"Heroes" is a single by the

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singer and

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winner,

Helena Paparizou Helena Paparizou (; , ; born 31 January 1962) is a Swedish-born Greek singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greeks, Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in ...

. The song was specially written to be the official theme song of the

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, held in Paparizou's home town

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. The song is featured on Helena's second international album '' The Game of Love'', which was released on November 15, 2006 in

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. The song is mainly in

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, but does contain some

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lyrics such as — cognate with 'long live the heroes' — and with very little

such as 'Nikes gia panta' — which means 'victories forever'. "Heroes" was released in August 2006 in

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; becoming Paparizou's fifth Swedish single release. It was her first single which debuted at number one position in the Swedish Singles Chart and second to peak at number one. When "Heroes" entered the charts Paparizou's previous single " Mambo!" was still charting. On September 10, 2006, the song entered the Swedish hitlist

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Track listing

CD single #"Heroes" – 2:54 #"Heroes" reerunners Radio Edit– 2:38 #"Heroes" reerunners X10ded– 4:36

Charts Positions

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heroes (Helena Paparizou Song) 2006 singles Helena Paparizou songs Sporting songs Number-one singles in Sweden English-language Swedish songs 2006 songs Songs written by Niclas Molinder Songs written by Joacim Persson Song recordings produced by Twin (production team) Bonnier Music singles