While the majority of the release's songs have disappeared from the band's live shows shortly after its supporting tour, "Wasted Years" and "Heaven Can Wait" have appeared on several subsequent tours. On 28 May 2023, nearly 37 years after the album's release, Iron Maiden performed "Alexander the Great" live for the first time. [17]

I’m open to arguments, but there is really only one possibility for the Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time: Iron Maiden. a b "Melvyn Grant Interview for the Iron Maiden Italian Fanzine Eddie's". Melvyn Grant . Retrieved 22 September 2011. At August 27 Stjepan Juras posts this bomb with a photo of a Somewhere in Time vinyl signed by Bruce in 1995 where he also wrote "I don't like this one much"Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. James, Darren (2005). "Rod Speaks". Metal Hammer Presents: Iron Maiden 30 Years of Metal Mayhem: 60. After sharing a link to an image of the album cover, which features the words ‘Eddie Lives’ graffitied on the wall on the right hand side, the Reddit user then added – most importantly – that this was the exact album Eddie was holding when he exclaimed: ‘This is music!’ to the rest of the gang while defending his love of metal. See the sign saying Sand Dune over the bridge? That’s in reference to To Tame A Land, from 1983’s Piece Of Mind album, which was based on Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. Iron Maiden Announce First Shows Of 2023's The Future Past Tour". ironmaiden.com. 6 October 2022 . Retrieved 6 October 2022.

Stagno, Mike (13 September 2006). "Iron Maiden - Dance of Death". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved 18 June 2011.a b c "Offiziellecharts.de – Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018. At September 19 Maiden play Salt Lake City, UT, USA (USANA) and after Aces High ends Bruce says "We will see you all ... Somewhere ... later, later" Maiden called up the author to ask his permission to name the song after the book. His reply? “No, you cannot call it Dune! And you can’t do anything based on my book, because I think heavy metal is decadent and corrupt”, remembers Riggs. “So they put Herbert Ails [on the bridge], as in, Herbert’s not very well.” Dutchcharts.nl – Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.