Shoot All the Clowns explained

Shoot All the Clowns
Cover:Shoot All the Clowns.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bruce Dickinson
Album:Balls to Picasso
Released:August 1994
Genre:Heavy metal
Length:4:24
Label:EMI
Prev Title:Tears of the Dragon
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Back from the Edge
Next Year:1996

"Shoot All the Clowns" is the second and last single from Bruce Dickinson's second solo album, Balls to Picasso, 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. Dickinson made the song on the simple instruction that it was supposed to sound similar to Aerosmith.

Track listing

  1. "Shoot All the Clowns" (Bruce Dickinson/Roy Z) – 4:16
  2. "Tibet" (Dickinson) – 3:01
  3. "Tears of the Dragon" (First Bit-Long Bit-Last Bit) (Dickinson) – 8:18
  1. "Shoot All the Clowns" (extended mix) (Dickinson/Roy Z) – 5:39
  2. "Cadillac Gas Mask" (Dickinson) – 4:07
  3. "No Way Out... Continued" (Dickinson/J. Crichton/R. Baker) – 5:17

Credits

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search the charts. The Irish Charts. IRMA. 19 November 2008.