From the 1980 album Iron Maiden.
How could I not have some Maiden on the countdown? This is just one of those songs that's so perfect that I refuse to believe that mere mortals created it. Just one awesome catchy riff after another, and just when you think that it would be physically impossible for it to get any more awesome, 4:34 comes along, and what's that? Yes! Yes, it's getting more awesome! But hold your horses, it actually gets EVEN BETTER. Wait for it... wait for it... There! There, at 4:52! Holy fucking shit! Pure "triumphantly standing with one foot on the stage wedge while wearing stripy trousers" glory! They just out-perfected perfection. Fucking A.
Despite it using footage of the 1980 performance at The Rainbow which doesn't always sync up to well with the studio version of the song, I had to post this version, because it's got all the awesome 1925 Lon Chaney film bits in it.
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