Holding Out for a Hero

~ Recording by Grailknights

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Holding Out for a Hero4:33GrailknightsCalling the ChoirGrailknightsAlbum
  • DE2014-04-11
intono recordsINTR-055-2

Relationships

engineer and mixer:Willi Dammeier (in 2013)
drums (drum set):Lord Drumcules (Member of Grailknights)
electric bass guitar:Count Cranium (Member of Grailknights)
electric guitar:Earl Quake (Member of Grailknights)
Sovereign Storm (Member of Grailknights)
Irish bouzouki:Earl Quake (Member of Grailknights)
guest background vocals:Thomas Kleinert
Mirja Lendt
Nadine Wolfarth
lead vocals:Sir Optimus Prime (Vocalist of Grailknights)
vocals:Count Cranium (Member of Grailknights)
Lord Drumcules (Member of Grailknights)
Sovereign Storm (Member of Grailknights)
mixed at and engineered at:Institut für Wohlklangforschung in Hannover (Hanover), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (in 2013)
recording of:Holding Out for a Hero (cover)

Holding Out for a Hero

lyricist:Dean Pitchford
composer:Jim Steinman
publisher:Ensign Music Corp.
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)