My Hero (song)

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“My Hero”
“My Hero” cover
Single by Foo Fighters
from the album The Colour and the Shape
Released January 19, 1998
Format CD
Recorded 1997 at Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood, CA
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:20
Label Roswell, Capitol
Producer Gil Norton
Foo Fighters singles chronology
"Everlong"
(1997)		 "My Hero"
(1998)		 "Walking After You"
(1998)

"My Hero" is the third single from the Foo Fighters' second album The Colour and the Shape. It was released as a single in 1998.

According to Grohl, the song is dedicated to ordinary, everyday heroes, as he himself never had musical or sports heroes growing up as a child.1

The song was featured in the film and soundtrack to Varsity Blues, it is also in the film Not Another Teen Movie, but not in the official soundtrack. The song was also featured in the PlayStation game Gran Turismo 2 as the arcade mode ending credits theme.

There is an acoustic version performed live on The Howard Stern Show by Grohl. It has not been released on an album, but is a popular download on file sharing sites.

In a post-September 11 episode of CBS's Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (September 21, 2001), Grohl and bassist Nate Mendel performed an acoustic rendition of the song.

A full group acoustic version is available on the 2006 live album and DVD Skin and Bones.

The 2006 album Sound of Superman features an acoustic cover of "My Hero" by Paramore.

Contents

[edit] Music Video

The music video was directed by Dave Grohl. It features a man running into a burning building to rescue valuables of various residents starting with a woman's baby, another woman's dog, and finally a picture frame of the first woman. In a humorous reference to the protection of identity in news and documentary footage, the eyes of both the baby and dog are blocked out. The video is shot in 3rd-person view and is presented in a continuous "one-take" shot; although, actual transitional cuts are disguised by smoke. During shots inside the building, the band can be seen playing. It is also the only Foo Fighters video to feature Franz Stahl, who replaced Pat Smear (although Stahl was a member of the Foo Fighters from 1997 to 1999, he did not appear in the "Walking After You" video in 1998, which featured only Grohl).

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK CD

  1. "My Hero" - 4:21
  2. "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty cover) - 5:39
  3. "Dear Lover" - 4:34
  4. Enhanced section

[edit] JPN Special Edition

  1. "My Hero"
  2. "Requiem" (Killing Joke cover)
  3. "Drive Me Wild" (Vanity 6 cover)
  4. "Down In The Park" (Gary Numan cover)
  5. "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty cover)
  6. "See You" (acoustic)
  7. "For All The Cows" (acoustic live in Japan)

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1998) Position
Euro Hot 100 Singles 53
UK Singles Chart 21
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks 6
U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks 8


[edit] External links

  • [1] - Music Video


Note 1: http://www.fooarchive.com/headwires/colourandtheshape.htm


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