Man on the Edge

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"Man on the Edge"
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album The X Factor
B-side(s)	"The Edge of Darkness" "Judgement Day" "Justice of the Peace" "I Live My Way" "Blaze Bayley Interview"
Released	25 September 1995
Format	CD single 12" picture disc
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:11
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Blaze Bayley Janick Gers
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" (1993)	"Man on the Edge" (1995)	"Lord of the Flies" (1996)

"Man on the Edge" is a single from the Iron Maiden album The X Factor. It was released in 1995. The song is based on the film Falling Down starring Michael Douglas. It was the first single the band released with Blaze Bayley on vocals.

In addition to an interview with Bayley and another track from The X Factor, the single features three originals that did not make the album's final cut. It is one of two Blaze Bayley era songs to make it onto the Edward the Great compilation, along with "Futureal", as well as one of three to make it onto Best of the Beast along with "Sign of the Cross" and "Virus".

Iron Maiden frequently played this song during the Ed Hunter tour in 1999, making it one of 5 Bayley era songs to survive in concerts after his departure (The others being Lord of the Flies, Sign of the Cross, Futureal, and The Clansman).

A live version of this song from 1999 is featured on the 2000 single release of The Wicker Man.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD 1 1.2 CD 2 1.3 12" disc 2 Credits

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD 1

1. "Man on the Edge" (Blaze Bayley, Janick Gers) – 4:13
2. "The Edge of Darkness" (Steve Harris, Bayley, Gers) – 6:39
3. "Judgement Day" (Bayley, Gers) – 4:06
4. "Blaze Bayley Interview, Part I" – 5:41

[edit] CD 2

1. "Man on the Edge" (Blaze Bayley, Janick Gers) – 4:13
2. "The Edge of Darkness" (Steve Harris, Bayley, Gers) – 6:39
3. "Justice of the Peace" (Harris, Dave Murray) – 3:33
4. "Blaze Bayley Interview, Part II" – 5:56

[edit] 12" disc

1. "Man on the Edge" (Blaze Bayley, Janick Gers) – 4:13
2. "The Edge of Darkness" (Steve Harris, Bayley, Gers) – 6:39
3. "I Live My Way" (Harris, Bayley, Gers)

[edit] Credits

• Blaze Bayley – vocals
• Dave Murray – guitar
• Janick Gers – guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Nicko McBrain – drums

Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson | Dave Murray | Janick Gers | Adrian Smith | Steve Harris | Nicko McBrain
List of past and present Iron Maiden members
Discography
Studio albums: Iron Maiden | Killers | The Number of the Beast | Piece of Mind | Powerslave | Somewhere in Time | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | No Prayer for the Dying | Fear of the Dark | The X Factor | Virtual XI | Brave New World | Dance of Death | A Matter of Life and Death
Live albums: Live After Death | A Real Live One | A Real Dead One | Live at Donington | A Real Live Dead One | Rock in Rio | The BBC Archives | Beast Over Hammersmith | Death on the Road
Compilations and box-sets: The First Ten Years | Best of the Beast | Ed Hunter | Edward the Great | Eddie's Archive | Best of the B'Sides | The Essential Iron Maiden
Videos and DVDs: Live at the Rainbow | Video Pieces | Behind the Iron Curtain | Live After Death | 12 Wasted Years | Maiden England | The First Ten Years: The Videos | From There to Eternity | Donington Live 1992 | Raising Hell | Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast | Rock in Rio | Visions of the Beast | The Early Days | Death on the Road
EPs: The Soundhouse Tapes | Live!! +one | Maiden Japan | No More Lies
Singles
"Running Free" | "Sanctuary" | "Women in Uniform" | "Twilight Zone" | "Purgatory" | "Run to the Hills" | "The Number of the Beast" | "Flight of Icarus" | "The Trooper" | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | "Aces High" | "Running Free (live)" | "Run to the Hills (live '85)" | "Wasted Years" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | "Can I Play with Madness" | "The Evil That Men Do" | "The Clairvoyant (live)" | "Infinite Dreams" | "Holy Smoke" | "Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter" | "Be Quick or Be Dead" | "From Here to Eternity" | "Wasting Love" | "Fear of the Dark (live)" | "Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" | "Man on the Edge" | "Lord of the Flies" | "Virus" | "The Angel and the Gambler" | "Futureal" | "The Wicker Man" | "Out of the Silent Planet" | "Run to the Hills (live '01)" | "Wildest Dreams" | "Rainmaker" | "The Number of the Beast (2005)" | "The Trooper (live)" | "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" | "Different World"
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