The Other Side of Iron Maiden

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[@aa7830]

That Girl is one of Maiden's best recorded songs :) listening to these SiT bsides take you to another place. So unique sound and feel, including of course the entire SiT album. One can only appreciate Martin Birch to provide such a unique and special sound to these classic albums. Still miss those days.

[@barlevy13]

That Girl-best maiden B-side

[@danbal4185]

"Massacre" was covered as tribute to the one and only Philo Lynott, who died in '86. What a spectacular band! Brian Downey is one of the most underrated drummer of the '70s and on Guitar they had Brian Robertson, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore, Snowy White, John Sykes... one better than the other! All the albums from the decade '74-''83 are absolute classics.

[@michaeldean7220]

Totally this! Live and Dangerous easily the greatest live album. To be fair Metallica have done two great covers of Lizzy songs

[@danbal4185]

@@michaeldean7220 Obviously it's also one of my favorite live albums ever! Very good covers, and at the end of "Borderline" Hetfield said "Thanks Phil Lynott for writing this song...about my life". Very heartfelt moment!

[@michaeldean7220]

@@danbal4185 yes that's a very cool moment you can tell James is a big fan. Check out the Slane Castle video of them playing Whisky in the Jar and take note of the colours of the guitars. Also cool as another Lizzy connection as Kirk is playing Gary Moore's 'greeny' les Paul :)

[@yanikem6655]

The Di’Anno version of ‘I’ve Got The Fire’ is brilliant too.

[@hexgraphica]

My favourite b side is Juanita, and Massacre feels underrated to me.

[@TomHadleyEarthStories]

Rainbow's Gold has always been my fave, that opening riff and Nicko's drum groove are awesome.

[@AJ82778]

Reach Out is one of my all time favorites.

[@drk2736]

Cross-Eyed Mary!

[@marillionman8811]

I like their cover of thin lizzy massacre also rainbows gold

[@MegaDeox]

I personally really love their cover of Cross-Eyed Mary.

[@BreathingTheory]

Reach Out and That Girl are so good

[@SeaOfMadness]

I LOVE these! Juanita too.

[@kcpolog]

To me, after I heard Reach Out for the first time, I couldn't get the chorus out of my head. It's just so catchy with Bruce's belt in the background and their harmonized vocals.

[@CharliesMaidenCovers]

reach out is one of the best song ever

[@werc85music]

We need a part 2 😌👌 Also.. reach out is my fav Maiden B-side, That Girl coming in close 2nd.. 🤘🏻😎

[@sunsteels]

Reach out is actually my favourite b-side, cheer to you

[@Kajaah117]

The B-Sides are the gems I was happy to get in the Eddie's Archive. Reach Out is still one of my absolute favorite songs to sing along to in the car. Adrian and Bruce always produce gold together

[@albertampel4175]

Thank you for that video! I always loved their B sides! They already played "I´ve got the Fire" live with DiAnno. Released on the "Sanctuary" 4 track EP. "Sheriff of Huddersfield" is actually an old Urchin song called "Life in the City".

[@user-ft4jo8ev1v]

Total Eclipse is the best one!!

[@RigoStar]

Wow! Really love this video! Just like you I absolutely love Somewhere In Time era, and That Girl was always my favourite B-Side, I never get tired of listening to it. 🤘🏼😎

[@DownMemoryLaneParis]

Burning ambition and reach out are two of my favorite Iron maiden songs. Love them to death

[@guilhermeyabiku]

I always loved some of their B'Sides, i'm so glad to hear someone talking about them. Massacre and Cross Eyed Mary are by far my favorites. Also love the riff from That Girl, I remember passing so much stress trying to figure out that intro without any ear training at all

[@fitzy2912]

Totally with you on "That Girl". Brilliant tune!

[@javierramallo603]

Love the B-sides. my favourites by far are Burning ambition, I'm a mover, King of twilight and Cross eyed Mary

[@anthrax2413]

Reach Out is by far my favorite. Followed by Kill me ce soir

[@PolarisCastillo]

My all time favorite will always be "Doctor, Doctor" I love it even more than the original. Maiden just adds so much more depth and magic to it, and I love that the original is always played before they came on stage!

[@egrsok9388]

Cross Eyed Mary. Personal favorite!

[@elio5555]

Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks

[@GormlyKeep]

Rainbows Gold and King of Twilight for me. I do have a soft spot for Black Bart though

[@drk2736]

Yes! Black Bart Blues is very funny!

[@ronniebzh]

I always say SIT is my favorite Maiden album 'cause everything is perfect on it: the songs, the sound, the artwork,... and the b-sides. Reach out is my favourite one, and That girl comes just after.

