Most Overrated Iron Maiden Songs

The Top Ten
1 The Number of the Beast - The Number of the Beast

The Lyrics to this song are cringewordy Maiden is not Good at been Dark, that is better done by Sabbath or priest, Iron Maiden are extremely good at been Epic And Mythological every time time they try to be Dark or Creepy it just sounds cheesy..
And people who think they are devil worshipers make me laugh lol these guys are Saints, and most of their lyrics are very spiritual in a positive way or even educational mainly History

The song is great, but it can be called one of the best song of a band wich has made such masterpieces as Infinite Dreams, Rime of the ancent mariner, Phantom of the opera or The Clairvoyant. They also have some less-known songs that are better than this like Dream of Mirrors, Brighter Than a thousand suns o Joutneyman.
In general, the whole album is great, but overrated

This song must be overrated because it's the title track to maiden's best and most popular album. It's a decent song, but I saw it on a list of top 100 guitar solos of all time and I remember thinking I could name lots of maiden songs with way better guitar work!

Now this is an overrated song. It's got simple riffs and isn't very long. It's an average song of theirs, and I now I would like it more if it didn't get more attention than it deserved.

2 Run to the Hills - The Number of the Beast

I like this song and The Trooper a lot, but they seem alike in some ways. The videos were similar, and songs concept felt similar. Great songs that probably get the overrated tag, because MTV played them almost hourly (Due to a lack of content at the time)

Every time I tell someone that I'm a huge Maiden fan and they tell me " Yeah me too, my favorite song is Run to the Hills or Number of the Beast", I know they don't know much about Maiden. It even became one of my least favorite song because of this.

This is usually in the top 5 of most best Iron Maiden songs lists. But it's not even in the top 20 to be honest. There are so many better, underrated songs that should be higher. It's not a bad song, but it is REALLY overrated.

I've heard this song so many times it's now annoying, and seeing it at the top of every "best Iron Maiden song" list is also annoying. It's a good song, it just gets annoying quickly

3 Fear of the Dark - Fear of the Dark

The album is terrible, and its title track isn't much better. While I appreciate that its become a live staple for Maiden, it's an extremely boring and lazy song that in line with the rest of the album is a failed attempt at prog-metal. Prog-metal isn't their strong suit, but they have pulled off some incredible entries in the genre over the years, like Hallowed By Thy Name and Phantom of the Opera. This song isn't even in the same class as those masterpieces. While those songs were incredibly complex in musicianship and had strong lyrics, Fear Of The Dark is utterly routine in the former aspect and in the latter aspect... let's not even go there ("Fear of the dark, Fear of the dark, I have constant fear that something's always near" - This band is better than such lazy and simplistic songwriting). Overall, it's an awful song which ends Iron Maiden's worst album. Go figure.

I don't get it. Hallowed by thy name, spectacular, Run to the hills, great, the trooper, amazing, Dance Of Dance, pretty good. Bring your daughter to the slaughter, sweet, Phantom Of The Opera, great, Iron maiden, awesome,2 Minutes To Midnight, OK. Number Of The Beast Overrated but this is the only iron maiden song I don't like. Think of it as a 50 year old man complaining about how scared he is of the dark.

The most overrated Maiden song ever. 2 minutes deserves each bit of its fame. SO does Trooper, Mariner, and Hallowed. While Run to the Hills and 666 are definitely overrated, they aren't nearly as overrated as this song. It's quite droll and weak for a Maiden song - be Quick or be Dead is better.

The laziest song Steve ever wrote. It's fun live, but I could do without hearing it again. Nicko recently said that The Red and The Black is the new Fear of the Dark. I hope he meant replacing it on future live setlists, as that's a hell of a better song.

4 Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter - No Prayer for the Dying

Nothing from No Prayer for the Dying is overrated. It's number 27 on the best Iron Maiden albums list and there are only 15 studio albums. Studio albums should always be before live albums and compilations. This album gets so little recognition that no one even does that. I've never seen this song anywhere above #70 on the best I'm songs list. This definitely shouldn't be in the top ten of this list. It shouldn't even be on the list.

