Run to the Hills

This article is about the Iron Maiden song. For the Klara Hammarström song, see Run to the Hills (Klara Hammarström song).
"Run to the Hills"
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
GenreHeavy metal
Length3:51
LabelEMI
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)
"Out of the Silent Planet"
(2000)
"Run to the Hills (Live in 2001)"
(2002)
"Wildest Dreams"
(2003)
1985 live single
2002 CD 2 cover
Bruce Dickinson as Eddie
2002 Limited Edition Red Vinyl 7"

"Run to the Hills" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released as their sixth single and the first from the band's third studio album, The Number of the Beast (1982). It is their first single with Bruce Dickinson as vocalist. Credited solely to the band's bassist, Steve Harris, Dickinson contributed to the song but could not be credited due to a contractual agreement with his former band Samson. "Run to the Hills" remains one of the band's most popular songs, with VH1 ranking it No. 27 on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs,[1] No. 14 on their list of the Greatest Hard Rock Songs,[2] and Rolling Stone ranking it No. 10 on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs[3]

A live version of the song, from Live After Death, was released in 1985 and the original single was reissued in 2002, with all income donated to former drummer Clive Burr's MS Trust Fund. In 1990, as part of The First Ten Years box set, both the original and the 1985 live single were reissued on CD and 12" vinyl, combined with "The Number of the Beast" and "Running Free (live)" respectively.

  1. ^ "VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs". VH1. 1–4 May 2006. Archived from the original on 16 January 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2006.
  2. ^ "spreadit.org music". VH1. Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  3. ^ "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.