[@michaeldean7220]

Nice article. Absolutely love Reach Out as it showcased how good Adrian's vocals are

[@clavier69]

burning ambition!!!

[@LucasZawacki]

I kept hoping that you'd talk about 'That Girl' during the entire video. Nice to hear it's also your favorite.

[@blatislavduvelask2375]

we're on a mission from rod......

[@wilfredmcgillicuddy7902]

I really like that Montrose cover followed closely by Reach Out.

[@gherman63]

From a drummers perspective for me it’s 1. Rainbows Gold 2. I’ve got the fire 3. Juanita 4. King of Twilight 5. All in your Mind. I have all the original pressings. Maiden b-side selection was always a joy to experience, sad they haven’t done any concerted effort to release any new ones in many years. Great channel!!

[@jimdavis6754]

Pass The Jam, That Girl, Black Bart Blues, and Rainbow's Gold.

[@f1saintsutd]

I love this! Some of my favourite Maiden songs are b-sides. My absolute favourite b-side is Judgement Day. I think it's one of the best songs they did with Blaze, and I am so pleased you included it here. I am definitely one of those who laments the fact that it wasn't on the album. I've always said, as much as I love Sign Of The Cross, this should have opened The X Factor. It kicks ass. Brilliant riffs, solos and vocals.

[@alexandrecesario9423]

AWESOME! I love all these songs! Mainly That Girl! Up the Irons! \../

[@Farnabad]

my faver B sides songs: 1. That girl 2. Doctor Doctor 3. Hocus Pocus 4. Juanita

[@gillesouimet2093]

I've always been partial to "All in Your Mind". It's a B-side from one of the songs from No Prayer for the Dying. Excellent video !!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Thank you! The B-Sides from No Prayer were all awesome IMO 🙂

[@antonfriberg4964]

LOVE Reach out! How can it not be more popular??

[@jetzevanhoorn3857]

Mission from ‘Arry! But in all seriousness, That Girl is one of my favourite Nicko tracks!

[@michaelanderson1587]

I like how you broke this down and talked about these songs. great shirt.

[@richardcharlesworth6069]

Had to go and find the full "That Girl" on KZbin. Brings back so many memories from my youth.

[@francescogambino3892]

I always like your videos, Nico the Great! As far as I'm concerned, Twilight Zone was released as B-Side in Italy. That is my favorite one, along with Total Eclipse!

[@MKPoke]

My fab is King of Twilight - Cryin' in the Dark, Band is Nektar from the album A Tab in the Ocean

[@zaneerich4433]

Hey Nico, do you think sometime you could record a cover or breakdown on That Girl? The whole song is one of my all time absolute favorites, especially Adrian’s outro solo. It’s one of the coolest moments on an Iron Maiden recording I think maybe ever.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

It's in the to-do list. 😊

[@benedictdonald4338]

It’s absolutely their best ever cover.

[@davroshalfbeard8368]

Love cross eyed mary great track

[@19TheEvergreyOne78]

A bit late to the party but I really enjoyed this video. As for my own personal top-5 b-sides it would be as follows in no particular order. That Girl Cross-Eyed Mary Kill me Ce Soir King of Twilight Total Eclipse (Yes, to me it will always be a great B-side despite its' inclusion on the newer versions of TNOTB album)

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

This party is ongoing so there's no such thing as late 😃🤘 Glad you enjoyed the video and Kill Me Ce Soir was among the ones I was considering! Such a cool cover 🤜🤛

[@egq1988]

Amazing as always, and your choices were excellent! That Girl is probably my favorite b-side too, and Judgement Day, Reach Out and I've Got the Fire are definetely killer songs. It's a shame that the band produced so few b-sides since 2000!

[@azzajames7661]

Great video, Bro🤗 The last three reminded me of Adrian Smiths solo stuff, which is actually very good. The album Silver and Gold is so very underrated. 80s rock at its best 👌

[@jorgerodriguez-cu7gq]

Amazing job, congratulations.

[@C64_Mat]

I've got the Fire was covered twice - there's a 1980 Di'anno recording too!

[@user-jb4wh2mg4d]

Real musicians ( full of sensitivity, cleverness, talent, creativity and so on ) So talented musicians ! Thank you Nicko for all your work ( what a toil !! ) !! . You are dazzingly good at guitar ! too talented too !! Jerome from France ! Best regards Niko !

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Merci infiniment, Jérôme! C'est très gentil de ta part et j'apprécie beaucoup. 😊🙏

[@JosesAmazingWorlds]

Maiden issued remasters of their classic albums in the 90s as two cd packs. The second had all the b sides and live versions of songs in those albums. To me they are the best value for money issues they have ever released.

