Holding Out for a Hero
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Holding Out for a Hero...the theme song for the Israeli musical play ''Festigal Super Hero ''. The song is also in the Wipeout ad which is on Australian TV "Holding Out for a Hero" was used in a late-1984 commercial for the 1985 Chrysler LeBaron GTS. This song... In this article: Holding Out for a Hero, Bonnie Tyler, YouTube, Alesha Dixon, Jennifer Saunders, Frou Frou, Shrek 2, Footloose, Carmel Valentine, and Hope Williams |
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Entertainment Weekly | November 05, 2009
'Thriller' inmates dance to Queen
...which is Styx, but okay). The "Thriller" video set the bar pretty high for these dances - though I'm partial to the weird dissonance of "Holding Out for a Hero" - so I can't see this Queen arrangement taking a place among the all-time...
In this article: Queen, Thriller, Mr. Roboto, YouTube, Styx, Cebu, and Philippines
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Block-C | November 04, 2009
FOOTBALL FAN ART: IDIOCY STRIKES BACK
...bit… … Mickey FUCKIN' Andrews! Seriously though, if you guys ever plan on displaying this in a gallery or at a show, make sure "Holding out for a Hero" is jamming on repeat int he background. Mr. Hands?!? Any chance we could beat...
In this article: Facebook, NFL, Bonnie Tyler, and Hulk Hogan
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Wales Online | October 19, 2009
Music: Music review: The Nolans, Cardiff International Arena
...their '40s and '50s, worked hard, mixing their old hits (like Gotta Pull Myself Together and Attention To Me) with a selection of diva songs (Holding Out For A Hero, It's Raining Men) as the dancing guys did their thing in tiny black pants.
In this article: Cardiff International Arena, CIA, and Wales
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Telegraph.co.uk - Politics | October 01, 2009
Gordon Brown isn't a hero but poor Sarah is
Standing by your man, it seems, is as demode as Bonnie Tyler's leopard-print tank top and peroxide mane. It was Tyler who asked, in 1984's Holding Out for a Hero: "Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods? Where's the...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Bonnie Tyler, Catherine Deneuve, Labour, Gerard Depardieu, and Democracy
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Sunday Mirror | September 30, 2009
Bonnie: I won't do the 80s thing
...in Hollyoaks Later, in which she appears to Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna) in a dream, and joins the dizzy blonde in a duet of her 1985 track Holding Out For A Hero. She has also recorded a new version of Total Eclipse Of The Heart with Welsh...
In this article: Bonnie Tyler, Carmel McQueen, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Heartache, Gemma Merna, Hollyoaks, and Europe
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Daily Mail | September 17, 2009
Hollyoaks glamour girl Gemma Merna has Eighties flashback dream in prison... but Bonnie Tyler totally eclipses her part
...she is singing with the star in prison after being mistaken for a prositute. And so along comes Bonnie Tyler to perform a duet of Holding Out For A Hero during her dream. The Welsh singer and Carmel are both dressed in angelic qhite...
In this article: Bonnie Tyler, Hollyoaks, Gemma Merna, Carmel Valentine, Marilyn Monroe, and Chicago
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Sunday Mirror | September 13, 2009
Listen to a sneak preview of The Nolan Sisters's new album I'm In The Mood Again
...Nolan are being put through their paces - and don't they know it! The famous singing sisters have just belted out Bonnie Tyler classic Holding Out For A Hero complete with a blinding dance routine that could give Girls Aloud a run for their...
In this article: Coleen Nolan, Madonna, and God
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Wales Online | September 11, 2009
Music: Acting makes me cringe, says singer Bonnie Tyler
...dream sequence to the character of Carmel McQueen, played by Gemma Merna, before the pair launch into a duet of the singer's 1985 hit Holding Out For A Hero. Tyler explained she felt like a "fish out of water" having to deliver lines on...
In this article: Bonnie Tyler, Hollyoaks, E4, Carmel McQueen, Last Choir Standing, Total Eclipse of the Heart, The Saturdays, and Bryan Kirkwood
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Wales Online | September 05, 2009
Columnists: Bonnie in Hollyoaks confession
"I'm going to be some sort of guardian angel but I made one thing clear, I'm not wearing any wings! " The 58-year-old will perform Holding Out For A Hero, the song made famous by its appearance on the soundtrack of Kevin Bacon film...
In this article: Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Kevin Bacon, Footloose, Swansea, and Portugal
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Wales Online | September 03, 2009
Music: 'I will never tire of singing it'
...living room, literally dancing, when he read the reply. " Steinman also worked on several of Tyler's other hits, writing or producing Holding Out for a Hero, Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It and Making Love Out of Nothing...
In this article: Bonnie Tyler, Jim Steinman, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Trademark, Making Love out of Nothing at All, Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It, Last Choir Standing, and Kareen Antonn
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Description from Wikipedia:
"Holding Out for a Hero" (often believed to be called "I Need A Hero" based on the chorus line) is a song by Bonnie Tyler that was originally released in 1984 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Footloose. It later appeared on Tyler's Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire album. Written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford, it hit #2 on the UK charts in 1985 (#69 in 1991) and #34 on the US charts on initial release.
- Name:
- Holding Out for a Hero
- Genre:
- Rock, Dance-pop
- Release Date:
- January 01, 1984
- Preceded By:
- "A Rockin' Good Way"
- Produced by:
- Jim Steinman
- Written By:
- Jim Steinman, Dean Pitchford
- Recorded By:
- Bonnie Tyler
- Length:
- 4:29
- Record Label:
- CBS
- Recording Dates:
- 1984
- Audio Format:
- CD single, 7", 12"
- From Album:
- Footloose soundtrack & Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
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