Iron Maiden ‎– Women In Uniform · Twilight Zone (1990)

EMI ‎– IRN 2

The First Ten Years series.

I have literally only just found out that Women in Uniform is a cover. It was originally by an Aussie band called Skyhooks.

It makes sense, I guess. It's an amazing song, but nowhere near as heavy (or punky) as their stuff around this time. Although that said, the other record here is Twilight Zone which is a track similar in tone, although it is one where Maiden are just generally being wicked at playing guitar.

Women in Uniform just wasn't a song I knew existed until the Napster years. The CD box set version of The First Ten Years series was pretty much the first appearance of this song on CD, and therefore only a few people seemed to share it on Napster back in the day.

This is Maiden trying to bury something they weren't happy with - but I don't see why and after all these years, they should embrace it. It's a good little part of their history and a good song, too!

Fuck, I mean...who doesn't like women in uniform?

It would have been cool if Sanctuary was the B-side on this double A side affair - purely because the cover to Sanctuary is Eddie standing over the corpse of Maggie Thatcher. It could have worked really well in opposition to the Women In Uniform cover on the flip of the gatefold as on that one, Maggie is lurking in the shadows waiting for Eddie, armed and ready to kill. Bitch.

This was a discogs pickup. I might need to check what single they covered UFO's Doctor, Doctor. Thats another banger of a Maiden number.

Side note: You should check out the Derek Riggs site as he not only has all of the Maiden covers up, but also usually without logos and ALWAYS has a cool little story to go with it.

Don't skip: Women In Uniform (Duh!)