"Je ne suis pas un héros" (or "Je n'suis pas un héros") is a song written by

Daniel Balavoine Daniel Xavier-Marie Balavoine (; 5 February 1952 – 14 January 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world in the early 1980s; he inspired many singers of his generation such as Jean-Jacques Gol ...

for

Johnny Hallyday Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 ...

, who included in on his 1980 studio album ''

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''. Later that year Balavoine included his own recording of the song on his album ''Un autre monde''. His version was also released as a

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Composition and writing

The song was written by

specifically for

Charts

Daniel Balavoine version

References

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