Holding Out for a Hero

Name: Holding Out for a Hero
Duration: 3 min 52 s

~ Recording by Van Canto

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.9	Holding Out for a Hero	3:50	Van Canto	Dawn of the Brave	Van Canto	Album	DE2014-02-07	Napalm Records (Austrian metal, hard rock label)
1.9	Holding Out for a Hero	3:52	Van Canto	Dawn of the Brave (Mediabook)	Van Canto	Album	DE2014-02-07	Napalm Records (Austrian metal, hard rock label)	NPR 525
1.9	Holding Out for a Hero	3:52	Van Canto	Dawn of the Brave	Van Canto	Album	US2014-02-18	Napalm Records (Austrian metal, hard rock label)	NPR 525
1.9	Holding Out for a Hero	3:52	Van Canto	Dawn of the Brave	Van Canto	Album	RU2014	Mazzar Records	MZR CD 653

drums (drum set):	Bastian Emig
lead vocals:	Inga Scharf Dennis Schunke (Van Canto)
other vocals [higher rakkatakka vocals]:	Ross Thompson
other vocals [lower rakkatakka vocals] and other vocals [wahwah solo guitar vocals]:	Stefan Schmidt (German guitarist and vocalist)
other vocals [lowest dandan vocals]:	Ingo Sterzinger

recording of:	Holding Out for a Hero (cover)

lyricist:	Dean Pitchford
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)

later parody versions:	Festival Heroes
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)