Claim: Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden wrote 2 Minutes to Midnight, a nuclear war protest song  that was released in 1984 and again in 1990 and it made it to number 11 on the UK charts both times.
Evidence: "2 Minutes to Midnight" is a song by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured on their fifth studio album, Powerslave (1984). It was released as the band's tenth single, and first from the album on 6 August 1984. A protest song about nuclear war, "2 Minutes to Midnight" was written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson. "2 Minutes to Midnight" "2 Minutes to Midnight" / "Aces High" German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart UK Singles Chart UK Albums Chart 70 10 11 11 Powerslave Album