The Evil That Men Do (song)
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| Single by Iron Maiden from the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
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| B-side | "Prowler '88" "Charlotte the Harlot '88" |
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| Released | August 1, 1988 | ||||
| Recorded | 1987 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 4:33 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | Adrian Smith Bruce Dickinson Steve Harris |
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"The Evil That Men Do" was released in 1988 by Iron Maiden. It is the band's seventeenth single and the second from their Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album. The single debuted at number six in the UK charts and quickly rose to number five . The single's B-sides are re-recordings of "Prowler" and "Charlotte the Harlot" which appear as tracks number one and seven/eight respectively on the band's debut album Iron Maiden.
The title of the song is taken from Marcus Antonius's speech while addressing the crowd of Romans after Caesar's murder (Act 3, scene 2, "The Forum") in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones." Bruce Dickinson may sometimes repeat this before playing the song, but in reverse (as he did in Rock in Rio). However, the poetic lyrics of the song are unrelated to this.
The guitar solo in "The Evil That Men Do" is played by Adrian Smith while the guitar solo in "Prowler '88" is played by Dave Murray. In "Charlotte the Harlot '88", the first guitar solo is played by Dave Murray followed by Adrian Smith.
The music video was filmed at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, during the Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour in 1988.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Evil That Men Do" (Smith, Dickinson, Harris) – 4:33
- "Prowler '88" (Harris) – 4:07
- "Charlotte the Harlot '88" (Dave Murray) – 4:11
[edit] Covers
An all-star cover of the song can be found on the tribute album Numbers from the Beast which features Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho on vocals, Paul Gilbert and Bob Kulick on guitars, Mike Inez on bass, and Brent Fitz on drums. It follows the basic layout of the song, but varies in terms of guitar solos and vocal harmonics.
Symphonic metal band After Forever covered the song on their Exordium EP.
Another cover featuring two vocals can be found on the tribute album Slave to the Power: The Iron Maiden Tribute
[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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