This was Iron Maiden’s first top 10 hit in its first time on chart.
It peaked at UK#7, their 7th of 37 hits from ’80-’07. It was at #38 on this day in the 80s, with 2 weeks left on chart. It would return twice more to the chart though, at #26 as a live version in ’85 and all the way up to #9 in ’02.
They had 17 top 10 hits from ’82-’07
White man came across the sea, he brought us pain and misery
in the 80s 