Wasted Years

Wasted Years

Infobox Single
Name = Wasted Years


Artist = Iron Maiden
from Album = Somewhere in Time
B-side = "Reach Out", "Sheriff of Huddersfield"
Released = 6 September 1986
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 5:07
Label = EMI
Writer = Adrian Smith
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position = * 18 (UK charts)
Last single = "Run to the Hills (live)" (1985)
This single = "Wasted Years" (1986)
Next single = "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1986)"Wasted Years" was the fourteenth single released by Iron Maiden and the first from their "Somewhere in Time" album. Released in 1986, it was the first single to be written by guitarist Adrian Smith alone. It reached number 18 in the UK charts.

The music video, which is mostly in black and white, features images and footage of the band's everyday activities off-stage, as well as clips from previous music videos.

The B-side "Reach Out" was sung by Adrian Smith, with Bruce Dickinson singing backing vocals. Adrian also played bass and guitar on the song. This song was performed live by Nicko McBrain and Adrian Smith's jam band who called themselves The Entire Population of Hackney.

The song "Sheriff of Huddersfield" is about Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood's decision to move to Los Angeles and buy a house in the Hollywood hills. Apparently he had trouble adjusting to the new lifestyle in LA and often complained to the band about it. Interestingly Rod Smallwood was unaware of the song until it was released on the single (the band had kept it secret). The song opens with the spoken line "We're on a mission from Rod", a parody of the tagline for The Blues Brothers. Later, a similar comedy piece mocking Smallwood was released as an unlisted untitled B-side ("Space Station No. 5"'s epilogue) in the "Be Quick or Be Dead" single.

It's the only song on "Somewhere In Time" that features no synthesizers.

Track listing

# "Wasted Years" (Adrian Smith) – 5:06
# "Reach Out" (Dave Colwell) – 3:31
# "Sheriff of Huddersfield" (Iron Maiden) – 3:35

Credits

*Bruce Dickinson – vocals
*Dave Murray – guitar
*Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals (Lead Vocals and bass on "Reach Out")
*Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
*Nicko McBrain – drums


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