37 Top Hero, Heroes, & Superhero Songs In the Title

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Typically, our song lists will only target one word.  However, this list felt like it needed to be a combination of three words – hero, heroes, and superheroes.

All three designate a remarkable person or persons.

I pay tribute to all heroes with a playlist of hero songs, heroes songs, and superhero songs with the words in the song title.

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  1. “Hero” by Alan Walker, Sasha Alex Sloan (Dance – 2023)
  2. “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift (Pop – 2022)
  3. “Hero” by Mariah Carey (R&B – 1993)
  4. “Hero” by Enrique Iglesias (Pop – 2001)
  5. “Hero” by Chad Kroeger, Josey Scott (Rock – 2003)
  6. “Hero” by Martin Garrix, JVKE (Pop – 2022)
  7. “Hero” by Family of the Year (Alternative – 2012)
  8. “My Hero” by Foo Fighters (Alternative – 1997)
  9. “Hero” by AFROJACK, David Guetta (Dance – 2021)
  10. “Holding Out For A Hero” by Bonnie Tyler (Rock – 1984)

Biggest Hero Hits

Here is a list of popular songs with Hero in the song title.  No, we don’t mean the sandwich.  We are listing songs when a hero means a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.

Hero – Mariah Carey
Released in 1993 on the album Music Box
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

Hero – Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott
Released in 2002 on the album Hero
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

It’s love that I’m sending to you
It isn’t the love of a hero
And that’s why I fear it won’t do

Hero – Family of the Year
Released in 2012 on the album Loma Vista
Genre: Indie

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Let me go
I don’t wanna be your hero
I don’t wanna be a big man
Just wanna fight with everyone else
Your masquerade

My Hero – Foo Fighters
Released in 1997 on the album The Colour And The Shape
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He’s ordinary

Hero – Enrique Iglesias
Released in 2001 on the album Escape
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

I can be your hero, baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever

Hero – Skillet
Released in 2009 on the album Awake
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero (save me now)
I need a hero to save my life

Hero – Weezer
Released in 2021
Genre: Alternative Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Well, everybody needs a hero, but I’m not everybody else
I walk alone, yeah, I walk alone, yeah, I walk alone, oh, yeah

Somebody’s Hero – Jamie O’Neal
Released in 2005 on the album Brave
Genre: Country

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

She’s somebody’s hero
A hero to her baby with a skinned-up knee
A little kiss is all she needs

Holding Out for a Hero – Bonnie Tyler
Released in 1984 on the album Footloose
Genre: Pop Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ’til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon

Short Change Hero – The Heavy
Released in 2009 on the album The House That Dirt Built
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

This ain’t no place for no better man
This ain’t no place for no hero
To call home

Working Class Hero – Green Day
Released in 2007 on the album Working Class Hero
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

‘Til the pain is so big, you feel nothin’ at all
A working class hero is somethin’ to be

Hero – David Crosby & Phil Collins
Released in 1993 on the album Thousand Roads
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

How do you make sense of this?
When the hero kills the maiden
With his kiss, with his kiss

We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) – Tina Turner
Released in 1985 on the album Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Soundtrack
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

All the children say
We don’t need another hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond Thunderdome

Juke Box Hero – Foreigner
Released in 1981 on the album 4
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
He’s a juke box hero
He took one guitar (juke box hero, stars in his eyes)

  1. “Heroes (we could be)” by Alesso, Tove Lo (Dance – 2015)
  2. “Heroes” by David Bowie (Rock – 1977)
  3. “Heroes” by Peter Gabriel (Rock – 2010)
  4. “Heroes” by Gang of Youths (Alternative – 2017)
  5. “Superhero (Heroes & Villians)” by Metro Boomin, Future, Chris Brown (Hip Hip – 2022)
  6. “Heroes” by Macklemore, DJ Premier (Hip Hop – 2023)
  7. “Heroes” by Ben Rector (Pop – 2022)
  8. “Heroes” by Janelle Monae (R&B – 2014)
  9. “Heroes” by Blaze n Vill (Soundtrack – 2017)
  10. “Heroes Tonight” by Janji & Johnning (Dance – 2015)

Biggest Heroes Hits

Here is a list of popular songs with Heroes in the song title.  No, we don’t mean a bunch of sandwiches.  We are listing songs when a group of people is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.

Heroes – David Bowie
Released in 1977 on the album “Heroes”
Genre: Rock
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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

We could steal time just for one day
We can be heroes for ever and ever
What d’you say?

