Accident of Birth (song)

{{infobox song

| name = Accident of Birth

| cover = Accident of Birth (song).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bruce Dickinson

| album = Accident of Birth

| released = 1997

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Heavy metal

| length = 4:23

| label = EMI

| writer = Bruce Dickinson, Roy Z

| producer =

| prev_title = Back from the Edge

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Man of Sorrows

| next_year = 1997

}}

"Accident of Birth" is the first single from Bruce Dickinson's fourth solo album, Accident of Birth, released in 1997 and peaking at number 54 in the UK Singles Chart. Dickinson described the song as "about a family from Hell. Except they're in Hell and one of them has accidentally been born, and they want him back and he doesn't want to go. For all the same reasons that you wouldn't want to go back to your family if they're a pain in the ass, he doesn't want to go back to his family. OK, so they're in Hell, that makes a little difference too."{{cite web|title=The following interview with Bruce Dickinson was conducted on August 19, 1998 by Seriah Azkath...|url=http://mariseb0.tripod.com/interviews/bd_seriahazkath_98.htm|accessdate=15 August 2010|date=19 August 1998}}