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"Run to the Hills"
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Single by Iron Maiden
from the album The Number of the Beast
B-side
  • 1982 single
  • "Total Eclipse"
  • 1985 live single
  • "Phantom of the Opera" (live) (7" & 12")
  • "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (live) (12")
  • 2002 live single
  • Part 1
  • "22 Acacia Avenue (live)"
  • "The Prisoner (live)"
  • "Run to the Hills
  • (Camp Chaos video)"
  • Part 2
  • "Children of the Damned (live)"
  • "Total Eclipse (live)"
  • "Run to the Hills (video)"
Released8 February 1982
2 December 1985
11 March 2002
RecordedJanuary 1982
20 March 1982
28 August 1982
8–12 October 1984
14–17 March 1985
19 January 2001
Genre Heavy metal
Length3:51
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Steve Harris
Producer(s) Martin Birch
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Purgatory"
(1981)		"Run to the Hills"
(1982)		"The Number of the Beast"
(1982)
"Running Free (Live in 1985)"
(1985)
"Run to the Hills (Live in 1985)"
(1985)
"Wasted Years"
(1986)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run to the Hills" Steve Harris 3:51
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Total Eclipse" Dave Murray, Harris, Clive Burr 4:24
1985 7" Live single
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run to the Hills" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985)Harris4:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Phantom of the Opera" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 8–10 & 12 October 1984)Harris7:27
1985 12" Live single
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run to the Hills" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985)Harris4:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Phantom of the Opera" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 8–10 & 12 October 1984)Harris7:27
3."Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 8–10 & 12 October 1984)Harris4:14
2002 7" Red Vinyl single
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run to the Hills"Harris3:51
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Total Eclipse" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982)Burr, Harris, Murray4:24
2002 Enhanced CD Part. I
Compact Disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run to the Hills" (Live at Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 January 2001)Harris5:00
2."Children of the Damned" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982)Harris4:34
3."Total Eclipse" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982)Murray, Harris, Burr3:59
4."Run to the Hills" (Live video)Harrisunknown
2002 Enhanced CD Part. II
Compact Disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run to the Hills"Harris3:56
2."22 Acacia Avenue" (Live at the Reading Festival, Reading, England, 28 August 1982)Harris, Adrian Smith 6:34
3."The Prisoner" (Live at the Reading Festival, Reading, England, 28 August 1982)Harris, Smith5:56
4."Run to the Hills" (Camp Chaos video)HarrisUnknown
2002 Enhanced CD European Edition
Compact Disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run to the Hills" (Live at Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 January 2001)Harris5:01
2."Run to the Hills"Harris3:54
3."The Prisoner" (Live at the Reading Festival, Reading, England, 28 August 1982)Harris, Smith5:56
4."Children of the Damned" (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982)Harris4:34
5."Run to the Hills" (Live video)HarrisUnknown

Personnel

1982 studio single

Production credits are adapted from the 7-inch vinyl cover. [32]

Production

1985 live single

Production credits are adapted from the 7-inch vinyl, [33] and 12-inch vinyl covers. [34]

Iron Maiden
Production

2002 studio / live single

Charts

Run to the Hills

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australian Singles (Kent Music Report) [35] 27
French Singles(SNEP) [36] 64
Germany (GfK) [37] 55
Ireland (IRMA) [38] 16
UK Singles (OCC) [39] 7

Run to the Hills (Live)

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [40] 18
UK Singles (OCC) [41] 26

Run to the Hills/The Number of the Beast

Chart (1990)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [42] 3

Running Free (Live) / Run to the Hills (Live)

Chart (1990)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [43] 9

Run to the Hills

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart [44] 11
France (SNEP) [45] 73
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [46] 5
Germany (GfK) [47] 86
Ireland (IRMA) [48] 38
Italy (FIMI) [49] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [50] 60
Norway (VG-lista) [51] 15
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [52] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [53] 75
UK Singles (OCC) [54] 9

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [55] Platinum70,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [56] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [57] Gold400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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