Synopsis
Iron Maiden perform "The Clairvoyant" before a huge, energized festival crowd in this concert-based promotional video. Bruce Dickinson commands the stage while Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Nicko McBrain drive the song through its dramatic shifts, with theatrical lighting, towering stage scenery, and fast-cut shots emphasizing the band's scale and intensity. Rather than presenting a separate narrative, the clip captures Iron Maiden as a powerful live act, pairing the studio recording with footage from their 1988 Monsters of Rock appearance at Donington.
Factoids & Trivia
- The promotional video uses the studio version of "The Clairvoyant" as its soundtrack, while the visuals come from Iron Maiden's headline performance at the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park on August 20, 1988.
- "The Clairvoyant" was released as a single on November 7, 1988, and became the third single from *Seventh Son of a Seventh Son*. It reached No. 6 on the UK singles chart.
- Steve Harris wrote the song after hearing about the death of psychic medium Doris Stokes. The central idea came from wondering whether someone claiming to see the future could have foreseen their own death.
- The single's live material was also used across its release formats. The 12-inch edition included live versions of "The Prisoner" and "Heaven Can Wait," both recorded at Donington.
- The single was issued in several collectible formats, including clear vinyl and a shaped picture disc, fitting the elaborate visual presentation associated with the *Seventh Son of a Seventh Son* era.