Out of the Silent Planet (song)
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| Single by Iron Maiden | ||||||||
| from the album Brave New World | ||||||||
| B-side | "Wasted Years" (live) "Aces High" (live) "Out of the Silent Planet" (video) |
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| Released | 23 October 2000 | |||||||
| Recorded | 1999/2000 | |||||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||||||
| Length | 6:25 (album version) 4:10 (single version) |
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| Label | EMI | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Janick Gers, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris | |||||||
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"Out of the Silent Planet" is a single from the Iron Maiden album Brave New World, released in 2000. The single features two live tracks from the 1999 Ed Hunter tour, which featured the band reunited with guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickinson, as well as the promotional video for "Out of the Silent Planet." Cover art was by Mark Wilkinson. According to interviews with band members, the song was primarily influenced by the science fiction movie Forbidden Planet. (In addition, the name "Out Of The Silent Planet" is a reference to the 1938 C.S. Lewis science fiction novel by the same title.)
It's a peculiarity in that despite being one of only 2 singles from the album, this was not played on the majority of the accompanying world tour - only in a few encores in South America and the Brixton Academy concerts.
The guitar solo in "Out of the Silent Planet" is played by Janick Gers.
The music video is a recording of the band's European leg of their Brave New World Tour.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Out of the Silent Planet" (Single Edit) (Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers, Steve Harris) – 4:10
- "Wasted Years" (Live At Filaforum, Milano - 23 September 1999) (Adrian Smith) – 5:07
- "Aces High" (Live At Plaza Del Toros, Madrid - 26 September 1999) (Steve Harris) – 5:24
- "Out of the Silent Planet (video)" (Steve Harris) – 4:10
[edit] Personnel
- Bruce Dickinson – vocals
- Dave Murray – guitar
- Janick Gers – guitar, backing vocals
- Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nicko McBrain – drums
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart | 87[1] |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 13[2] |
| French Singles Chart | 72[3] |
| German Singles Chart | 66[4] |
| Italian Singles Chart | 10[5] |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 35[6] |
| UK Singles Chart | 20[7] |
[edit] References
- ^ "Dutch Singles Charts". http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "Finnish Singles Charts". http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "French Singles Charts". http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "German Singles Charts". http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/IRON+MAIDEN/single?sort=entry. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "Italian Singles Charts". http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "Swedish Singles Charts". http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "UK Singles Chart". http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=464. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
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