22 Acacia Avenue - 1998 Remastered Version

This is the second song in the Charlotte The Harlot saga - the first is "Charlotte the Harlot," the third is "Hooks In You" and the fourth is "From Here To Eternity." Charlotte is a hooker you can meet on 22 Acacia Avenue; this song describes her life on the job.

Maiden bass player (and founder) Steve Harris wrote this song with their guitarist, Adrian Smith, who joined the band a year earlier. It's part of the third Iron Maiden album, The Number Of The Beast, their first with Bruce Dickinson on vocals.

On the cover of Iron Maiden's 1986 album Somewhere in Time, the band's mascot Eddie is standing on "Acacia Avenue." In one of the windows, you can see Charlotte.