"Shoot All the Clowns"
Single byBruce Dickinson
from the albumBalls to Picasso
Released	26 September 1994[1]
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:24
Label	EMI
Songwriter	Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson singles chronology
"Tears of the Dragon" (1994) "Shoot All the Clowns" (1994) "Back from the Edge" (1996)

"Shoot All the Clowns" is the second and last single fromBruce Dickinson's second solo album,Balls to Picasso, released in August 1994.

On theAnthology DVD interview, Dickinson revealed that the song was the last one completed forBalls to Picasso on the insistence of the record label.^[2] 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 toAerosmith.

• CD 1

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

• CD 2

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

• Bruce Dickinson – vocals
• Roy Z – guitar
• Eddie Cassillas – bass guitar
• Dave Ingraham – drums
• Dean Ortega – backing vocals

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