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TRACK PROFILE · 1984

2 Minutes to Midnight

By Iron Maiden

From The Essential Iron Maiden

Heavy metal

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Released
1984
Disc / track
2 / 4
Label
Sanctuary Records
Duration
6:00
Artist
Iron Maiden
The Essential Iron Maiden album cover
Album artwork. (Credit: Iron Maiden / Sanctuary Records)

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About this track

“2 Minutes to Midnight” appears on Iron Maiden’s The Essential Iron Maiden, first released in 2005. This recording is listed with a 1984 release. It is track 4 on disc 2 in the listing below.

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The Essential Iron Maiden

Main track listing: The Essential Iron Maiden (2005), an official release cataloged by MusicBrainz. Additional recordings from other official editions are listed separately.

Disc 1

  1. 01Paschendale
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  2. 02Rainmaker
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  3. 03The Wicker Man
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  4. 04Brave New World
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  5. 05Futureal
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  6. 06The Clansman
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  7. 07Sign of the Cross
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  8. 08Man on the Edge
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  9. 09Be Quick or Be Dead
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  10. 10Fear of the Dark (live)
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  11. 11Holy Smoke
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  12. 12Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter
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  13. 13The Clairvoyant
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Disc 2

  1. 01The Evil That Men Do
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  2. 02Wasted Years
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  3. 03Heaven Can Wait
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  4. 042 Minutes to Midnight
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  5. 05Aces High
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  6. 06Flight of Icarus
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  7. 07The Trooper
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  8. 08The Number of the Beast
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  9. 09Run to the Hills
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  10. 10Wrathchild
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  11. 11Killers
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  12. 12Phantom of the Opera
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  13. 13Running Free (live)
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  14. 14Iron Maiden (live)
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Artwork (Credit: Iron Maiden / Sanctuary Records)

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