Holding out for a hero

It later featured on her sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire

It was written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford. The song only just reached the Top in the UK Singles Chart , but made it to number 2 the following year, and re-entered the charts again at number 69 in The song reached No. It reached the top 40 in the United States and Canada. The song later become popular after Jennifer Saunders recorded the song for the movie Shrek 2. Contents move to sidebar hide. Page Talk.

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Holding out for a hero

It later featured on her sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire The track was produced by Jim Steinman , who co-wrote the song with Dean Pitchford and was a Top 40 hit in several European countries, as well as Canada and the United States. Its re-release in the United Kingdom reached number two remaining there for three weeks and topped the singles chart in Ireland. Paramount Pictures asked Tyler to record a song for the soundtrack to the film Footloose. Steinman wrote the song with Dean Pitchford, who co-wrote every song on the soundtrack album.

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Out of all the songs that Bonnie Tyler has performed, Holding Out for A Hero is one of the most remembered and the most used. There are others of course but this one seems to touch people in a special place that invokes a host of emotions that make the films and the song more memorable.

Finland The Official Finnish Charts [14]. Paramount Pictures asked Tyler to record a song for the soundtrack to the film Footloose. Captain Marvel catches the car, and tells the woman, "No way, shut up! Tyler was later featured in a parody of the video by David Copperfield. Retrieved 30 June Retrieved Classic Rock. The A. Page Talk. Single track Top 40 lista. Dupree notably entered the performance by dropping from the ceiling, landing on the stage in a split.