There is a difference between "overrated" and "good". Hallowed, FotD, and the Trooper are "good" and get only as much respect as they deserve (although it's not really helpful that they're the only couple of Maiden songs that radio stations acknowledge. ) Bring You Daughter was popular, but it isn't exactly the same standard of "good" as most of Maiden's other material. Overrated.

Don't get me wrong, it's a great song, but the fact that so many TV music shows keep showing this video when talking about Iron Maiden?

Better off showing The Number Of The Beast or The Trooper, because they are much better!

I don't understand why people say this is the best song from No prayer fot the dying, I actually think that is the worst of the album, that by the way, is an underrated album, I think is a good Iron Maiden peace of work but not this song

5 2 Minutes to Midnight - Powerslave

This and run to the hills are the most overrated maiden song but ya know they still rock you just get tired of people saying those are the best when there's when the wild wind blows, the longest day, seventh son of a seventh son, etc. ( I can name nearly 100 more just to be honest ). But I don't have a problem with people liking it though all maiden songs rule

Do not why it got that much credit. Powerslave is quite the album. Forget about the videos and the setlist, this song is close to the worst one of the album (not a bad song but it is never as good as the success it had)

It's a decent song, but it's not worthy of the credit it gets. My uber favorites are in a top 75 type deal. This one is like 85th of all I'm songs. Still a good one, just not perfect.

Good song but overrated. Playing this instead of aces high for 10 years on the setlist. I saw it in Montreal on the x factor tour. Biggest F*&? up I have seen during a solo by the way. For once, you could tell Janick's guitar was plugged in.

6 The Trooper - Piece of Mind

Iron Maiden has no overrated songs (in my opinion), because I think overrated means when something receives much more attention that it deserves... This song is their most commercial song along with "Run to the Hills" (I don't try to say Maiden is commercial, but these two are their most commercial songs)... However, this songs don't receive much attention between mainstream public as other metal songs do, like "Enter Sandman", "Crazy Train", "Art of Life", "One"...

This list is wrong, as the voters are... Why the hell is "Hallowed Be Thy Name" in this list?! It's one of the greatest metal songs ever! The awesome riffs, the Bruce's vocals, the epic solo made by Adrian & Dave, the Steve's bass performance and the Nicko's drumming! This song is perfect! It's no overrated because it deserves much more attention than it has!

Not their best, but not overrated either in my opinion. Some might call it repetitive, but I like that in this song. Don't judge me.

But this is a masterpiece! You people must know that hallowed be thy name isn't the only good iron maiden song

It's Ok. However, everything on peice of mind (apart from sun and steel) is far superiour

7 Running Free - Iron Maiden

This is the weakest song from their debut album, I have no idea why this song is considered one of the better songs from it the song musically isn't as impressive as most of the other songs especially compared to Phantom of the Opera don't get me wrong it's not a bad song but far from being one of the best from Di Anno era Iron Maiden.

This was made to be a party song that they can have fun with at the end of their shows, they didn't intend it to be an epic or a hit. just somthing to get the crowd really involved and end with a bang

Worst song on their debut, yet it somehow became a hit...

Weak lyrics for a Maiden song.

8 Can I Play With Madness - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Can somebody please just tell me what it is everyone hates about this song, please it's not bad at all, lyrics are poor yes but the guitars are great. Can people not listen to anything past the lead vocals!

This is a catchy song. We don't want catchy songs. We want songs with guitar. Screw lyrics they don't even matter, guitar is the only thing important. This song is terrible

Weakest song on Seventh Son. Great track (I love all Seventh Son songs, the whole album is just phenominal), but the song seems a bit too poppy for the album or Maiden in general.

Very repetitive. After multiple listens it starts to become boring. And no great riff at all!

9 Flight of Icarus - Piece of Mind

It's pretty good, but it just isn't good enough to be the 15th on the list of best Iron Maiden Songs. To be quite honest, the Piece of Mind album was a little disappointing. It had its moments, but it just didn't have enough emotion to it.

I disagree, this one is too damn good!

