Sanctuary (Iron Maiden song)

"Sanctuary"
The censored version, with the face of Margaret Thatcher obscured
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Iron Maiden
A-side	"Prowler" (Dutch 12" only)
B-side	"Drifter" (Live) "I've Got the Fire" (Live – Montrose cover)
Released	23 May 1980
Recorded	December 1979
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	3:12
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Iron Maiden[1]
Producer(s)	Wil Malone
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Running Free" (1980) "Sanctuary" (1980) "Women in Uniform" (1980)
Dutch 12" cover
The uncensored version

"Sanctuary" is the second single released by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The single was released on 23 May 1980. Although originally issued as a non-album single, the song was added to the later US release of their debut studio record, Iron Maiden (1980). When the album was re-released in 1998, the song was added in all territories. In 1990, it was reissued on CD and 12" vinyl in The First Ten Years box set, in which it was combined with their first single, "Running Free".