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In a list of the 100 greatest singles of all time, NME placed at number five. [81] In a similar list, Uncut found it the 16th best single from the post-punk era. [82] In 2004, Rolling Stone rated " 'Heroes '" number 46 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, [83] and later moving the song up to number 23 on the 2021 list. [84]
Bowie performed the song live during his 1987 Glass Spider Tour and it appears as a live track on the Glass Spider live album and video. On this version of the song, the chorus is sung by the band's lead guitarist Peter Frampton. The studio version appeared in the Sound + Vision box set in 1989 (and re-released in 2003).
Name of song, featured performers, writer(s), original release, and year of release Song Writer(s) Lead vocal(s) Original release Year Ref. "1921" Pete Townshend: Townshend Tommy: 1969 [1] "5:15" Townshend Roger Daltrey Townshend Quadrophenia: 1973 [2] "905" John Entwistle: Entwistle Who Are You: 1978 [3] "A Legal Matter" Townshend Townshend My ...
Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. In his long-term collaboration with Elton John, he has written the lyrics for most of John's songs.Over the years, he has written songs for a variety of other artists, including Alice Cooper, Heart, Melissa Manchester, Starship, Rod Stewart and Richie Sambora.
An ode to classic Hollywood icons, "Celluloid Heroes" analyses the juxtaposition between success and failure in the context of American show business. Ray Davies, who wrote the song, had spent time in Hollywood and found amusement in "the ironic fact that the stars were on the street and you could walk all over them."
Heroes is the 60th studio album by American country music singer Willie Nelson, released by Legacy Recordings on May 15, 2012. Produced by Buddy Cannon , the album contains classic country songs, new songs written by Nelson and his son Lukas , and the classic song from Nelson's repertoire, "A Horse Called Music".
"Night Time" was covered by Dr. Feelgood on their 1978 album Private Practice, [5] by Jayne County on her 1980 live album Rock 'n' Roll Resurrection, by The J. Geils Band on their 1980 album Love Stinks, [6] by George Thorogood and the Destroyers on their 1980 album More George Thorogood and the Destroyers, [7] and by Bauhaus in a 1983 BBC session, later released on the 1989 album Swing the ...
Charles Fowler Singleton Jr. (September 17, 1913 – December 12, 1985), [1] known as Charlie "Hoss" Singleton, was an American songwriter, best known for having co-written the lyrics for "Strangers in the Night" and "Moon Over Naples" (later covered as "Spanish Eyes").