Transylvania (Iron Maiden song)
- Transylvania (Iron Maiden song)
Infobox Song
Name = Transylvania
Artist = Iron Maiden
Album = Iron Maiden
Released = April 14, 1980
Format = CD
Recorded = Kingsway Studios, London
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 4:19
Label = EMI / Capitol Records
Writer = Steve Harris
"Transylvania" is a well known instrumental piece by the band Iron Maiden, which was composed by founder and bassist Steve Harris while he was with his previous band "Smiler".
The song appears as the fifth track on the original U.S. & U.K. releases of their debut album
Iron Maiden and as the sixth track of the remastered release of the same album.
Steve came up with the basic idea of the song while walking home from a local club called theCart & Horses. He presented the song to his band at the time, "Smiler", but everyone in "Smiler" found most of his songs too complicated, and refusedto play them.
When he formed Iron Maiden "Transylvania" became a regularly played song during "The Early Days".
"Transylvania" was covered by American heavy metal band Iced Earth (on their 2001 studio album "Horror Show") and by the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens (on their 2008 EP "The Root of All Evil").
In 2008, on the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour the band used a recorded audio track of the song Transylvania and various video footage, including that of Ed Force One, as an intro at the the concerts.
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