Everybody Needs a Hero (album)

Everybody Needs a Hero is the second studio album by the Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist Orla Gartland, released on 4 October 2024 by New Friends.^[1]

Everybody Needs a Hero
Studio album by Orla Gartland
Released	4 October 2024 (2024-10-04)
Recorded	2022–2024
Studio	Middle Farm Chateaux Head Chef OG HQ
Genre	Alternative pop
Length	37:30
Label	New Friends
Producer	Orla Gartland Pete Miles Tom Stafford Starsmith
Orla Gartland chronology
Woman on the Internet (2021) Everybody Needs a Hero (2024)
Singles from Everybody Needs a Hero
"Kiss Ur Face Forever" Released: 1 August 2023 "Little Chaos" Released: 15 May 2024 "Mine" Released: 18 June 2024 "The Hit" Released: 24 July 2024 "Late to the Party" Released: 27 August 2024
Singles from Everybody Needs a Hero (Extended Edition)
"Now What?" Released: April 14, 2025

Singles

Everybody Needs a Hero was preceded by the release of five singles, "Kiss Ur Face Forever", "Little Chaos", "Mine", "The Hit" and "Late to the Party".

Track listing

Everybody Needs a Hero track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Both Can Be True"	Orla Gartland	Gartland Pete Miles	1:30
2.	"Sound of Letting Go"	Gartland Pete Robertson	Gartland Tom Stafford Miles Robertson[a]	2:49
3.	"Little Chaos"	Gartland Miles Tom Stafford	Gartland Miles	2:54
4.	"Backseat Driver"	Gartland Lauren Aquilina Stafford	Gartland Stafford	2:55
5.	"The Hit"	Gartland Aquilina Stafford	Gartland Stafford Miles	3:30
6.	"Simple"	Gartland	Gartland Stafford	3:31
7.	"Late to the Party" (featuring Declan McKenna)	Gartland Declan McKenna	Gartland Stafford Miles	3:35
8.	"Three Words Away"	Gartland Fin Dow-Smith	Gartland Stafford Miles Starsmith	3:10
9.	"Kiss Ur Face Forever"	Gartland Aquilina Stafford	Gartland Stafford Miles	2:47
10.	"Who Am I?"	Gartland Stafford Victoria Zaro	Gartland Stafford	3:08
11.	"Mine"	Gartland	Gartland Miles Stafford	3:08
12.	"Everybody Needs a Hero"	Gartland Stafford	Gartland Miles Stafford	4:20
Total length:				37:30

Extended edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Now What?"	Gartland	Gartland Miles Stafford	3:13
14.	"Pest" (featuring Tommy Lefroy)	Gartland Mouzourakis Stafford Bethnal	Gartland Stafford	3:06
15.	"One Eye Open"	Gartland	Gartland Miles Stafford	3:09
16.	"Thirty"	Gartland	Gartland	3:05
17.	"Mine (Stripped)"	Gartland Stafford	Gartland Miles	3:15
Total length:				53:14

Personnel

Musicians

• Orla Gartland – vocals (all tracks), piano (track 1), electric guitar (2–4, 6–12), synthesizer (2, 3), bass (3, 5), acoustic guitar (5), drums (7)
• Tom Stafford – synthesizer (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12), electric guitar (3–5, 7–9, 12), programming (3, 5–8, 10–12), drums (4, 6); modular synthesizer, bass (4, 7); backing vocals (4, 8), string arrangement (11)
• Pete Miles – percussion (tracks 2, 8), programming (3, 5, 7–9, 12), bass (6, 8, 9, 12)
• Nathan Cox – electric guitar (tracks 6, 9, 12), bass (8, 10), synthesizer (10)
• Mat Swales – drums (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 12)
• Tim Langsford – drums (tracks 5, 7–9)
• Lauren Aquilina – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9)
• Isambard Warburton – drums (track 8)
• Soren Bryce – synthesizer, backing vocals (track 9)
• Grace Lightman – backing vocals (track 9)
• Declan McKenna – electric guitar, vocals (track 7)
• Will Harvey – violin (track 11)
• Guy Button – violin (track 11)
• Francesca Gilbert – viola (track 11)
• Maddie Cutter – cello (track 11)
• Dan Hillman – saxophone (track 8)

Technical

• Christian Wright – mastering
• Orla Gartland – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 11)
• Pete Miles – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 11)
• Geoff Swan – mixing (tracks 2–5, 7–10, 12)
• Tom Stafford – mixing (track 11)

Visuals

• Flower Up – creative direction, vinyl packaging design
• Greta Isaac – creative direction, art direction
• Nicole Ngai – photography
• Orla Gartland – liner notes

Charts

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[2]	8
UK Albums (OCC)[3]	43