Holding Out for a Hero
~ Recording by Bonnie Tyler
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | Holding Out for a Hero | 5:50 | Bonnie Tyler | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | JS 39242 |
Relationships
| programming: | Phil Shenale |
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| associate producer: | Arthur Pyson Neil Dorfsman John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) |
| producer: | Jim Steinman |
| bass trombone: | Dave Taylor (US jazz bass trombonist) |
| drum machine [Linn Drums]: | Sterling Smith Art Wood (US session drummer/percussionist) |
| electronic drum set [Simmons Drums]: | Art Wood (US session drummer/percussionist) |
| guitar: | Hiram Bullock |
| piano: | Sterling Smith |
| synthesizer: | Phil Shenale Sterling Smith |
| tenor saxophone: | Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer) |
| trombone: | Jim Pugh (US trombonist) Tom Malone (US trombonist) |
| trumpet: | Alan Rubin Lew Soloff |
| background vocals: | Rory Dodd Eric Thayer Holly Sherwood |
| brass [horn] arranger: | Tom Malone (US trombonist) |
| additional vocals arranger: | Ellen Foley |
| vocals arranger: | Rory Dodd Eric Thayer Holly Sherwood |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1984) SONY Music (Sony Music, global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) (in 1984) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1984) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 2008) |
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| sampled by: | Hero by Ghetto (British-Jamaican grime MC, formerly Ghetto) feat. Devlin (UK grime MC) |
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| mash-ups: | Holding Out for Mr. Bright (Bonnie Tyler vs. The Killers) by lesserjoke Holding Out for the Masked Hero!! by Triple‐Q I Need a Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj vs. Bonnie Tyler) by Rogue (msahup artist) Let’s Get Physical With a Hero (remastered) (Dua Lipa vs. Bonnie Tyler) by XaiDor’s Mashups |
| recording of: | Holding Out for a Hero |
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Related works
Holding Out for a Hero
| lyricist: | Dean Pitchford |
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| composer: | Jim Steinman |
| publisher: | BMG Music Publishing Ltd. Ensign Music Corp. Famous Chappell Famous Chappell Ltd. (UK-based music publishing company.) Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) Sony/ATV Harmony UK Sony/ATV Melody Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) |
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| later parody versions: | Festival Heroes |
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| later translated versions: | I schoit mei Hirn o O Benim Dünyam (Turkish version) ヒーロー HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO |
| is based on: | Stark Raving Love |
| is the basis for: | Cutie Mark Crusaders Theme Song (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, “The Show Stoppers”) Holding Out for a Hero (bardcore version) |
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