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Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden is a group from the UK, active since 1975.

Group GB since 1975 heavy metal nwobhm metal
TOTAL PLAYS
465
SONGS PLAYED
96
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2006-06-06 18:01 · Radio 1 — "The Number Of The Beast"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · Radio 2 — "From Here to Eternity"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 224 48%
Radio 2 188 40%
Radio 1 53 11%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Run to the Hills 92 2025-10-06
2 Can I Play With Madness 47 2026-03-21
3 The Number of the Beast 40 2026-04-10
4 Run To The Hills 29 2011-10-28
5 Running Free 18 2025-07-10
6 The Trooper 18 2024-11-09
7 Wasted Years 13 2024-11-09
8 Aces High 11 2024-11-09
9 Number of the Beast 8 2015-06-10
10 Flight of Icarus 7 2023-01-06
11 Murders in the Rue Morgue 7 2022-09-21
12 The Number Of The Beast 7 2009-12-07
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-08 22:44 From Here to Eternity Radio 2
2026-05-08 22:33 Aces High (Remastered 2015) Radio 2
2026-05-08 22:26 Running Free (Remastered 2015) Radio 2
2026-04-24 22:58 The Ides Of March (2015 Remaster) Radio 2
2026-04-24 22:52 The Ides Of March (2015 Remaster) Radio 2
2026-04-10 22:30 The Number of the Beast Radio 2
2026-03-21 09:15 Can I Play With Madness Radio 2
2026-03-07 21:44 Can I Play With Madness Radio 2
2026-02-27 23:07 Aces High (Remastered 2015) Radio 2
2025-10-31 23:26 Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter (2015 Remaster) Radio 2
2025-10-26 00:58 The Number of the Beast Radio 2
2025-10-18 19:32 The Number of the Beast Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

96 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
2 Minutes to Midnight — 3 ▶
2 Minutes To Midnight — 5 ▶
2 Minutes To Midnight (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
22 Acacia Avenue — 1 ▶
Aces High — 11 ▶
Aces High (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Aces High (Live) — 1 ▶
Aces High (Remastered 2015) — 2 ▶
Aled's 7:20 Suprise 07/02/07 — 1 ▶
Be Quick or Be Dead — 4 ▶
Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter — 2 ▶
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter — 1 ▶
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Can I Play With Madness — 47 ▶
Can I play with Madness? — 2 ▶
Children of the Damned — 1 ▶
Children Of The Damned — 1 ▶
Coming Home — 1 ▶
Fear of the Dark — 3 ▶
Flight of Icarus — 7 ▶
Flight Of Icarus — 2 ▶
From Here to Eternity — 2 ▶
Hallowed Be Thy Name — 6 ▶
Holy Smoke — 1 ▶
Infinite Dreams — 3 ▶
Infinite Dreams 1989 — 2 ▶
Invaders (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Iron Maiden — 1 ▶
Iron Maiden (Radio 1 Friday Rock Show, 14 Nov 1979) — 1 ▶
Iron Maiden (Radio 1 Session, 14 Nov 1979) — 2 ▶
Iron Maiden (Session) — 1 ▶
Iron Maiden - BBC Session 14/11/1979 — 1 ▶
Iron Maiden 1989 — 2 ▶
Killers — 1 ▶
Man On the Edge — 1 ▶
Moonchild — 1 ▶
Moonchild 1989 — 2 ▶
Mother Russia — 1 ▶
Murders in the Rue Morgue — 7 ▶
My Generation — 1 ▶
Number of the Beast — 8 ▶
Number Of The Beast 1989 — 4 ▶
Phantom of the Opera — 4 ▶
Remember Tomorrow (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Revelations — 2 ▶
Rime of the Ancient Mariner — 1 ▶
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner — 1 ▶
Run to the Hills — 92 ▶
Run To The Hills — 29 ▶
Run To The Hills (Live at Maida Vale) — 3 ▶
Running Free — 18 ▶
Running Free (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Running Free (Radio 1 Friday Rock Show, 14 Nov 1979) — 5 ▶
Running Free (Radio 1 Session, 14 Nov 1979) — 3 ▶
Running Free (Remastered 2015) — 1 ▶
Running Free - BBC Session 14/11/1979 — 4 ▶
Sanctuary — 1 ▶
Sanctuary (Friday Rock Show, 14 Nov 1979) — 2 ▶
Sanctuary (Radio 1 Session, 14 Nov 1979) — 2 ▶
Sanctuary - BBC Session 14/11/1979 — 5 ▶
Siren — 1 ▶
Speed of Light — 5 ▶
Still Life (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Stranger in a Strange Land — 2 ▶
Stranger In A Strange Land (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Stratego — 1 ▶
Tears of a Clown — 1 ▶
The Clairvoyant — 3 ▶
The Clairvoyant (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
The Evil That Men Do — 6 ▶
The Ides of March — 1 ▶
The Ides Of March (2015 Remaster) — 2 ▶
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner — 1 ▶
The Number of the Beast — 40 ▶
The Number Of The Beast — 7 ▶
The Number Of The Beast (Live from the Live After Death Album) — 1 ▶
The Number Of The Beast (Radio Edit) — 1 ▶
The Prisoner — 2 ▶
The Trooper — 18 ▶
The Wicker Man — 2 ▶
Transylvania (Radio 1 Friday Rock Show, 14 Nov 1979) — 3 ▶
Transylvania (Radio 1 Session, 14 Nov 1979) — 1 ▶
Transylvania - BBC Session 14/11/1979 — 4 ▶
trooper — 1 ▶
Trooper 1989 — 3 ▶
Two Minutes to Midnight — 2 ▶
Wasted Years — 13 ▶
When the River Runs Deep — 1 ▶
Where Eagles Dare — 6 ▶
Wrathchild — 5 ▶
Wrathchild (2015 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Wrathchild (2021 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Wrathchild (Live At Donington) — 1 ▶
Wrathchild (Live at Donnington 1992) — 1 ▶
Wrathchild 1989 — 2 ▶
Writing On The Wall — 1 ▶