Run to the Hills

"Run to the Hills" is a 1982 song by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden and is the leading single from their third studio album The Number of the Beast. It went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, number 5 in Finland, number 6 in Italy, number 11 in Canada, number 15 in Norway, number 16 in Ireland, number 27 in Australia and number 73 in France.

"Run to the Hills"
Single by Iron Maiden
from The Number of the Beast"
B-side
  • 1982 single
  • "Total Eclipse"
  • 1985 live single
  • "Phantom of the Opera" (live) (7" & 12")
  • "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (live) (12")
  • 2002 live single
  • Part 1
  • "22 Acacia Avenue (live)"
  • "The Prisoner (live)"
  • "Run to the Hills
  • (Camp Chaos video)"
  • Part 2
  • "Children of the Damned (live)"
  • "Total Eclipse (live)"
  • "Run to the Hills (video)"
Released12 February 1982
2 December 1985
11 March 2002
RecordedJanuary 1982
20 March 1982
28 August 1982
8–12 October 1984
14–17 March 1985
19 January 2001
GenreHeavy metal
Length3:51
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Steve Harris
Producer(s)Martin Birch
Iron Maiden singles chronology
""Purgatory"
(1981)
Run to the Hills ""The Number of the Beast"
(1982)


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Track listing

7" single
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Run to the Hills"   3:51
Side two
No. Title Length
2. "Total Eclipse"   4:24
1985 7" Live single
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Run to the Hills" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985) 4:03
Side two
No. Title Length
2. "Phantom of the Opera" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 8–10 & 12 October 1984) 7:27
1985 12" Live single
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Run to the Hills" (Live at Long Beach Arena, California, America, 14–17 March 1985) 4:03
Side two
No. Title Length
2. "Phantom of the Opera" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 8–10 & 12 October 1984) 7:27
3. "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 8–10 & 12 October 1984) 4:14
2002 7" Red Vinyl single
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Run to the Hills"   3:51
Side two
No. Title Length
2. "Total Eclipse" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982) 4:24
2002 Enhanced CD Part. I
Compact Disc
No. Title Length
1. "Run to the Hills" (Live at Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 January 2001) 5:00
2. "Children of the Damned" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982) 4:34
3. "Total Eclipse" (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982) 3:59
4. "Run to the Hills" (Live video) unknown
2002 Enhanced CD Part. II
Compact Disc
No. Title Length
1. "Run to the Hills"   3:56
2. "22 Acacia Avenue" (Live at the Reading Festival, Reading, England, 28 August 1982) 6:34
3. "The Prisoner" (Live at the Reading Festival, Reading, England, 28 August 1982) 5:56
4. "Run to the Hills" (Camp Chaos video) Unknown
2002 Enhanced CD European Edition
Compact Disc
No. Title Length
1. "Run to the Hills" (Live at Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 January 2001) 5:01
2. "Run to the Hills"   3:54
3. "The Prisoner" (Live at the Reading Festival, Reading, England, 28 August 1982) 5:56
4. "Children of the Damned" (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 20 March 1982) 4:34
5. "Run to the Hills" (Live video) Unknown

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