# 'So you want to be a hero? (Hero!)' '80s song ID

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686 "2024-03-11T00:36:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686/1 "2024-03-11T00:36:39Z")

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This should be easy, but my google-fu is not mighty tonight.

🎶 _So you want to be a hero? (Hero!)_🎶

Who did it, and what movie sountrack was it used on?

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686/2 "2024-03-11T00:38:36Z")

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I’m hoping you aren’t looking for the Bonnie Tyler song. 🤮

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686/3 "2024-03-11T00:44:55Z")

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Can’t find it googling “So you want to be a hero” “bonnie tyler”. I think it was a male vocalist.

ETA: It just occurred to me that the song may have been used in _Biggles_ (1985). And it was.

[It’s ‘_ **Do** _ you want to be a hero’.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToToRWg62EA)

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686/4 "2024-03-11T01:16:59Z")

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Best part of that movie, Jon Anderson singing that.

Huh, not as good as I remember.

Oh, well. The song from Legend was awesome.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3xcrWq0cJ_o/hqdefault.jpg "Legend - Loved By The Sun (Jon Anderson)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xcrWq0cJ_o)