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 album 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)"
Released	12 February 1982 2 December 1985 11 March 2002
Recorded	January 1982 20 March 1982 28 August 1982 8–12 October 1984 14–17 March 1985 19 January 2001
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	3:51
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Steve Harris
Producer(s)	Martin Birch
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Purgatory" (1981) "Run to the Hills" (1982) "The Number of the Beast" (1982)
"Running Free (Live in 1985)" (1985) "Run to the Hills (Live in 1985)" (1985) "Wasted Years" (1986)
"Out of the Silent Planet" (2000) "Run to the Hills (Live in 2001)" (2002) "Wildest Dreams" (2003)
1985 live single
2002 CD 2 cover
2002 Limited Edition Red Vinyl 7"

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