"Hero" is the first single of the 2009 album ''
Awake
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'' by the American
Christian rock
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band
Skillet
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and is the first track on the album. The song talks about mankind's need for a hero with the hero being
Jesus Christ
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. It is the fourth single by Skillet to be released to physical media. The single sold 12,000 copies in its first week.
Promotion
It was used in a promo on
NBC
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for the
2009 NFL Kickoff game between the
Pittsburgh Steelers
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and the
Tennessee Titans
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, as well as the Week 17 Sunday Night Football game between the
Cincinnati Bengals
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and the
New York Jets
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and the
NFL Wild Card Saturday games, featuring the rematch between the
Bengals and the
Jets, as well as the rematch from Week 17 between the
Philadelphia Eagles
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and the
Dallas Cowboys
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. "Hero" was included on the ''
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010'' video game, and was used in the trailers of the
20th Century Fox
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film ''
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief''.
Credits
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John Cooper – lead vocals, bass
*Korey Cooper – rhythm guitar, keyboards
*Ben Kasica – lead guitar
*
Jen Ledger
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Ledger released a solo EP in 2018 ...
– drums, vocals
Charts
Music video
The
music video
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for "Hero" was directed by the
Erwin Brothers. Coming out shortly after the "Monster" video, which was shot by the Erwins at roughly the same time, "Hero" is the album's second music video. Although the site was for fan club members only, pictures of the video shoot could've be viewed on panheads.com.
Awards
The song was nominated for both "Rock Recorded Song of the Year" and "Short Form Video of the Year" at the
41st GMA Dove Awards
The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards presentation was held on April 21, 2010 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2009. The show was held at The Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Bart Millard.
Nomin ...
.
41st Annual GMA Dove Awards nominees announced
on The Tennessean
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(February 18, 2010)
Certifications
References
External links
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2009 singles
Skillet (band) songs
Songs written by John Cooper (musician)
Atlantic Records singles
Songs written by Korey Cooper
Song recordings produced by Howard Benson
2009 songs
Lava Records singles
Ardent Records singles
Songs about Jesus