Iron Maiden‘s 1983 album, Piece of Mind, featured several of the band’s most memorable hits, including “The Trooper,” “Where Eagles Dare,” and “Flight of Icarus.” The album concludes with its ninth song, “To Tame a Land,” written by bassist Steve Harris.
Loudwire reported that Harris used Frank Herbert‘s Dune, published in 1965, as a source of inspiration while penning the 7-minute and 28-second song. In a 1983 interview with Metal Attack Magazine, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson confirmed that the band had planned on titling the tune “Dune.” When the publication asked, “Is it true that you had problems with Frank Herbert, the author of Dune, because of the song ‘To Tame A Land’ on the new album,” he responded, “That’s right.”
“We first wanted to call the song ‘Dune’, like the book, but he threatened to have the album banned. It’s stupid because he’d already sold us the right at a very high price. Anyway, we stayed true to the book. If he only knew how successful the album is, and what publicity this could have been for him,” said Dickinson while speaking to Metal Attack Magazine.
According to Loudwire, Harris, who also penned “The Trooper” and “Quest for Fire,” shared his appreciation for Piece of Mind, the band’s fourth album, in an interview for the 2001 Iron Maiden biography, Run to the Hills: The Authorised Biography of Iron Maiden by Mick Wall.
“Piece of Mind was just special. We felt like we were on a high, and you can hear that mood on the album. Most of all though, it was just the songs. Between us, I thought we’d really come up with the goods this time,” said Harris to Wall, as reported by Loudwire.
Iron Maiden Fans Shared Their Thoughts About ‘To Tame a Land’
In a 2022 Reddit post uploaded on the Iron Maiden subreddit, fans of the British metal band shared their appreciation for “To Tame a Land.” The original post started off the conversation by writing, “Dune (To Tame a Land) is an absolute masterpiece. It’s such a good song and deserves the same respect as Hallowed and Fear of the Dark imo”
Several Reddit users took to the post’s comments section to share their thoughts about the 1983 song.
“Indeed i really don’t know why many people don’t love the song it’s so great,” wrote a fan.
“I think it needs an extra verse closer to the end, but it’s still my favorite on Piece of Mind and in my top 15, so no argument here,” added a fan.
“I think it’s incredibly underrated,” shared another.
“No argument from me. TTAL is my #1 Maiden song. Absolute masterpiece,” commented a social media user.
“I’m always surprised by the amount of people I see who say they don’t like To Tame a Land or Still Life. Those are some of the best Maiden songs period, to me anyways,” chimed in a fifth Iron Maiden listener.
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