music.wikisort.org - Composition"Fear of the Dark" is a song by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Written by Steve Harris, the band's bass player and primary songwriter, it serves as the title track to Iron Maiden's 1992 album Fear of the Dark.
1992 song by Iron Maiden
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Released | 11 May 1992 (1992-05-11) |
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Recorded | 1991 – April 1992 |
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Studio | Barnyard, Essex, England |
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Genre | Heavy metal |
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Length | 7:16 |
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Label | EMI |
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Songwriter(s) | Steve Harris |
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Producer(s) |
- Martin Birch
- Steve Harris
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The song has been covered by several different artists. In 2008, it was covered by Fightstar for Kerrang! magazine's Maiden Heaven tribute album.[1]
The Flight 666 version of the song was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series on 9 June 2009.
Lyrics
The song's lyrics tell the story of a man who has always been intensely afraid of the dark. He recalls the many times he has walked alone, and recollections of the feeling of being followed while walking at night. Strictly, the song is about paranoid ideas (fear of being watched or harmed by other persons) rather than phobia (fear of objects and situations), even though the latter is referred to in the lyrics ("Have a phobia that someone's always there"); darkness seems to be the context rather than the reason for the fear.
According to Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris wrote this song because he himself was really afraid of the dark.[2]
Personnel
Covers
Live single
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B-side |
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Released | 1 March 1993 (1993-03-01) |
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Recorded | 27 August 1992 |
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Venue | Helsinki Ice Hall |
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Genre | Heavy metal |
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Length | 7:22 |
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Label | EMI |
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Songwriter(s) | Steve Harris |
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Producer(s) | Steve Harris |
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A live version of the song was released on 1 March 1993 to promote A Real Live One, a live album featuring recordings from various concerts throughout the Fear of the Dark Tour. This song was recorded at the Helsinki Ice Hall on 27 August 1992. It is the 26th single released by the band, reaching number 8 in the UK charts.
Different tracks taken from the same album served as B-sides, including "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", "Be Quick or Be Dead", and "Tailgunner", in addition to "Hooks in You", recorded in 1990 during the No Prayer on the Road tour. The initial pressing of the 7" cut-to-shape vinyl picture disc listed "Hooks in You" as the B-side but actually played "Tailgunner". This mis-press was quickly corrected by EMI on future pressings.
"Fear of the Dark" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1994 in the "Best Metal Performance" category, but lost to "I Don't Want to Change the World" by Ozzy Osbourne.[7]
The single's cover art features Eddie playing Steve Harris' signature Fender Precision Bass.
Track listing
- 7" poster bag single
Side oneTitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Fear of the Dark" (live at the Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 27 August 1992) | Steve Harris | 7:22 |
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- 7" picture disc
Side oneTitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Fear of the Dark" (live at the Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 27 August 1992) | Harris | 7:22 |
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Side twoTitle | Writer(s) |
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2. | "Hooks in You" (live at Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 December 1990) | | 3:45 |
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- Italy 12" maxi single
Side oneTitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Fear of the Dark" (live at the Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 27 August 1992) | Harris | 7:22 |
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2. | "Be Quick or Be Dead" (live at Super Rock festival, Mannheim, Germany, 15 August 1992) | | 3:20 |
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Side twoTitle | Writer(s) |
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3. | "Hooks in You" (live at Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 December 1990) | | 3:45 |
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- UK CD maxi single
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Fear of the Dark" (live at the Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 27 August 1992) | Harris | 7:22 |
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2. | "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (live at the Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 27 August 1992) | Dickinson | 5:30 |
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3. | "Hooks in You" (live at Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 December 1990) | | 3:45 |
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- Italy and Holland CD maxi single
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Fear of the Dark" (live at the Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 27 August 1992) | Harris | 7:22 |
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2. | "Be Quick or Be Dead" (live at Super Rock festival, Mannheim, Germany, 15 August 1992) | | 3:20 |
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3. | "Hooks in You" (live at Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 December 1990) | | 3:45 |
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Chart (1993) |
Peak position |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] |
6 |
Irish Singles Chart |
17[9] |
UK Singles Chart |
8[10] |
In popular culture
Film
In Fear Street Part One: 1994, the character Josh Johnson wears an Iron Maiden shirt and is shown listening to the song Fear of the Dark.
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Singles | |
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Tours |
- Metal for Muthas Tour
- Iron Maiden Tour
- Killer World Tour
- The Beast on the Road
- World Piece Tour
- World Slavery Tour
- Somewhere on Tour
- Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour
- No Prayer on the Road
- Fear of the Dark Tour
- Real Live Tour
- The X Factour
- Virtual XI World Tour
- The Ed Hunter Tour
- Brave New World Tour
- Dance of Death World Tour
- Eddie Rips Up the World Tour
- A Matter of Life and Death Tour
- Somewhere Back in Time World Tour
- The Final Frontier World Tour
- Maiden England World Tour
- The Book of Souls World Tour
- Legacy of the Beast World Tour
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На других языках
- [en] Fear of the Dark (song)
[es] Fear of the Dark (canción)
«Fear of the Dark»[1] es un sencillo del álbum homónimo y relanzado en directo para el álbum A Real Live Dead One de la banda de heavy metal Iron Maiden, publicado el 1 de marzo de 1993, la canción fue escrita por Steve Harris. Se dice que la canción se refiere al miedo infantil de Harris (Temor a la oscuridad o miedo a la oscuridad).
[ru] Fear of the Dark (песня)
«Fear of the Dark» (с англ. «Страх темноты») — песня, написанная Стивом Харрисом, бас-гитаристом и автором песен группы Iron Maiden, является заглавной песней к альбому 1992 года Fear of the Dark, единственная песня с этого альбома, до сих пор исполняемая на концертах. Текст песни рассказывает о том, как лирический герой идёт ночью в темноте и пугается, ему мерещатся шаги за спиной и зловещие тени, а на ум приходят истории о ведьмах.
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