Running Free

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"Running Free"
Running Free (Iron Maiden album - cover art).jpg
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Iron Maiden
B-side "Burning Ambition"
Released8 February 1980
RecordedDecember 1979-January 1980 ("Running Free") [1] [2] November 1979 ("Burning Ambition") [3]
March 1985 ("Running Free" (live) & "Sanctuary" (live)
October 1984 ("Murders in the Rue Morgue" (live)
Genre Heavy metal
Length3:04
3:26 [4]
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Steve Harris
Paul Di'Anno
Producer(s) Will Malone [5]
Martin Birch (1985 live single) [4]
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Running Free"
(1980)		"Sanctuary"
(1980)
"Aces High"
(1984)
"Running Free (Live in 1985)"
(1985)
"Run to the Hills (Live in 1985)"
(1985)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Running Free" Steve Harris, Paul Di'Anno 3:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Burning Ambition"Harris2:39
7" Japanese single
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prowler"Harris3:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Running Free"Harris, Di'Anno3:16
1985 7" Live single
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Running Free" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985)Harris, Di'Anno3:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Sanctuary" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985)Harris, Dave Murray, Di'Anno,4:38
1985 12" Live single
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Running Free" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985)Harris, Di'Anno3:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sanctuary" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985)Harris, Murray, Di'Anno4:38
2."Murders in the Rue Morgue" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 12 October 1984)Harris4:30

Personnel

1980 single

Production credits are adapted from the 7-inch vinyl cover, [5] and The First Ten Years CD re-release liner notes. [9]

Production

1985 live single

Production credits are adapted from the 12-inch vinyl cover. [4]

Iron Maiden
Production

Chart performance

Running Free

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 129. ISBN   1-86074-542-3.
    2. ↑ https://blabbermouth.net/news/iron-maiden-the-clive-burr-trust-fund-update ("Clive joined the band at the very end of December 1979")
    3. 1 2 Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 126. ISBN   1-86074-542-3.
    4. 1 2 3 "Running Free live" 12 Inch Single (Media notes). Iron Maiden. EMI. 13 September 1985.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
    5. 1 2 "Running Free" 7 Inch Single (Media notes). Iron Maiden. EMI. 8 February 1980.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
    6. 1 2 Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 132. ISBN   1-86074-542-3.
    7. 1 2 Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 133. ISBN   1-86074-542-3.
    8. ↑ "Iron Maiden – "Prowler"". Discogs . Retrieved 5 April 2012.
    9. ↑ "Running Free / Sanctuary" The First Ten Years CD (Media notes). Iron Maiden. EMI. 24 February 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
    10. ↑ "Iron Maiden – Running Free". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    11. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    12. ↑ "Iron Maiden – Running Free" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    13. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Running Free". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    14. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    15. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
    16. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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