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Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) is een nummer van de Britse band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark uit 1982. Het is de derde single van hun derde studioalbum Architecture & Morality.

Om verwarring met hun vorige single Joan of Arc te voorkomen, besloot OMD het nummer Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) te noemen. Beide nummers gaan over de Franse heldin Jeanne d'Arc. Maid of Orleans werd in veel landen een grote hit. In het Verenigd Koninkrijk haalde het de 4e positie. In de Nederlandse Top 40, Nationale Hitparade en de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30 werd het een nummer 1-hit.

"Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)" is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1982 as the third single from their third studio album, Architecture & Morality. To prevent confusion with the group's previous single "Joan of Arc", the song was retitled "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" for its single release. Both songs are about the French heroine Joan of Arc and both reached the Top 5 of the UK Singles Chart—although this release was more successful internationally, topping the charts in several countries including Germany, where it was the biggest-selling single of 1982. "Maid of Orleans" has sold four million copies worldwide.

The single was the last release on the Dindisc label.