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
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| Single by Iron Maiden | ||
| from the album Somewhere in Time | ||
| B-side(s) | "That Girl" "Juanita" |
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| 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 written by guitarist Adrian Smith, and is the fifteenth Iron Maiden single, released as the second single from 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. "Stranger in a Strange Land" is one of only two Iron Maiden songs to fade out, the other being "The Prophecy" from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
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
- "Stranger in a Strange Land" (Adrian Smith) – 5:45
- "That Girl" (Andy Barnett, Goldsworth, Jupp)(FM cover) – 5:04
- "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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