[@TheLarryburns84]

I wish these were still easy to find at a reasonable price, they're 30-50 bucks a pop now. sometimes even more

[@Ken-vl4wk]

2 Minutes to Midnight Japanese DJ Promo is the rarest Iron Maiden vinil. I have one ad I will never sell it.

[@TheLarryburns84]

I guarantee test pressings of the first four albums (or hell, maybe even the Final Frontier) are rarer by now. those are usually in the double digits, sometimes single- there was a Poison Idea test press of their first EP limited to FIVE copies that I missed and I'm still heartbroken. unrelated I know, but a fun story

[@emem2756]

I really miss The Sanctuary, they used to play it a lot in early years, but than gone

[@DolkkarToyznstuff]

What an amazing video. Took me back for sure. I remember when I was living in WA, one of the radio stations, I believe it was KISW, was doing this thing called; 20 single Maidens, and that's all they played for however long, was their b-sides. This takes me back to that time, very cool!

[@crystalplanet023]

thank you for making me discover some maiden's song, i only know total eclipse from the B side of run to the hills SP a long long time ago

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

That makes me very happy! Cheers 🤜🤛

[@mickhh85]

Really enjoyed this one, dude!

[@MetalMan73100]

One thing that doesn´t get mentioned often is that Iron Maiden has been quite good at making access to many of their old b-sides easy through compilations and reissued CDs containing old single releases. Two of my very first Iron Maiden CDs, bought in late 1990, were the singles for Can I Play With Madness/The Evil That Men Do (on one CD) and Stranger in a Strange Land/Wasted Years, also on one CD. Great releases that contain all the relevant b-sides from the original vinyl singles from 1986 and 1988, respectively. The downsides for both CDs are the Listen With Nicko segments that serve as a good reminder of why CD players have a skip button. But the rest of it is top notch stuff, including unknown but great songs written and sung by Adrian Smith. A man of many talents indeed.

[@carzz185]

great video nico! my favorite b-sides are: a rainbow's gold: very powerful, really love to listen it in summer mornings that girl: you said it all, though i prefer te live version with adrian on vocals all 3 b-sides from x-factor (justice of the peace, judgement day, i live my way): love those songs and to me they're better than some of the songs that ended on the album cross eyed mary: bruce vocals and steve bass just are out of this world in that song and my personal favorite nodding donkey blues: it's just so funny, silly, impossible to not love it...

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Nodding Donkey Blues also has some pretty fun soloing by Dave and Jan!

[@nathanmacdonald7537]

Thank you for sharing these cool songs! My favorite is the ironmaiden recording of That Girl.

[@StevenWard]

Great video. Lots of memories coming back from listening to these and a couple I'd not heard. Thanks as always. Reach Out is my fav btw

[@marcelbr815]

Burning Ambition is in major scale! It’s just occured to me!

[@UltraPvnk]

1st time I heard Reach Out and That Girl was during the Napster era and I was jaw dropped. Some of their finest songs for sure that will hold up for all existence.

[@maiden4greece572]

Up The Irons .....nice t shirt...

[@69spiros]

one of your best videos!! thank you!!!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Thank you so much!!

[@mlourencoBeast]

Fantástico! Parabéns pelo vídeo! It's a wonderful journey to go through and dive deep into the recorded history of this band.

[@Yuvalico]

i wish they let "reach out" and "that girl" in the somwhere in time ablum, they are sooo great and the SIT tone is so amazing and they fit well in my opinion, great vid niko!

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Glad you liked it!!

[@hansspadvii]

I hope they'll make a new collection of B-sides with the same remastering as the 2015 regular records have had.

[@hufflepuffolo3658]

Thank you once again, this time for introducing me to underrated gems like Massacre and That Girl... The latter in particular, the final solo by Smith is pure gold.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Oh yeah I absolutely love that outro

[@tonytendencies4698]

As a life long Maiden fan I really enjoy seeing your videos pop up in my suggestions feed. Maiden's b-sides, whether covers or their own was always something I looked forward to when they released singles from a new album. Great video, keep them coming.

[@anthonyjagers7770]

About the 'Time' B-sides, I read somewhere that it is Adrian playing bass and all guitars on most tracks. What I read is it is the entire band only playing on 'Sheriff'. But, I never resolved that in the back of my mind. It sounds like Steve playing on 'That Girl' & Juanita. But, "Reach Out"? Well, I'm never really sure.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

That does seem to be what happened more or less but some things sound like it's not all Adrian so who knows... Memory of events like that can sometimes be a little foggy so who knows 🤷🏻

[@Befrienderbetrayer]

If you listen closely to the bass in the first pre-chorus of Reach Out, you can tell it's a P bass, but not Steve playing

[@shubhampoudel2011]

Lot of thanks you Niko for simplifying❤

[@vozmajster1011]

Oh this video is great, I absolutely love all the mentioned songs! \m/ Thank you for doing this, as I feel like often these b-side masterpieces aren't appreciated enough. Watched this with my wife who has in fact never heard for example That Girl or Juanita and she went straight for our vinyl collection and is listening to them now! :)

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

That's awesome!! And I'm so glad I could help spark some interest in some of these songs 😃🤘

[@christianbivona8165]

Amazing work, as always!

