Holding Out for a Hero
Holding Out for a Hero | |
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Bonnie Tyler | |
publication | January 31, 1984 (Soundtrack) April 13, 1984 (single) |
length | 5:50 (album version) 4:21 (single version) |
Genre (s) | Pop rock |
Author (s) | Jim Steinman , Dean Pitchford |
Producer (s) | Jim Steinman |
Label | Columbia Records |
album | Footloose (Soundtrack) , Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire |
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Holding Out for a Hero is a 1984 Bonnie Tyler song written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford . The song is part of the soundtrack of the film Footloose .
history
Holding Out for a Hero was released as a single on April 13, 1984; the original length is 4:22 minutes. The instrumental version of the song is 5:15 minutes long; some remixed versions of the song were also released. In 1986 Tyler released the song on her album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire .
The line "Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods? / Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?" Comes from Ubi sunt , and some parts from Jim Steinman's Stark Raving Love were also sampled in In the plot of the song, the protagonist begs a hero to save her. The piece is used in the television series Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark and Drawn Together as well as in the soundtrack of the films Bandits! , Shrek 2 and Who is Harry Crumb? .
Video
At the beginning of the video, the singer Bonnie Tyler escapes from a burning house. During the chorus “I need a Hero” she stands in a white dress on the Grand Canyon. In the end the hero comes ridden on a white steed.
Cover versions
- 1994: Meat Loaf
- 2004: Imogen Heap
- 2004: Jennifer Saunders
- 2004: Joss Stone
- 2005: Emery
- 2005: Angelika Milster (Where are the heroes)
- 2007: Graveworm
- 2008: Andrew Spencer (I Need a Hero)
- 2008: Mainstreet (I schoit mei Hirn o)
- 2011: Sopor Aeternus
- 2012: Glee Cast
- 2014: Grailknights , Van Canto
- 2015: Nothing but Thieves
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sources Chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / US , accessed December 29, 2010.
- ↑ Holding Out for a Hero in the Official UK Charts (English)