Out of the Silent Planet (song)
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| Single by Iron Maiden from the album Brave New World |
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| B-side | "Wasted Years" (live) "Aces High" (live) "Out of the Silent Planet" (video) |
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| Released | October 23, 2000 | ||||
| Recorded | 1999/2000 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 14:41 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | Janick Gers, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris | ||||
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"Out of the Silent Planet" is a single from the Iron Maiden album Brave New World, released in 2000. The single features two live tracks from the 1999 Ed Hunter tour, which featured the band reunited with guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickinson, as well as the promotional video for "Out of the Silent Planet.". Cover art was by Mark Wilkinson. According to interviews with band members, the song was primarily influenced by the science fiction movie Forbidden Planet.
That's a fairly straightforward romp through sci-fi territory and a sort of 'Run To The Hills' revisited vibe. Certainly by halfway through the song 'cos I certainly wanted to get into the old gallop bit from the get go and Steve was like "Let's not give it to 'em straight away". It's based on the sci-fi classic The Forbidden Planet which is monsters from the id and this is basically monsters from the id. Again that was the inspiration for it anyway, a bunch of aliens who have destroyed their planet and now they've left their silent planet and they're coming to get us.
—Bruce Dickinson, maidenfans.com
The music video is a recording of the band's South American leg of their Brave New World Tour.
[edit] Track listing
- "Out Of The Silent Planet" (Janick Gers, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris) – 4:10
- "Wasted Years" (live) (Adrian Smith) – 5:07
- "Aces High" (live) (Steve Harris) – 5:24
- "Out Of The Silent Planet (video)" (Steve Harris) – 4:10
[edit] Credits
- Bruce Dickinson – vocals
- Dave Murray – guitar
- Janick Gers – guitar, backing vocals
- Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nicko McBrain – drums
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