[@mikecottondrums]

Awesome video! Some tunes in here I haven't heard before!

[@zaneerich4433]

Hey Nico, thanks for making this awesome video! Was so cool to learn more about Maiden’s B sides. Personally, even though they are covers of their older stuff, I adore the 1988 re-recordings of Charlotte the Harlot and Prowler. For me, they are the quintessential versions of those songs. I just love that late 80s sound Maiden had from 86-88. There will be nothing quite like it ever again I think. Gotta get me one of those GK 250ML amps someday.

[@craigmitton5047]

It is official, you are the Professor Emeritus of Maiden University. One day I predict you will win the Eddie Prize. Seriously, great fun as always, thanks.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Wow, thanks! It's great to hear (read, whatever lol) that the videos are fun! I'm always concerned that they could come across as too serious or didactic. 🙂

[@rick.ferris.666]

Burning Ambition, Total Eclipse, I've Got The Fire (specially the '83 version), King Of Twilight, That Girl, Reach Out, Massscre, All In Your Mind, Kill Me Ce Soir, Justice Of The Peace, Judgement Day and Doctor Doctor must be my favorites...

[@yanikem6655]

Great video, Nico!! Loads of work as usual my friend! My favourite has got to be Burning Ambition - the tone, the rawness, the sweetness and aggression. Either that or Listen With Nicko when he hits the chime and says “Choo, choo, choo…see the melody’s playin’…a-choo, choo, choo (laughs) !”

[@user-bx1hc8ne3v]

I don't know why but I love Black Bart Blues.

[@carzz185]

hi guys, are you in a band or something? it would be so cool...

[@user-bx1hc8ne3v]

@@carzz185 why did you do that for? uhh... im sorry. then go on, would you?!

[@ottoparnarson6381]

I so love those 1a 1b and 1c songs- truly my favourites I allso love the doctor doctor cover and think its Blaze best performance Comunication brakedown allso awesome

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

I also think Blaze did a phenomenal job on Judgement Day 😃

[@jonathandanielmartinez2949]

Nico, Absolutely Awesome Video! Much Appreciated! Maybe a Pt.2? Thanks!

[@jongoulder2515]

This is brilliant - thank you for putting it together - I need to dig out all of my singles to listen to the B Sides again. I really can’t remember if they ever covered Doctor Doctor - if not it would be amazing to hear!

[@esak.6245]

they did, i think it's on the lord of the flies b side

[@alexandermanzanares3879]

Killer vid maybe you can teach us how to play reach out and that girl

[@MatteoAn93]

Like the new format!

[@toddchenard2332]

Mission From Arry is the greatest b-side!!!

[@richardcharlesworth6069]

Me again! B sides album is on Spotify so, thanks to this video, I am enjoying songs I haven't played in decades!

[@wilfredmcgillicuddy7902]

Cool shirt!!!!

[@emem2756]

That girl is perfect, 80ties kick out the door

[@alexjohnston8889]

One of my favourite b sides is judgement day, still hard to believe that didn't make The X Factor., the other two from man on the edge are worth a listen, Justice of the peace and I live my way, although I live my way doesn't sound like maiden a whole lot, more hard rock than metal, still worth a listen.

[@Shazeen82]

Burning Ambition from the early days!

[@MAPRIDEL]

Great sound. Great video, thanks man.

[@matsnilson7727]

Great video! I grew up listening to Iron Maiden, and the first proper heavy metal album I owned was Piece of Mind, but I don't think I've EVER heard any of these songs. My best friend back in the day had the extremely cool The Trooper single (it almost blew our minds with its oddly shaped vinyl), but I never bought any Iron Maiden singles myself, and never really thought about what songs were included as B-sides. Oh well... better late than never. 😄

[@richardcharlesworth6069]

The cover of Budgie's "I Can't See My Feelings" is great IMHO

[@fbomb7184]

Very nice! I have yet to hear every Maiden song, I usually find a few per album I like and stick with them until they get less exciting, then move on to the next album. Doubt I would’ve ever heard of these without this video.

[@LicksOfTheBeast]

Happy to know I could help you discover something then! 😃

[@carlosabad6596]

Great video , I love all b- sides made by Maiden.

[@thelazostsa]

Very nice video,all of the songs are included in the album best of the b-sides for those who are searching for them.