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In a retrospective review, The A.V. Club ' s William Hughes stated that the song "displays some of the worst of its decade's (and composer's) typical excesses: The lyrics are laughable, and the heavy-handed synths and piano riffs come dangerously close to cheese", but adds, "The sum of those parts transcends their limitations, hooking directly into pure emotional need like only the greatest of ...
"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" became one of Turner's biggest hit singles. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 , behind John Parr 's " St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) ". It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and West Germany .
The song makes references to conscription and propaganda. In a 1987 interview with Record Mirror, Datchler said, "It's a very profound song but I'm not about to preach to anyone. All my songs are observations and the nice thing about 'I Don't Want to be a Hero' is that you've got a serious subject and putting it with quite a poppy musical backing.
Hero" was released through Roadrunner Records on March 1, 2002, as the soundtrack's lead single. [5] The song serves as Kroeger's debut solo release. There are two widely-available versions of the song: one with an orchestral background and one without.
"Hero" is the first single of the 2009 album Awake by the American Christian rock band Skillet and is the first track on the album. [2] The song talks about mankind's need for a hero with the hero being Jesus Christ. It is the fourth single by Skillet to be released to physical media. [3] The single sold 12,000 copies in its first week.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 December 2024. 2001 single by Enrique Iglesias "Hero" Single by Enrique Iglesias from the album Escape Released 3 September 2001 (2001-09-03) Recorded February–May 2001 Studio Angel (London, England) Circle House, The Hit Factory Critiera, South Point Recording (Miami, Florida) The Record Plant (Los ...
"I'm Not Your Hero" is a song written, recorded and performed by Canadian duo Tegan and Sara and produced by Greg Kurstin for the album Heartthrob (2013). Recorded at Echo Studio and EastWest Studios in California in 2012, it was released on October 21 of that year as a promotional single .
"Billy Don't Be a Hero" is a 1974 pop song that was first a UK hit for Paper Lace and then, some months later, a US hit for Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods. The song was written and composed by two British songwriters, Mitch Murray and Peter Callander .