Holding Out for a Hero

"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 movie Footloose, and later included on her 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire.

"Holding Out for a Hero"
Single by Bonnie Tyler
from the album Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture and Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
B-side	"Faster Than the Speed of Night"
Released	1984
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	5:50 (album version) 4:22 (single edit)
Label	CBS Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Jim Steinman Dean Pitchford
Producer(s)	Jim Steinman
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" (1984) "Holding Out for a Hero" (1984) "Here She Comes" (1984)
Music video
"Holding Out for a Hero" on YouTube

It was written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford. The song only just reached the Top 100 in the UK Singles Chart, but made it to number 2 the following year, and re-entered the charts again at number 69 in 1991. The song reached No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart on 28 September 1985. It reached the top 40 in the United States and Canada.

The song later become popular after Jennifer Saunders recorded the song for the 2004 movie Shrek 2.

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	44
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3]	19
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4]	19
Eurocharts European Hot 100 Singles[5]	77
European Airplay Top 50 Music & Media[6]	39
Invalid chart entered Germany2	19
Italy (FIMI)[7]	30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8]	33
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[9]	23
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10]	19
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	96
US Billboard Hot 100[12]	34
Finland The Official Finnish Charts[13]	8

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)[14]	1
UK Singles (OCC)[15]	2
European Airplay Top 50 Music & Media[16]	19
Eurocharts European Hot 100 Singles[17]	29