12 February, 1982.

It’s Friday, bring on the rock!

This was the band’s debut single with new vocalist at the time, Bruce Dickinson, and their first top ten UK hit.

This track, and indeed the whole album, was my first introduction to rock music. It was in late 1986, Wham! had just split up that year and yes, I was a Wham! fan. Don’t judge me, I was only thirteen! Somebody (they know who they are) played me The Number of the Beast album and my young mind was blown away. I always say I went from Wham! to Iron Maiden in a week…and never looked back.