songs that feature the "iron maiden gallop"

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You know the "Iron Maiden gallop"?

Here it is, in a couple of their most well-known gems:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU5rvBtjsLY]Iron Maiden, The Evil That Men Do[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uq6Ax-zzkQ]Iron Maiden, The Trooper[/ame]

DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM ...

How many songs can we name that feature it?
 
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The great George Lynch of Dokken fame uses it a bit in this gem (from 0:27 to 0:49):

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAi2R9NxMnU]Dokken, Kiss of Death[/ame]
 
I'll have to give that a listen. I was practicing the "horse gallop" in one of Molly Hatchet's songs the other day. I have to get that down because a lot of metal uses it.
 
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I'll have to give that a listen. I was practicing the horse gallop" in one of Molly Hatchet's songs the other day. I have to get that down because a lot of metal uses it.

Yup yup.

Molly Hatchet used it a few times. The names of the songs escape me right offhand, though.

Anyhoo, here's one I bet no one sees comin':

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHu_V0z6Au8]T.G. Sheppard, I Loved 'Em Everyone[/ame]
 
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Maiden featuring their trademark rhythm from 5:47 to 8:09 in this gem:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwT9G6t-SKI]Iron Maiden, Dream of Mirrors[/ame]
 
Intermittently, after the chorus in this one:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL8G5pBZ5CI]Loverboy, Working For the Weekend[/ame]
 
You can hear the "gallop" in this one a few times, starting from 1:39 to 1:44:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vrhs9pemAc]Black Sabbath, Hard Life to Love[/ame]
 
Robin Trower/Too Rolling Stoned: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBoq8aoWB4E]Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs - 05 - Too Rolling Stoned - YouTube[/ame]
 
Credit where credit is due:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7O91GDWGPU]Rossini: William Tell Overture: Final - YouTube[/ame]

The Rossini gallop.
 
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Metallica/Blackened (not perfect but it does have a gallop sound): [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dnlPIuRsh8]Metallica - Blackened (HD Audio Remastered) - YouTube[/ame]
 
DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-BONANZA!

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzkFKLrrR8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzkFKLrrR8[/ame]
 
Slow gallop:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkysjcs5vFU]dio - holy diver - YouTube[/ame]
 

Not really Maidenesque (da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM-da-da-DUM, the Maiden gallop; Zep's in this one ain't exactly like that; Maiden themselves employed the same "gallop" Zep highlights in Immigrant Song in the song Powerslave); but we'll take it.

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Here's another that uses the "Maiden gallop":

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKG3n19GdJI]Megadeth, The Conjuring[/ame]
 
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