For other uses, see Prowler . "Prowler" is the first track from the band's debut album Iron Maiden. Believed to be one of the first songs written by Steve Harris. The song appeared on the original Maiden demo The Soundhouse Tapes but had been a part of the band's song list far longer.The song is about a streaker who apparently likes to masturbate in front of women, as suggested by the lyrics "Got me feelin' myself?" The solo in the song is played by Dave Murray.The song was played at almost every concert during the band's early years up until the World Peace Tour 83' where it was played only a few times. The song has since fallen out of regular use, though it is still considered to be one of their famous songs. During the release of The Early Days DVD the band performed "Prowler" during every performance of the Early Days Tour. On the DVD collection the song is featured on the Ruskin Arms video and is played briefly when Steve Harris mentions it on the Early Days documentary."Prowler" was re-recorded in 1988 (along with Charlotte the Harlot) and was aptly titled 'Prowler 88' for the B-side of The Evil That Men Do single with singer Bruce Dickinson on vocals.Steve Harris, in an interview with John Stix in July 1983 said, "'Prowler' is a very special song for us. When we made The Soundhouse Tapes we took the actual tape to Neal Kay who was a D.J. in North London. He used to have a heavy metal chart which was compiled from record requests and printed in the magazine Sounds. 'Prowler' got to be number one just from requests for the demo tape. That's why we had the tape made into a record, because so many kids were asking us how they could get hold of the demo tapes."

Credits

• Paul Di'Anno - vocals
• Dave Murray - guitar
• Dennis Stratton - guitar
• Steve Harris - bass guitar
• Clive Burr - drums

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