Bugün öğrendim ki: British band Iron Maiden released 'Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter' on Christmas Eve 1990 in order to "scare the living daylights out of Cliff Richard", who was promoting 'Saviour's Day'. Despite being banned by the BBC and rarely being played live, it remains the band's only UK
1989 song by Bruce Dickinson " **Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter** " is the second single from the 1990 [Iron Maiden](/wiki/Iron_Maiden "Iron Maiden") album _[No Prayer for the Dying] (/wiki/No_Prayer_for_the_Dying "No Prayer for the Dying")_. The song was originally recorded and released by [Bruce Dickinson](/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson "Bruce Dickinson") for the soundtrack to _[A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child](/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_5:_The_Dream_Child "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child")_ ,[4][5] but [Steve Harris](/wiki/Steve_Harris_\(musician\) "Steve Harris \(musician\)") liked it so Iron Maiden rerecorded it. [6] It is the only UK number-one single for the band to date,[7] in spite of the fact that it received very little airplay on the [BBC](/wiki/BBC "BBC"). The song also topped the [Finnish Singles Chart](/wiki/The_Official_Finnish_Charts "The Official Finnish Charts") and reached number six in Ireland.