This isn't overrated.

I really love this song, but I can see why people would call it overrated. It’s a little bit repetitive.

10 Wrathchild - Killers

13? For real? Come on...

The Contenders
11 Wasted Years - Somewhere in Time

This song is good like all maiden songs, but not really one of their best in my opinion

Certainly not the best song on Somewhere in Time.

12 Moonchild - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Yeah moonchild... It's one overrated song. I have played it so many times and I can't get into it. Boring. BRuce sounds like a retard singing it. Have you heard him laugh during the song? It uses odd words as well. Nah. Hate the song and it does not deserve the credit it gets.

13 Hallowed Be Thy Name - The Number of the Beast

Overrated song by an overrated band. Lyrics are awesome with few good pentatonic solos and some catchy melodic rhythm.

Construction is way too loose... Specially when bruce starts singing. Its like he just want to eat as much as lyrics in one go... Where entire set fails.

I love this song, but it's just no the best BEST Iron Maiden song, still one of the best of the whole world, but I prefer Aces High and Powerslave is a better album than "The Number of the Beast".

I like this song, but I don't see how it is so popular. The Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills hooked me instantly, but Hallowed be Thy Name seems too dragged out.

When a song is a band's trademark and it isn't their best, it's overrated. This definitely deserves to be their trademark. It's properly rated, not overrated.

14 Paschendale - Dance of Death

The song just doesn't get near any good maiden song, and yet some people say its their best song... In my opinion this IS most overrated Maiden song

Some call it greatest maiden masterpiece ever when its not even best song on that album amazing song though but still overrated

I would call it overrated. It's a great song, I don't think it makes the top 20 though.

Not the best from Dance Of Death. Still good though.

15 Wasting Love - Fear of the Dark

And show me where to find this song on the best I'm songs list.

16 Aces High - Powerslave

No, this is so wrong - Aces High is one of their best songs and I'd say it's actually underrated.

Aces high is properly rated for such a fantastic song.

Aces high is their best song and it's bit underrated

Just really not that good of a song

17 Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Powerslave

Not really overrated, it's fairly rated. How many times have you heard this masterpiece played live? Exactly.

I'm gonna think that every Iron Maiden song is overrated now. This one deserved a fairly rating.

Overlong repetitive bland total snooze fest. Should be #1 easily.

This, Heaven Can Wait, & Powerslave have no place on this list!

18 Heaven Can Wait - Somewhere in Time

The only song on Somewhere in Time that I skip. Terrible chorus, and vastly overrated. Listen to Sea of Madness and Alexander the Great instead!

It is generally considered the worst on Somewhere in Time, so why is it overrated?

No, this, Hallowed, Aces, Wrathchild, and Rime deserve no place on this list.

The sing-a-long part gets annoying. But other than that, great song.

19 The Evil That Men Do - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Is it just me or does it seem very similar to the trooper?

Its overrated but not as bad as run to the hills

20 Revelations - Piece of Mind

Nuh uh. This is one of their best and quite underrated actually.

21 Holy Smoke - No Prayer for the Dying

This album seems like Iron Maiden's attempt to "sell out" and hit the charts, in purpose similar to the black album but turned out much poorer. However, Holy Smoke is one of their best hard rock songs, and too few people like it to be overrated.

Am I missing the pleasant melodies in this song? Complexities? It shows up on a greatest hits album, but might be the only Iron Maiden song that is painful to listen to. There is nothing catchy or interesting or melodious.

People hate this song because it's Hard Rock. But, holly smoke I like Hard Rock Maiden more than boring Epic stuff. This is real 80's hard n' heavy.

Underrated, not overrated.

22 Brave New World - Brave New World

Pretty good track, but I don't like the repetitive chorus, it ruins the song a lot. Otherwise it is great.

23 Alexander the Great - Somewhere in Time

How? It's not considered top 20 iron maiden songs, while I dare to call it top 5.

24 Wildest Dreams - Dance of Death
25 Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden

By far the best song on their debut, what's it doing here?!

Probably one of maiden's worst songs

Quality material.

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