Hero (Europe song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hero


Caption =
Artist = Europe
from Album = Start from the Dark
A-side =
B-side = "Reason"
Released = September 20, 2004
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 3:53
Label = Sanctuary Records
Writer = Joey Tempest
Producer = Kevin Elson, Europe
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Got to Have Faith"
(2004)
This single = "Hero"
(2004)
Next single = "Always the Pretenders"
(2006)
Misc =

"Hero" is a 2004 single released by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was the second single from their 2004 album "Start from the Dark".

The song was written by vocalist Joey Tempest as a tribute to Phil Lynott, the frontman of the Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, and was inspired by a meeting between Tempest and Lynott.cite web |url=http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/18/1.asp |title=RATHOLE.com - Fireworks Magazine: Issue 18 |accessdate=2008-09-01 |format= |work=RATHOLE.com ]

Personnel

*Joey Tempest − vocals
*John Norum − guitars
*John Levén − bass guitar
*Mic Michaeli − keyboards
*Ian Haugland − drums

References