Infinite Dreams

"Infinite Dreams (live)"
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Maiden England
B-side	"Killers (live)" "Still Life (live)"
Released	6 November 1989
Recorded	27-28 November 1988
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	6:04
Label	EMI Records
Writer(s)	Steve Harris
Producer(s)	Martin Birch
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"The Clairvoyant" (1988) "Infinite Dreams (live)" (1989) "Holy Smoke" (1990)

"Infinite Dreams" is a live single released in 1989 by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is the only single to be released in sync with a home video; 1989's Maiden England. The performance was recorded in Birmingham, England in 1988^[1] towards the end of the massive world tour to support the album where the song originally appeared, being Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. It is the final single to feature Adrian Smith for an entire decade.

Synopsis

The song is about how the character of the song sees disturbing visions about afterlife and other mystic things in his dreams, but is scared about if he will ever be able to wake up again. It starts with a soft guitar solo, which is then joined by Bruce Dickinson's singing as well as the rest of the band. The song starts out quite peaceful, but gets progressively heavier towards the song's climax and the following final verse.

Track listing

1. "Infinite Dreams" (live - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham 27–28 November '88) (Steve Harris) – 6:04^[1]
2. "Killers" (live - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham 27–28 November '88) (Paul Di'Anno, Harris) – 5:03^[1]
3. "Still Life" (live - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham 27–28 November '88) (Dave Murray, Harris) – 4:37^[1]

Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the 7 inch vinyl cover.^[2]

Iron Maiden

• Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
• Dave Murray – guitar
• Adrian Smith – guitar
• Steve Harris – bass guitar
• Nicko McBrain – drums

Additional musicians

• Michael Kenney – keyboards

Production

• Martin Birch – producer, engineer, mixing
• Derek Riggs – cover illustration
• George Bodnar – photography

Versions

Chart performance

Cover versions

"Infinite Dreams" was covered on the album Across The Seventh Sea by the acoustic tribute project Maiden uniteD, featuring vocalist Damian Wilson and Apocalyptica cellist Perttu Kivilaakso.^[6]

It is also included on Covers All by Waltari.

Notes

1. ↑ Re-release of both singles as part of The First Ten Years box set. Exceeded the length limit of the UK Singles chart.

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics