Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989 is a best containing a selection of songs from the first seven Iron Maiden albums. It was released in conjunction with the band's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour to allow new fans to listen to a selection of the band's material that was played on the tour.

The album cover features the Pharaoh Eddie monument from Powerslave and Cyborg Eddie from Somewhere in Time. In addition, the Iron Maiden logo is colored blue with a gold outline - the same colours used on the cover of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.

* Bruce Dickinson - lead vocals
* Steve Harris - bass guitar
* Dave Murray - guitars
* Adrian Smith - guitars
* Nicko McBrain - drums
* Clive Burr - drums on tracks 6, 7, 8, 14

with

* Michael Kenney - keyboards on tracks 10 and 12

2. "Aces High (Live)" (Steve Harris) - 4.36
* from Live After Death; Originally from Powerslave

3. "2 Minutes to Midnight" (Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith) - 6.00
* From Powerslave

4. "The Trooper" (Harris) - 4.11
* From Piece of Mind

5. "Wasted Years" (Smith) - 5.06
* From Somewhere in Time

6. "Children of the Damned" (Harris) - 4.35
* From The Number of the Beast

7. "The Number of the Beast (Harris) - 4.53
* From The Number of the Beast

9. "Phantom of the Opera" (Live) (Harris) - 7.21
* From Live After Death; Originally from Iron Maiden

10. "The Evil That Men Do" (Dickinson, Smith, Harris) - 4.34
* From Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

11. "Wrathchild" (Live) (Harris) - 3.07
* From Live After Death; Originally from Killers

12. "Can I Play With Madness" (Dickinson, Smith, Harris) - 3.31
* From Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

13. "Powerslave" (Dickinson) - 6.47
* From Powerslave

14. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Harris) - 7.12
* From The Number of the Beast

15. "Iron Maiden" (Live) (Harris) - 4.50
* From Live After Death; Originally from Iron Maiden

Length 1:10:53