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2 Minutes To Midnight single

"2 Minutes to Midnight" is a song by Iron Maiden, from their fifth studio album, Powerslave. It's a playable song on Guitar Hero 5.

History[]

2 Minutes to Midnight was written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson and was produced by Martin Birch in 1984. 2 Minutes to Midnight mainly focuses on the Doomsday Clock, the symbolic clock used by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In September 1953 the clock reached 23:58, the closest the clock ever got to midnight. This occurred when the United States and Soviet Union tested H-bombs within nine months of one another. The first guitar solo is played by Dave Murray followed by a guitar solo played by Adrian Smith.

One of the B-sides on the album, titled "Mission from 'Arry", is a recording of an argument between bassist Steve Harris and drummer Nicko McBrain. The argument happened after a show in Allentown, Pennsylvania during the band's World Piece Tour, and occurred due to a misunderstanding on stage between the two due to technical issues with Harris' bass, which had led to McBrain's drum solo going wrong. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson was recording the argument with a concealed tape recorder. Because Harris' bass wasn't working, he asked a light rigger to tell McBrain to extend the solo. Rather than following proper procedure, the man started shouting to McBrain. Angry that he messed up his solo, McBrain had a confrontation with the man that Harris felt was unnecessary.

2 Minutes to Midnight was covered in 2008 by Glamour Of The Kill tribute CD to Iron Maiden. This song also appears on a radio station on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and is downloadable content for Rock Band 2.

Walkthrough[]

The guitar part can be difficult, especially since the song lasts 6 minutes. Alt strumming can be helpful, but the tempo changes at certain parts. Even then, it shouldn't be hard to switch to another beat.

2 Minutes to Midnight is one of the hardest songs on Guitar Hero 5 for the bass. It's similar to the guitar part, but there are many hammer ons that aren't in the guitar notes. It isn't the hardest song, but it's still tricky.

