Worst Iron Maiden Songs

The Top Ten
1 The Angel and the Gambler

The main issue that everyone has with this song is the atrocious display of repetitivity in the dull chorus. However, in my opinion, the best parts of it are painfully average with dated sounding keyboard usage and a melody that just doesn't quite work, and at worst, it's endlessly repeating "Don't you think I'm the saviour, don't you think I could save her, don't you think I could save your life" ad nauseum. The point is that, even when the song isn't showcasing its worst aspects, it's still not a good song.

No need to write again and again how bad and repetitive this is.. I guess we all know. However, no matter how bad this album is, it is never as bad as Final Frontier and NPFTD... at least, this album had the Clansman, amigo and to a certain extent Futureal. find me a dong with a beat on final frontier and I still trying to finish listening the album after 6 years. Also, people put some songs from the Killer album on that list ahahah! even Gangland is on it. Gangland would be the best song they wrote on any albums they had in the 90's.

Garbage personified, The Angel and the Gambler pales in comparison to other Maiden epics. Now, onto a worse mistake in metal... oh wait, there isn't one... unless you count St. Anger

I can't stand this song! It's SO repetitive! It's probably the worst Iron Maiden song EVER! Should be at the very top.

2 Weekend Warrior

#2? Come on, this ones fun to listen to.

Iron Maiden here? This song sounds more like hard rock and AC/DC.

3 The Appariton

At least the Angel and the Gambler sounds good for a little bit. But god-damn it gets old quick. The Apparition, on the other hand, is just one guitar part the whole way through. And its a horribly boring guitar part. In fact the vocals, drums, and bass are the exact same way. While it's not a horrible song, it's horrible for a Maiden song.

Their only bad song in my opinion

Slow and not getting anywhere...

Just bad from start to finish

4 Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter

The lyrics are stupid and cheesy. I dislike the song, but what saves me from hating it is that the guitar solo isn't all that bad.

This isn't a bad song, it just sounds like something WASP would do. That said, Bruce's voice was getting shot at this point.

I have never understood this songs popularity. The lyrics sound like something Motley Crue would write.

Well overrated is a stupid reason to hate a maiden song

5 Hooks In You

What is this, scene metal?

This song rocks though!

Complete garbage

6 Quest for Fire

Awful. Not quite sure what they were thinking when they not only continued writing it after first inception, but then ended up recording it? I love almost everything about Maiden, but definitely not this.

HOW ON EARTH IS WEEKEND WARRIOR BAD? That song is one of my favourites! This song is incredibly corny and is just so strange Their worst song by far followed by Drifter.

God awful... not as bad as some of the later stuff after Smith left but terrible at the time

If they took this song out of piece of mind it would be such a better album

7 Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger

I don't even know what the hell they pulled off at the end. Had virtual 11 not been almost 2 fifths pure horror it would have been a decent album. I don't mind this song until blaze starts repeating the chorus over 10 times.

Just a terrible song.

Worst maiden song ever. Its just annoying.

Who put Alexander the great, man who would be king and no more lies on here?
This is the worst Iron Maiden song, Blaze repeats "don't look to" way too many times.

8 Holy Smoke

No Prayer for the Dying is one of weakest albums from Iron Maiden. Holy Smoke is one of the proofs.

I bet people don't like it cause it has swear words which is unusual for Maiden.

Actually this is probably their only song that contains swearing words.

Awful riff, awful hook, lyrics, solo, you name it

9 Fear Is the Key

I know I'm weird, but I actually really like this song.

Ugh it's terible. I'm gonna puke. JESUS what is up with Iron Maiden making this a song. BLUERGHH!

Through the mud, emerges a slow-tempo turd

10 Gangland

This song is the only reason Number of the Beast isn't my favorite Iron Maiden album. Not godawful, but not very good either. The rest of the album is fantastic, though.

I think this is actually one of the more underrated Maiden songs.

Weakest song off NotB but it's still very good. Shouldn't be on here.

Incredibly boring, worst song on the album.

The Contenders
11 Look for the Truth
12 Sun and Steel

One of their blandest numbers with an and annoying and worthless chorus. It also glorifies the idea of a young child killing people, which is not good.

Worse than Quest for Fire.

Go listen to kids bop

13 2 A.M.

Most of the Blaze Bayley stuff is terrible, but this doesn't deserve to be on the list, it's actually pretty good.

No way, this songs is one of the catchiest and the lyrics are also great

What this is a good song... My favorite song from the x factor to be honest.

14 Wildest Dreams

What no this was arguably one of their best songs on this album

15 El Dorado

This list has serious issues! Alexander no5? How could someone vote for Hallowed be thy Name? El Dorado no32?

Not their 16th worst but it's not their 34th best either

This song is just..ok, its mostly the intro that I hate, but overall its not too great but not horrible

This song rocks

16 Chains of Misery
17 Alexander the Great

What?! This is the best song on somewhere in time who ever made this is an idiot the worse song on my list is the duliest, quest for fire and fates warning only songs I hate and angle and gambler 1 whoever voted for that is an idiot weekand warrior dang I love that song but iron maiden I's my favorite band next to metallica I hate this list

Oh, come on. This song is absolutely amazing, instrumentally. The lyrics don't really work a lot of the time and have me saying, "oh come on" a few times. That said, the song is still pretty great just for the instruments

LoL, When I saw songs like Alexander the Great, Hallowed be thy name and el dorado in the top 20 I knew that I shouldn't take this list seriously like really? Those songs are awesome.

Every Harris song on Somewhere in Time blows and this is by far the worst as it is the longest and some people actually think that this is good.

18 I Live My Way
19 Twilight Zone
20 The Fugitive

It starts wonderfully, the first 2 minutes are so powerful! The chorus kills the song and makes it one of the worst on the album.

21 The Man Who Would Be King

Terrible song, terrible album. Not a song with a beat. RIP Clive.

22 The Aftermath
23 Hallowed Be Thy Name

This is literally considered one of the top 3 Metal songs of all time. If you don't love this song, you hate Metal. Simple as that.

Hell no this is Iron Maiden's #1 Best Songs you've got to be kidding with this being in the Worst list

Not their worst song! However it gains my vote for being so damn overrated!

Why does everyone like this song. There is other songs better than this

24 Blood Brothers

Borderline power ballad. Almost as bad as Nothing Else Matters. Totally shameful in fact. Nothing as bad has been done before or since. Can't believe it has become and encore song. What are they thinking?!?! Should be number 1. My vote 1/10.

So many people like it I just don't just like when the wild wind blows song my vote for this song 4/10

25 Nodding Donkey Blues

This is a horrible Hard Rock song by Iron Maiden even the song title is stupid

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