2 Minutes To Midnight (track)
by Iron Maiden
Year: 1984
From the album Powerslave (track #2)
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2 Minutes To Midnight appears on the following album(s) by Iron Maiden:
- Powerslave (track #2) (this album) (1984)
- Rock In Rio (track #6) (2002)
- Best Of The Beast (track #9) (compilation) (1996)
- A Real Live Dead One (track #10) (1993)
- En Vivo! (track #4) (2012)
- Live At Donnington (track #15) (1993)
- Nights Of The Dead: Legacy Of The Beast Live (track #4) (2020)
- Somewhere Back In Time (track #3) (compilation) (2008)
- A Real Dead One (track #10) (1993)
- Edward The Great. The Greatest Hits (track #5) (compilation) (2002)
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| ! | 4 days ago | SD100852 | 12,550 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2026 02:39 | FrancK | 5,164 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2026 14:10 | bonnequestion | 17,410 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.5/100, a mean average of 86.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/27/2012 23:38 | #59151
The main riff is found in a lot of other metal songs, but Maiden uses it best and created one of their fan favorites.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/23/2017 04:50 | #198565
Everything about this song is Maiden playing to their strengths.
