"Shoot All the Clowns" is the second and last single from

Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer who has been the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1981 to 1993 and 1999–present. He is known for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage ...

's second solo album, ''

Balls to Picasso ''Balls to Picasso'' is the second solo album by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, released in 1994. It is the first album in Dickinson's solo career that was released after he had officially left Iron Maiden (although he rejoined again in 1 ...

'', released in August 1994. On the Anthology DVD interview, Dickinson revealed that the song was the last one completed for Balls to Picasso on the insistence of the record label. Due to the complicated production, the record label was skeptical of the album's success. Bruce made the song on the simple instruction that it was supposed to sound similar to

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Track listing

CD One # "Shoot All The Clowns" (Bruce Dickinson/Roy Z) – 04:16 # "Tibet" (Bruce Dickinson) – 03:01 # "

Tears of the Dragon "Tears of the Dragon" is the first single from Bruce Dickinson's second solo album, '' Balls to Picasso'', released on 28 May 1994. Allmusic called "Tears of the Dragon" a "magnificent" track, "by far the album's best song". Track listing CD ...

(First Bit-Long Bit-Last Bit)" (Bruce Dickinson) – 08:18 CD Two # "Shoot All The Clowns (Extended Mix)" (Bruce Dickinson/Roy Z) – 05:39 # "Cadillac Gas Mask" (Bruce Dickinson) – 04:07 # "No Way Out...Continued" (Bruce Dickinson/J. Crichton/R. Baker) – 05:17

Credits

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Roy Z –

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Eddie Cassillas –

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Dave Ingraham -

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Dean Ortega -

Backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

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References

1994 singles Bruce Dickinson songs Songs written by Bruce Dickinson 1994 songs Music videos directed by Howard Greenhalgh {{1990s-single-stub