Women in Uniform

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"Women in Uniform"
"Women in Uniform" cover
Single by Iron Maiden
B-side(s) "Invasion"
"Phantom of the Opera"
Released 27 October 1980
Genre Heavy metal
Length 3:11
Label EMI
Writer(s) Greg Macainsh
Chart positions
  • 35 (UK charts)
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Sanctuary"
(1980)
"Women in Uniform"
(1980)
"Twilight Zone"
(1981)

"Women in Uniform" was the third single by Iron Maiden and their last recorded work to feature guitarist Dennis Stratton. It was released on October 17, 1980 and is not featured on any of the band's albums in North America. The song is actually a cover and was originally recorded by an Australian band called Skyhooks in 1978. Women in Uniform would also be the basis of the band's first music-video, directed by Doug Smith and filmed at the Brixton Academy.

"Women in Uniform" was included on an 11-track pressing of the Killers album as track number 8. This was available at some point in UK/Aus. The US 11-track pressing had the single "Twilight Zone" instead. There is a 10-track original pressing that had neither song.

In an attempt to appease people who were offended by the cover of the band's previous single, Women in Uniform shows Margaret Thatcher in a military uniform and armed with a Sterling submachine gun, preparing to get her revenge on Eddie for murdering her. Once again the band's comic intent was missed by the newspapers who were more concerned by the fact that Eddie has two women - a nurse and flight attendant - in his arms. This, along with the song, was seen by some as the band being chauvinistic. However, this smaller controversy went largely unnoticed.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Women in Uniform" (Skyhooks cover) − 3:11
  2. "Invasion" (Steve Harris) − 2:39
  3. "Phantom of the Opera (Live Marquee, London 1980)" (Steve Harris) − 7:20

[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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