Heroes (we could be) – Alesso feat. Tove Lo
Released in 2014 on the album Forever
Genre: EDM

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

We could be heroes
We could be heroes, me and you

My Heros Have Always Been Cowboys – Willie Nelson
Released in 1979 on the album The Electric Horseman
Genre: Country

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

My heroes have always been cowboys
And they still are, it seems
Sadly, in search of, and one step in back of

Heroes – Zayde Wølf
Released in 2016 on the album Rare Breed
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Heroes in the darkest times
Who will rise above (oh)
We are heroes

Heroes – Peter Gabriel
Released in 2010 on the album Scratch My Back
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Oh, we can be heroes
Just for one day
Oh, we can be us
Just for one day

Not All Heroes Wear Capes – Owl City
Released in 2017 on the album Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

He taught me to drive and to fight and to dream
When he looks in my eyes I hope he can see
That my dad’s a hero to me

Heroes And Friends – Randy Travis
Released in 1990 on the album Heroes & Friends
Genre: Country

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Your friends won’t forsake you for somebody else
They’ll both stand beside you thru thick and thru thin
And that’s how it goes with heroes and friends

Heroes – Amanda Lindsey Cook
Released in 2015 on the album Brave New World
Genre: Christian

Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Let the heroes rest
Let the striving cease
I lay down my crown
Here at your feet

Heroes – Shinedown
Released in 2005 on the album Us and Them
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

All my heroes are dead and gone
But they’re inside of me
They still live on

Don’t Wait For Heroes – Dennis DeYoung
Released in 1984 on the album Desert Moon
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

So don’t wait for heroes, do it yourself
You’ve got the power
Winners are losers
Who got up and gave it just one more try
One more try… One more try

Heroes – Paul Overstreet
Released in 1991 on the album Heroes
Genre: Country

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

No one gives them medals
The world don’t know their names
But in someone’s eyes
They’re heroes just the same

Heroes – Motörhead
Released in 2008 on the album Motörizer
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Heroes, heroes
Nobody wants to be here
Nobody wants to fall

We also must mention the music group Gym Class Heroes and their song Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine).

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Next, check out songs containing survive in the lyrics.

  1. “Superhero (Heroes & Villians)” by Metro Boomin, Future, Chris Brown (Hip Hip – 2022)
  2. “Superhero” by Unknown Brain, Chris Linton (Dance – 2016)
  3. “Superheroes” by The Script (Pop – 2014)
  4. “Superhero” by Falling In Reverse (Rock – 2017)
  5. “Superhero” by Simon Curtis (Pop – 2011)
  6. “Super Hero” by Patrick Stump, Disney Junior (Children’s Music – 2021)
  7. “Superhero” by Lauv (Pop – 2018)
  8. “Superhero” by Hayd (Pop – 2019)
  9. “Superhero” by Jared Benjamin (Singer-Songwriter – 2022)
  10. “Superhero” by Austin Moon (Pop – 2013)

Biggest Superhero Hits

Here is a list of popular songs with a Superhero in the song title.  The term superhero is used in songs as fictional characters with superhuman powers, such as Black Panther, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

Superheroes – The Script
Released in 2014 on the album No Sound Without Silence
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

That’s how a superhero learns to fly
Every day, every hour, turn the pain into power

Superhero – Lauv
Released in 2018 on the Superhero
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

I met a superhero
I lost her
I want her back
She did things to me that no one else could
And I miss that

Superhero – Hayd
Released in 2019 on the Superhero
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

You know, you’re the reason you’re alone
You said, I was your supehero
But sometimes superheroes cannot save everyone

Superhero – Simon Curtis
Released in 2011 on the Superhero
Genre: Pop

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

A superhero, a superhero, a superhero
Don’t you wanna be
A superhero, a superhero, a superhero
Anybody could be

Superhero – Brett Eldredge
Released in 2017 on the Brett Eldredge
Genre: Country

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Walk up to her, pull her in real close
Her broken heart ain’t a thing no more
That girl needs a superhero

Superhero Jagganath – Diablo Swing Orchestra
Released in 2017 on the Pacifisticuffs
Genre: Rock

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(Instrumental)

Superhero – Family Force 5
Released in 2012 on the III
Genre: Indie

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

You built me up
And I’m forever changed
If I should fall
I’ll just call Your Name
Your Name

Superhero – Falling In Reverse
Released in 2017 on the Coming Home
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

I don’t wanna be a superhero
‘Cause I can’t save the world
So I’m never gonna get the girl
I just wanna do better

Superhero – Tim McMorris
Released in 2014 on the Alive
Genre: Indie

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Start ignition, count to zero
I just want to be a super hero

Superhero – Faith No More
Released in 2015 on the Sol Invictus
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Superhero
I’m tugging on your cape
Tell me will your sons
Know their father one day

Let Me Be Your Superhero – Smash Into Pieces
Released in 2017 on the Let Me Be Your Superhero
Genre: Rock

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Most Meaningful Lyrics:

Let me be your superhero, your dynamite
Let me be everything you need to feel alright

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