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The 13th Rail
Song 2 · They Say · Gamma Ray · In My Place · Feel Good Inc. · All Along the Watchtower · Sympathy for the Devil
Club Boson
Steady, As She Goes · Blue Day · Gratitude · Sowing Season (Yeah) · Only Happy When It Rains · Blue Orchid · Hurts So Good
Sideshow
Play That Funky Music · Fame · Ex-Girlfriend · Cigarettes, Wedding Bands · Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix) · Under Pressure · Sex on Fire
Angel's Crypt
Kryptonite · Send a Little Love Token · Mirror People · Comedown · Never Miss a Beat · Dancing with Myself · Shout It Out Loud
O'Connell's Corner
You Give Love a Bad Name · In the Meantime · You and Me · L.A. · Make It wit Chu · Plug In Baby · Superstition · Sultans of Swing
The Aqueduct
Why Bother? · Jailbreak · The Rock Show · Bleed American · Hungry Like the Wolf · Looks That Kill
Guitarhenge
Lonely Is the Night · Wannabe in L.A. · Nearly Lost You · Smells Like Teen Spirit · Lithium (Live) · All the Pretty Faces
Neon Oasis
20th Century Boy · What I Got · A-Punk · Seven · Bring the Noise 20XX · Du Hast
Electric Honky Tonk
Ring of Fire · Disconnected · Bullet with Butterfly Wings · One Big Holiday · We're an American Band
Calavera Square
Incinerate · Maiden, Mother & Crone · Wolf Like Me · So Lonely · No One to Depend On (Live) · Runnin' Down a Dream
Cairo Bazaar
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting · Younk Funk · Sneak Out · Streamline Woman · Back Round · Medicate
The Golden Gate
Six Days a Week · American Girl · Judith · Deadbolt · Brianstorm · 2 Minutes to Midnight
Fjord of Swords
Lust for Life (Live) · Sweating Bullets · Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live) · Demon(s) · Scatterbrain (Live) · Done with Everything, Die for Nothing · The Spirit of Radio (Live)
Hypersphere
21st Century Schizoid Man
GHTunes example songs
Deluge of Fire · Hairspray Sunset · Mohawk Miracle · Quatrain 11 · Sting of the B · Tachophobia · Twisted Bach Medley
Downloadable tracks
Prodigal Son (Live) · You Gotta Move (Live) · Under My Thumb (Live) · I'm Free (Live) · (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Live) · 100 Little Curses · Fight! Smash! Win! · Somewhere in the World It's Midnight · Beautiful Thieves · Girl's Not Grey · The Missing Frame · Munich · The Geeks Were Right · Dull Life · Mexicola · Avon · How to Handle a Rope · The Stroke · Everybody Wants You · When She Comes to Me · Pilgrim · California Queen · Cosmic Egg · Freeze Frame · Show Me the Way (Live) · Lay It on the Line · Gor-Gor · The Beautiful People · Astro Zombies · Fly Away · Lady · Let Love Rule · I Was Made for Lovin' You · Lick It Up · Modern Day Delilah · Lemon Frosting · RockNRola · From the Blue/Point of No Return/T.T.R.T.S. · Love Holds It Down · You Really Like Me · Guilty Pleasures · Panic Attack! · A Classic Case of Transference · Single · All the Right Moves · Everybody Loves Me · Mercy · Hi-Speed Soul · Cut Your Hair · Sister Jack · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing · Our Song · Harder to Breathe · New · Lonesome Road Blues · Who I Am · Broken Man · Holiday · The Kids Don't Stand a Chance · Cousins · Laser Cannon Deth Sentence · Still I Rise · Twilight of the Thunder God · Travelin' Band · Bad Moon Rising · Proud Mary · Attack · From Yesterday · Kings and Queens · Sooner or Later · Until the End · Give Me a Sign · Can You Take Me · Losing a Whole Year · Never Let You Go · First Date · All the Small Things · Adam's Song · Here It Goes Again · Do What You Want · Get Over It · Requiem for a Dying Song · (No More) Paddy's Lament · The Seven Deadly Sins · Girls, Girls, Girls · We Got the Beat · Sister Christian · Free Bird · Simple Man · Gimme Three Steps · Thnks fr th Mmrs · This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race · The Take Over, the Break's Over · Gives You Hell · There's No Other Way · Addicted · Everything Is Everything · 1901 · Lisztomania · After Forever · Into the Void · Sweet Leaf · Juke Box Hero · Sweet Home Alabama (Live) · Take the Money and Run · Face Down · Low Day · You're All I Have · Livin' on the Edge · Love in an Elevator · Rag Doll · 7 Things · Here We Go Again · Falling Down · Between the Lines · Plush · Sex Type Thing · God Save the Queen (GH Version) · Il Canto degli Italiani (GH Version) · La Marseillaise (GH Version) · Lied der Deutschen (GH Version) · Marcha Real (GH Version) · The Star-Spangled Banner (GH Version) · I'm Eighteen · School's Out · Welcome to My Nightmare · Dear Maria, Count Me In · Weightless · Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) (Live) · Fireflies · Just Dance · This Love · Crazy Little Thing Called Love · Killer Queen · Somebody To Love · Afterlife · Almost Easy · Scream · Down With The Sickness · Indestructible · Stricken · Devour · Second Chance · Sound Of Madness · The Taste of Ink · The Bird and the Worm · Pretty Handsome Awkward · Fat Lip · In Too Deep · Still Waiting · Beverly Hills · Pork and Beans · Island in the Sun · Symphony of Destruction · Hangar 18 · Peace Sells · Southtown · Youth of the Nation · Boom · I Stand Alone · Last Resort · The Dope Show · Blue Monday · Nookie · Epic
Hidden tracks
Addicted · Black Dog (Live) · Beautiful Morning · Believe · Ted Nugent Guitar Duel · Zakk Wylde Guitar Duel · Bug Eyes · B.Y.O.B. · Dammit · Hot for Teacher · Hot for Teacher · I Alone · La Bamba · Lazy Eye · Love Spreads · March of the Pigs · GHWT Medley · Obstacle 1 · One Armed Scissor · On the Road Again · (Oh) Pretty Woman · Pull Me Under · Take a Picture · The Beautiful People · The Joker
*Setlist ordered by Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Wii's static career order (PlayStation 2's careers are ordered differently per instrument), downloadable content ordered by release date, and hidden tracks ordered by file name
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