^ * A cover of the song " I Got the Fire" from the Montrose album Paper Money in 1974. The animation depicts Icarus fleeing away from a winged Eddie (as seen on the single cover). A newer edit of the video features Flash animation by Camp Chaos spliced between the original footage, replacing McBrain and Birch's acting scenes and some of the '80s-style visual effects. Also, producer Martin Birch had a cameo in the clip as his face morphed with Maiden mascot Eddie. Drummer Nicko McBrain appeared as a blue faced grim reaper. The video for this track was directed by Jim Yukich and was filmed in the Bahamas at Compass Point Studios (where the album was recorded) as the band played a staged recording session of the track. The song appears on the tribute album Numbers from the Beast, featuring Ripper Owens on vocals, Doug Aldrich on guitars, Jimmy Bain on bass, and Simon Wright on drums, and it was also covered by the progressive metal band Fates Warning in 1983. I knew it would get onto American radio if we kept it that way, and I was right." He thought it was too slow, but I wanted it to be that rocksteady sort of beat. Bassist Steve Harris has since said that "releasing 'Icarus' in the States was a mistake," going on to state that "I do wish we'd had time to break it in live before we recorded it, it's a lot more powerful live, a lot faster and heavier." In support of the song, Dickinson stated, "Steve never liked it. The song received criticism in the UK on release, with Garry Bushell commenting, "Plodding rather than powerful, it seemed universally unpopular with hardcore British metallurgists whose worst fears were bolstered by the number's release as the first American single. According to the artist, Derek Riggs, this is a reference to Led Zeppelin's break-up a few years before. Icarus resembles the figure in Evening: Fall of Day, by William Rimmer, which was used as a label logo by Led Zeppelin. The single cover, in something of a parody of the original myth, portrays a winged Eddie killing Icarus with a flamethrower. The solos are played by Dave Murray and Adrian Smith and, after a repetition of the main chorus, the song flows into a brief harmonized section followed by another solo-in double time-by Dave Murray after a variation of the chorus ('Fly as high as the sun!'), it finally ends with a prolonged F-sharp minor chord over which Bruce Dickinson holds an A 5. Written in the key of F-sharp minor, the song features a galloping pace and a high-pitched chorus. The chorus, however, continues to plead for someone to fly and counter this old man.
As he flies, his eyes glaze as he "flies on the wings of a dream." His wings then turn to ash as he realizes his father was betrayed. He tells the crowd that he flies "in the name of God, my father." The chorus exclaims "Fly on your wings like an eagle," and to fly as high as & to touch the sun.
An unnamed youth, presumably Icarus, comes from the crowd and makes extended eye contact with the man.
In this version, an old man with blazing eyes stands on a hill facing a crowd. Unfortunately Icarus, not heeding the advice of his father, flew too close to the Sun, melting the wax that held the feathers and thus fell to his death in the sea. In an attempt to escape, the pair fabricated wings from feathers and wax so they could fly away. The song is loosely based on the ancient Greek myth of Icarus who was imprisoned with his father Daedalus in the palace of Knossos on Crete.
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