Holding Out for a Hero
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"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song by Bonnie Tyler that was originally released in 1984 and appears on her Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire album. Written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford, it hit #2 on the UK charts in 1985 (and #69 in 1991) and #34 on the US charts on initial release.
The song originally appeared on the soundtrack to the film Footloose and was the theme to the CBS show Cover Up (though this version was not sung by Tyler). The song has continued to appear in films such as Short Circuit 2, Who's Harry Crumb?, Bandits (along with Total Eclipse of the Heart), and Shrek 2, where it was performed separately by both Frou Frou and Jennifer Saunders. It was also used in the background of a famous scene in the 1984 episode of the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, where anti-hero Bo Brady races to stop the love of his life, Hope Williams, from marrying the despicable Larry Welch.
It has been covered by a number of artists, including Joss Stone b-side You Had Me, Emery, Laura Branigan, Graveworm and, as mentioned, Frou Frou and Jennifer Saunders on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. It was also featured on the pilot episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the famous "costume making montage" scene.
It was included in a Season 3 episode of animated Comedy Central program Drawn Together, Spelling Applebee's.
More recently, the song featured as the 2007 Surf Life Saving Australia Mardi Gras float's theme song in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.
Professional Wrestler Chris Hero has also been know to use this song as his theme music in promotions around the world.
[edit] Charts
Holding Out for a Hero 1984
- Ireland #1
- UK #2
- US #34
- Germany #11
- Austria #19
- Canada #12
- Australia
- Japan #38
(Sales 86,760)
- South Africa
- UK(re-issue 91) #69
- Spain #6
- Italy #30
- Sweden #19
[edit] Soundtracks
- Footloose 1984 (US #1)
- Short Circuit 2 1988
- Who's Harry Crumb? 1989
- Bandits 2001 (US #165, top soundtracks #15)
- Shrek 2 2004
- Nacho Libre 2006
[edit] Video
- The Magic of David Copperfield VI Floating Over the Grand Canyon 1984, David Copperfield & Bonnie Tyler
- Bonnie Tyler The Video 1986
- 50 Jahre Rock 2004
- Discomelodies and Rhythms in Russian 2005
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