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Encyclopedia > Stranger in a Strange Land (song)
"Stranger in a Strange Land"
Stranger in a Strange Land cover
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Somewhere in Time
B-side(s) "That Girl"
"Juanita"
Released 22 November 1986
Genre Heavy metal
Length 5:45
Label EMI
Writer(s) Adrian Smith
Iron Maiden singles chronology
Wasted Years
(1986)		 Stranger in a Strange Land
(1986)		 Can I Play with Madness
(1988)

"Stranger in a Strange Land" is the sixteenth single released by Iron Maiden, written by guitarist Adrian Smith for the 1986 Iron Maiden album Somewhere in Time. The song is unrelated to Robert A. Heinlein's novel by the same name. The lyrics are about an arctic explorer who dies and is frozen in the ice. After a hundred years his body is found preserved by other people exploring there. Adrian Smith was inspired to write about this song after talking to an explorer who had had a similar experience of discovering a frozen body. The guitar solo in "Stranger in a Strange Land" is played by Adrian Smith. Image File history File links Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Somewhere in Time is a studio album by Iron Maiden, released in 1986. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden Adrian Frederik H Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Wasted Years was the fifteenth single released by Iron Maiden and the first from their Somewhere in Time album. ... Can I Play with Madness was the seventeenth single released by Iron Maiden. ... Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden Adrian Frederik H Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from East London. ... Somewhere in Time is a studio album by Iron Maiden, released in 1986. ... Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ... Stranger in A Strange Land Cover Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. ... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border The Arctic is the area around the Earths North Pole. ... Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden Adrian Frederik H Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden Adrian Frederik H Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ...


The first guitar solo in "That Girl" is played by Dave Murray while the ending guitar solo is played by Adrian Smith. Dave Murray of Iron Maiden David Michael Murray (born December 23, 1958 in England) is a founding guitarist in the legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden Adrian Frederik H Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ...


Track listing

  1. "Stranger in a Strange Land" (Adrian Smith) – 5:45
  2. "That Girl" (Andy Barnett, Goldsworth, Jupp) – 5:04
  3. "Juanita" (Steve Barnacle, Derek O'Neil) – 3:47
Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson | Dave Murray | Adrian Smith | Janick Gers | Steve Harris | Nicko McBrain
List of past and present Iron Maiden members
Discography
Studio albums: Iron Maiden | Killers | The Number of the Beast | Piece of Mind | Powerslave | Somewhere in Time | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | No Prayer for the Dying | Fear of the Dark | The X Factor | Virtual XI | Brave New World | Dance of Death | A Matter of Life and Death
Live albums: Live After Death | A Real Live One | A Real Dead One | Live at Donington | A Real Live Dead One | Rock in Rio | Beast Over Hammersmith | The BBC Archives | Death on the Road
Compilations and box-sets: Best of the Beast | Ed Hunter | Edward the Great | Eddie's Archive | The Essential Iron Maiden
Videos and DVDs: Live at the Rainbow | Video Pieces | Behind the Iron Curtain | Live After Death | 12 Wasted Years | Maiden England | The First Ten Years: The Videos | From There to Eternity | Donington Live 1992 | Raising Hell | Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast | Rock in Rio | Visions of the Beast | The Early Days | Death on the Road
EPs: The Soundhouse Tapes | Live!! +one | Maiden Japan | No More Lies
Singles
"Running Free" | "Sanctuary" | "Women in Uniform" | "Twilight Zone" | "Purgatory" | "Run to the Hills" | "The Number of the Beast" | "Flight of Icarus" | "The Trooper" | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | "Aces High" | "Running Free (live)" | "Run to the Hills (live)" | "Wasted Years" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | "Can I Play with Madness" | "The Evil That Men Do" | "The Clairvoyant (live)" | "Infinite Dreams (live)" | "Holy Smoke" | "Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter" | "Be Quick or Be Dead" | "From Here to Eternity" | "Wasting Love" | "Fear of the Dark (live)" | "Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" | "Man on the Edge" | "Lord of the Flies" | "Virus" | "The Angel and the Gambler" | "Futureal" | "The Wicker Man" | "Out of the Silent Planet" | "Run to the Hills (live)" | "Wildest Dreams" | "Rainmaker" | "The Number of the Beast (live)" | "The Trooper (live)" | "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg"
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