Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)

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"Hero"
Single by Enrique Iglesias
from the album Escape
Released September 3, 2001
Format CD single
Recorded 2001
Genre Soft rock
Length 4:24 (album version)
4:11 (radio edit)
Label Interscope
Writer(s) Enrique Iglesias
Paul Barry
Mark Taylor
Producer Mark Taylor
Certification

Platinum (ARIA)

Platinum (BPI)
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology
"Sad Eyes"
(2000)		 "Hero"
(2001)		 "Escape"
(2002)

"Hero" is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale, by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Enrique first released the song to radio in early September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception. After the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the song was one of the few songs chosen by radio DJs in New York to be remixed with audio from police, firefighters, civilians at Ground Zero and politicians commenting on the attacks. He was asked to sing the song live at the benefit concert America: A Tribute to Heroes ten days after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Iglesias broadcast his performance from a warehouse in New York alongside Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Sheryl Crow. The location of the warehouse was kept secret in case of further attacks. It was Iglesias' first televised performance of the song. He had performed the song earlier at that year's Miss Venezuela but due to the terrorist attacks the show was not aired on television. Hero has sold 8 million copies worldwide, becoming Enrique's best selling single and has been listed in best selling singles worldwide. It was also covered by Glee in" The Spanish Teacher" episode.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

UK CD1
  1. "Hero" (Album Version) - 4:24
  2. "Hero" (Metro Mix - English Version) - 3:28
  3. "Bailamos" (Album Version) - 3:37
  4. "Hero" (Video) - 4:24
UK CD2 - the remixes
  1. "Hero" (Metro Mix - English Version) - 4:19
  2. "Hero" (Ventura & Colombo Remix) - 3:43
  3. "Hero" (Metro Mix - Spanish Version) - 4:19
  4. "Hero" (Thunderpuss Radio Edit) - 3:18
DE CD single
  1. "Hero" (Radio Edit) - 4:11
  2. "Be With You" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) - 3:56
  3. "Hero" (Metro Mix - Spanish Version) - 4:19
Japanese CD single
  1. "Hero" (Radio Edit) - 4:11
  2. "Be With You" (Thunderpuss 2000 Remix) - 7:46
  3. "Hero" (Metro Mix - Spanish Version) - 3:28
Japanese Hero/Escape Maxi Single[1]
  1. "Hero" (Album Version) - 4:27
  2. "Escape" (Album Version) - 3:30
  3. "Hero" (Instrumental Version) - 4:23

[edit] Music videos

The music video for "Hero" was directed by Joseph Kahn and features Iglesias as an honorable criminal hunted by his enemies. Jennifer Love Hewitt plays his love interest, while Mickey Rourke plays one of the men hunting him. The video follows Iglesias and Hewitt running from their enemies in the desert. Finally, Iglesias' enemies track him down and confront him outside a church. The confrontation leads to Iglesias being floored by Rourke, before being struck with a baton. The video skips ahead where Iglesias and Hewitt are seen in the rain surrounded by police cars. Iglesias clutches his torso, implying that he'd been shot. The video ends with Iglesias' death. However, it is assumed that the police caught Rourke. In addition to this video a second video was made for the UK with less violence. The final shot of this video shows Iglesias' legs are moving, suggesting that he lives. While originally made for the UK this video has since replaced the original video on many music video stations throughout the world.

[edit] Chart performance

The song topped many charts in the US including the Billboard adult contemporary chart for fifteen weeks.[2] On the latter, the song would re-enter the top ten a year later, the first song ever to do so. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[2] though it is actually his most played song on the chart, outdoing prior singles "Bailamos" and "Be With You", both of which went to number one on the chart. A remixed recording also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 2001. In February 2002 the song was released in the UK, where it went straight to number one for four weeks, becoming one of the biggest hits of the year there. Up to this point Iglesias had already had two hits in the UK but was largely unknown. Hero was seen as a breakthrough for Iglesias in the UK and Escape became one of the best selling albums of that year. With sales to date of 836,500, "Hero" stands as the 17th best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK. In Australia, the song reached number one on the ARIA Chart, becoming his first number-one in that country.The song also topped the UK charts. It is the 17th best selling single of the decade in the UK. The song also topped the charts in Romania and Ireland. This is Iglesias' best selling single and has sold eight million copies.

Chart (2001–2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[4] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[6] 19
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[7] 5
France (SNEP)[8] 43
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 1
Italy (FIMI)[10] 4
New Zealand (RIANZ)[11] 3
Norway (VG-lista)[12] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 3
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[17] 2
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] 1
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[19] 12
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[20] 1
US Latin Songs (Billboard)[21] 1
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[22] 1
End of year chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia Top 100 Single 9[23]
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 22
Decade end charts (2000-20009) peak
position
UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade 17[25]
Australia Top 100 Songs of the Decade 45[26]

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification
Australia (ARIA)[27] 2× Platinum
Austria (IFPI Austria)[28] Gold
Germany (BVMI)[29] Gold
Sweden (GLF)[30] Platinum
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Enrique Iglesias – Hero". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  4. ^ "Enrique Iglesias – Hero – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Enrique Iglesias – Hero" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Enrique Iglesias – Hero" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  7. ^ Steffen Hung. "Danish charts portal". danishcharts.com. http://www.danishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Enrique+Iglesias&cat=s. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  8. ^ "Lescharts.com – Enrique Iglesias – Hero" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
  9. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
  10. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Enrique Iglesias – Hero". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Enrique Iglesias – Hero". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Topp 20 Single uke 1, 2001 – VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Verdens Gang AS.
  13. ^ "Enrique Iglesias – Hero – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Enrique Iglesias – Hero". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "January/ Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company.
  16. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Enrique Iglesias. Prometheus Global Media.
  17. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Enrique Iglesias. Prometheus Global Media.
  18. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs for Enrique Iglesias. Prometheus Global Media.
  19. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Enrique Iglesias. Prometheus Global Media.
  20. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play for Enrique Iglesias. Prometheus Global Media.
  21. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Latin Songs for Enrique Iglesias. Prometheus Global Media.
  22. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Latin Pop Songs for Enrique Iglesias. Prometheus Global Media.
  23. ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2002". Aria.com.au. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2002.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  24. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2002". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2002. Retrieved 2011-03-12. 
  25. ^ Radio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on Tuesday 29th December 2009, presented by Nihal
  26. ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/2000sDecadeChartssingles.pdf
  27. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm. 
  28. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Enrique Iglesias – Hero" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Enrique Iglesias in the field Interpret. Enter Hero in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  29. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enrique Iglesias; 'Hero')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Hero&strInterpret=Enrique+Iglesias&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
  30. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20013.pdf. 
  31. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enrique Iglesias; 'Hero')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Enrique+Iglesias+Hero. 
  32. ^ "British single certifications – Enrique Iglesias – Bailamos". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Bailamos in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
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