Market Square Heroes

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“Market Square Heroes”
“Market Square Heroes” cover
Single by Marillion
Released 25th of October, 1982 (UK)
Format vinyl record (7"), vinyl record (12")
Recorded 1982
Genre Progressive Rock
Length 4:15
Label EMI
Producer David Hitchcock
Marillion singles chronology
"Market Square Heroes"
(1982)
"He Knows You Know"
(1983)

Market Square Heroes is the debut single of progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1982 with "Three Boats Down From The Candy" as the B-side. The 12" single includes an additional track; the 17.15 min. long "Grendel". Until the 1997 re-release of Script For A Jester's Tear, none of the songs from the single appeared on any Marillion studio album.

A radio edit replaces the line "I am your anti-Christ" with "I am your battle priest".

The song was also re-recorded as a B-side of the band's 1984 single, Punch and Judy, adding an additional verse.