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"Wildest Dreams" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 1 September 2003 as the lead single from their 13th studio album, Dance of Death (2003). It was written by guitarist Adrian Smith and bassist Steve Harris, and produced by Kevin Shirley.

"Wildest Dreams"
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Dance of Death
B-side	"Pass the Jam" "Blood Brothers" (orchestral mix)
Released	1 September 2003 (2003-09-01)[1]
Recorded	2003
Studio	Sarm West (London)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	3:49[2]
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Adrian Smith Steve Harris
Producer(s)	Kevin Shirley
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Run to the Hills (Live in 2001)" (2002) "Wildest Dreams" (2003) "Rainmaker" (2003)
DVD cover

Production

The band began performing the song in concert before the album was released. The single also includes an improvisational jam from the Dance of Death sessions. The song was again played on The Final Frontier World Tour.

The music video is a computer animated short, where the band members drive around a desolate planet and into the mouth of Eddie (as depicted on the CD single cover).[3]

The guitar solo in "Wildest Dreams" is played by Adrian Smith.

It is also unique in the release of a DVD single[4] at the same time as the CD single,[5] the first time this was done by the band.

The single was released as a 7" Green Vinyl Limited Edition[6] with two tracks; A CD maxi-single with three tracks[7] on it; Then for the first time a DVD version of the title track as a single[8] which also had a behind the scenes.

Track listing

CD single

1. "Wildest Dreams" (Adrian Smith, Steve Harris) – 3:49
2. "Pass the Jam" (Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers, Harris, Nicko McBrain, Dave Murray, Smith) – 8:20
3. "Blood Brothers" (Orchestral Mix) (Harris) - 7:10

7" Green Vinyl

1. A1 - "Wildest Dreams" (Smith, Harris) – 3:49
2. B2 - "Pass the Jam" (Dickinson, Gers, Harris, McBrain, Murray, Smith) – 8:20

DVD single

1. "Wildest Dreams" (promo video) (Smith, Harris) – 3:49
2. "The Nomad" (rock mix) (Murray, Harris) - 9:01
3. "Blood Brothers" (rock mix) (Harris) - 7:10
4. "Dance of Death – Behind the Scenes" (video) - 2:00

Japanese CD single

1. "Wildest Dreams" (promo video) (Smith, Harris) – 3:49
2. "Pass the Jam" (Dickinson, Gers, Harris, McBrain, Murray, Smith) - 8:20
3. "Blood Brothers" (rock mix) (Harris) - 7:10
4. "Blood Brothers" (orchestral Mix) (Harris) - 7:10

Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the CD,[2] DVD,[9] and picture disc covers.[10]

Iron Maiden

• Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
• Dave Murray – guitar
• Janick Gers – guitar
• Adrian Smith – guitar
• Steve Harris – bass guitar, co-producer
• Nicko McBrain – drums

Production

• Kevin Shirley – producer, mixing
• Howard Greenhalgh – music video director

Chart performance

References

На других языках

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- [en] Wildest Dreams (Iron Maiden song)

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[es] Wildest Dreams (canción de Iron Maiden)

«Wildest Dreams»[1] es un sencillo del decimotercer álbum de estudio Dance of Death de Iron Maiden, publicado en 2003. La banda ya tocaba el tema en directo antes del lanzamiento del álbum durante la gira de Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour. El sencillo incluye, una improvisación de sesiones de Dance of Death. El videoclip es un corto computarizado, donde la banda viaja a través de un planeta desolado y de la boca de Eddie the Head (del eddie de la versión del sencillo).[2]

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[ru] Wildest Dreams (сингл Iron Maiden)

Wildest Dreams (с англ. — «Самые смелые мечты») — тридцать шестой сингл британской хеви-метал-группы Iron Maiden. Первый сингл в поддержку альбома группы Dance of Death. Единственный сингл группы выпущенный одновременно как в CD, так и в DVD-формате.

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