Hero (Skillet song)


"Hero" is the first single of the 2009 album Awake by the American Christian rock band Skillet and is the first track on the album. The song talks about mankind's need for a hero with the hero being Jesus Christ. It is the fourth single by Skillet to be released to physical media. The single sold 12,000 copies in its first week.

Promotion

It was used in a promo on NBC for the 2009 NFL Kickoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans, as well as the Week 17 Sunday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the New York Jets and the NFL Wild Card Saturday games, featuring the rematch between the Bengals and the Jets, as well as the rematch from Week 17 between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. "Hero" was also used for one of the two official theme songs for the WWE Royal Rumble 2010, as well as being featured on their video game, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010, and in WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009. The song was also used for the trailers of the 20th Century Fox film .

Credits

"Hero" has reached the No. 1 position on the ChristianRock.Net Weekly top 30, No. 1 for 13 consecutive weeks on Christian Rock Radio, and No. 1 on Christian CHR Radio.
ChartPeak
position
Christian CHR1
Christian Rock Radio1
U.S. Active Rock12
U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks15
U.S. Rock Songs35
U.S. Hot Christian Songs29
Japan Hot 10077

Music video

The music video for "Hero" was directed by the Erwin Brothers. Coming out shortly after the "Monster" video, which was shot by the Erwins at roughly the same time, "Hero" is the album's second music video. Although the site was for fan club members only, pictures of the video shoot could've be viewed on panheads.com. The video premiered on Yahoo.com on September 10, 2009. The video appears to be shot in the Birmingham Race Course parking lot with the band performing in front of pyrotechnics and being doused in rain, with cuts of modern/every day heroes, such as a firefighter, a US marine, a police officer, and a nurse. As of August 2019, the music video has received more than 200 million views on YouTube.

Awards

The song was nominated for both "Rock Recorded Song of the Year" and "Short Form Video of the Year" at the 41st GMA Dove Awards.

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