by Mark Nobes, chief editor
Although Dickinson co-wrote the song with bassist Steve Harris, due to a contract with his previous band Samson, he was not credited on the single sleeve.
The video features the band performing on stage mixed with footage from a vintage Hollywood movie which depicts the Native Americans as the enemy "injuns!". Indeed, I remember playing "Cowboys and Indians" back in the 1970s (as did many kids back then) based on the old Westerns, which just goes to show what a bad influence they had on us.
The front of the vinyl sleeve depicts a native American attacking a devil with an axe, which conroversially suggests that white men are devils.
The single was released again in 2002 (reaching No.9 in the UK) to help raise funds for their band's former drummer Clive Burr, who was suffering from multiple sclerosus. He died on 12 March 2013 (aged 56).