We Don't Need Another Hero

We Do not Need Another Hero ( dt " We do not need another hero " ) is written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten theme song of the movie Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome. Sang the rock ballad of Tina Turner.

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The song was produced by Terry Britten, who had already written for Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do with It." It is the first song on the soundtrack album to the movie Mad Max III and next to " One of the Living " by Holly Knight is the only song with vocals. Lyrics and music video for the song tell a different story than the film and were mainly aimed to apply the film. The song belongs to the permanent live repertoire of Tina Turner, during the performance they occur in a costume similar to the in the film. The singer describes the song as one of her career highlights:

" The song itself tells a great story. During the recordings, I always had the feeling that I had it even bigger, make even more heroic. It must sound like I was in the war! "

Lange was not aware of the children's choir, who had recorded the background vocals, the School Choir of King's House School in Richmond was. In 2005, the musicians' union found out about which the choir had traded, because the record label including Lawrence Dallaglio, wanted to pay the prorated annual bonus of £ 5,000 to the singer. The recording of choral singing took place at Abbey Road Studios in London, Tina Turner was not there present.

Publication

The song was released in a 4:15 minute long version as a 7 " single by Capitol Records, on the B - side was an instrumental version. Moreover, a maxi - single was released with the 6:07 minutes long version, which is also associated with the soundtrack to the film was the B- side contained a remix version of the instrumentals. Moreover, appeared a music video. Moreover, it was included on various singles, as, inter alia, to "I do not Wanna Lose You " (1989), " Proud Mary " ( live version, 1993) and " Missing You " (1996).

Achievements

With We Do not Need Another Hero Tina Turner reached the top ten in numerous countries. In Germany and Switzerland, the single to # 1 on the charts in the U.S., Austria, New Zealand and Norway and Austria was ranked 2nd in the UK and France, the piece ranked third -placed The song has twice been nominated for an award: 1986 for the Grammy for best pop music sung by a woman, and in the same year for the Golden Globe Award under the name " best Original Song " (Best original song).

Versions

The title was re-recorded by many artists. Cover versions, among others originate by:

• Shirley Bassey on the album Showtime (1996 )
• The New Age band Taliesin Orchestra on the album Anthem ( 1997)
• Fausto Papetti the Italian saxophonist on the album Papetti Oggi (1999)
• The British rock band The Shadows on the album Simply Shadows ( 2001)
• The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, among others on the albums rock Dreams (1996) and Rock Classics (2003)
• The Finnish metal band Northern Kings on the album Reborn (2007)

There are musical adaptations, and instrumental versions, the song is also included on numerous compilations. The version of Northern Kings was released in 2008 as a single and reached # 7 on the Finnish charts.