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Mine is Aces High. That post chorus riff with the little pause fucking sends me. That RUNNING! SCRAMBLING! FLYING! Is goof, the riff during the verses harmozing with the vocals gradually. Sooo good

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    They have a lot of fun songs but I think I’d have to pick Run To The Hills because the song changes so much. The intro is great, then it builds throughout the verses. But all those singles from the 80s Dickinson era are great. I even don’t mind their later stuff with the 3 guitarists as the songs got longer and they do more harmonies

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      Im more into punk than metal, my favorite NWOBHM band is Tank. So im more about that sick driving sound they have and Run to the Hills is probably the least diluted version of the Iron Maiden Gallop. The attack on the vocals in the second verse is something else too, the way Bruce spits it out feels hateful in just the right way for the lyrics before switching to the falsetto and being sympathetic. Run to the Hills slaps. Also one of the besr intros ever