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Vladimir John Ondrasik III [9] (born January 7, 1965), also known by his stage name Five for Fighting, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for his piano-based soft rock , [ 2 ] such as the top 40 hits " Superman (It's Not Easy) " (2001), " 100 Years " (2003), and " The Riddle " (2006).
The Battle for Everything is the third studio album by American singer Five for Fighting, released on February 3, 2004 by Aware Records and Columbia Records.Following the success of America Town (2000) and its breakthrough single, "Superman (It's Not Easy)" (2001), John Ondrasik reteamed with producer Gregg Wattenberg and brought in Bill Bottrell to work on new material for his next record.
In the video, images of Ondrasik singing and playing the song at the piano are intercut with fictional, exaggerated, idealized versions of himself as a 15-year-old boy, a 22-year-old, a 33-year-old, a man in his middle 40s, and finally a 99-year-old version of himself, reflecting the song's lyrics. At the end of the song, Ondrasik meets his ...
Ondrasik wrote or co-wrote all of the album's songs. Mark Hermann co-wrote "Happy," "Wise Man," and "2 Frogs." Message is unique among Five for Fighting albums in that several of its songs focus on named characters (rather than being strictly first-person ballads). "Bella's Birthday Cake" tells of an older woman who tries to seduce the narrator.
John Ondrasik and Five for Fighting will play pop hits, political songs at Melody Tent, plus concerts by Ani DiFranco, Michael and Kevin Bacon, more.
Dodgers legend Orel Hershiser teams with Frankie Moreno and singer-songwriter John Ondrasik of "Five for Fighting" on a rendition of "We Three Kings."
John Ondrasik is famous in part for the hit song "Superman (It's Not Easy)". He spoke with The Record ahead of his May 11 show in St. Johns County.
John Ondrasik had been active in the Los Angeles music scene since the 1980s, but did not adopt "Five for Fighting" as his stage name until he signed with EMI Records in 1995. His first album, Message for Albert, came out through EMI in 1997 but EMI's American division closed shortly after Message came out. After EMI's collapse, Ondrasik ...