 83' where it was played only a few times. The song has since fallen out of use but is still considered to be one of their famous songs. During the release of The Early Days DVD the band performed Prowler during every performance of the Early Days Tour. On the DVD collection the song is featured on the Ruskin Arms video and is played briefly when Steve Harris mentions it on the Early Days documentary.

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."