The Clairvoyant is a great track off the fantastic Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album (a personal favourate of the CO). You don't need to see into the future to nab this cache, but the container is themed in such a manner that you may have some sort of 'vision'.
It is the band's nineteenth single and the third from their Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album. The single, which was also released as a clear vinyl, debuted at number six in the UK charts. It contains three live performances from Maiden's 1988 headlining performance at theMonsters of Rock festival in Donington Park.
The promotional video for the song, although set to the studio version, features live clips from the Donington performance.
The song starts in the first person, from the main character's point of view. Later, when he is dead it is in the third person. According to Steve Harris, the song was inspired by the death of psychic Doris Stokes, and his wondering that if she were truly able to see the future, would not she had foreseen her own death?