After the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, which took place eight days after the song's release on CD, it was one of the few songs chosen by radio DJs in New York City to be remixed with audio from police, firefighters, civilians at Ground Zero, and politicians commenting on the attacks.
Iglesias was asked to sing the song live at America: A Tribute to Heroes. He had performed the song earlier at that year's Miss Venezuela, but due to the terrorist attacks the show was not aired on television. The main vocals were done by Chord Overstreet playing the character Sam Evans. An Italian version of this song was covered by Micheal Castaldo, in his studio album Bergamot. During a radio interview with Ryan Seacrest, he stated, 'I went back to when I was 17 in high school, and this might be cheesy, but I thought about what would be the song I want to slow dance to with my prom date.
When I wrote it, it felt good and I thought I know there is something special in this song. Iglesias was also asked to sing the song live at the America: A Tribute to Heroes , which took place on September It was Iglesias's first televised performance of the song. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot chart, [4] though it is actually his most played song on the chart, outdoing prior singles 'Bailamos' and 'Be with You', both of which went to number one on the chart.
In January , the song was released in the UK, where it debuted at number 86 before jumping 85 places to number one, where it remained for four weeks. With sales of ,, 'Hero' was the 17th best-selling single of the s in the UK. In April , it was announced that the song had sold 1 million copies in the UK. This is one of Iglesias' best-selling singles and has sold 8 million copies.
The music video for 'Hero' was directed by Joseph Kahn. It features Iglesias as an honorable criminal hunted by his enemies, whilst Jennifer Love Hewitt plays his love interest [7] and Mickey Rourke plays one of the men hunting him. Finally, Iglesias' enemies track him down and confront him outside a church. The confrontation leads to Iglesias being floored by Rourke, before being struck with a baton. The video skips ahead where Iglesias and Hewitt are seen in the rain surrounded by police cars.
Iglesias, though heavily injured, walks towards Hewitt and breaks down beside her. The video ends with Iglesias' death. In addition to this video, a second video was made for the UK with less violence. The final shot of this video shows Iglesias' legs moving, suggesting that he's not dead. While originally made for the UK, this version has since replaced the original video on many music video stations throughout the world.
It is also the version shown on Vevo and YouTube. The historic gas station location that they filmed at, outside of Desert Hot Springs, was one of the first gas stations in the Palm Springs area. As of September , the video has been viewed over million times on YouTube. The earliest appearance of the song on an American television show was on a episode of The WB show Smallville entitled 'Craving'. Although the song has appeared in many television shows and movies the first televised performance of the song was scheduled to be Iglesias's performance of the song at Miss Venezuela on September 11, , but this performance was not televised due to the terrorist attacks on that day.
The actual first televised performance of the song was when Iglesias performed the song at the America: A Tribute to Heroes concert on September 21, ten days after the attacks. Now would you die, For the one you love.
Hold me in your arms tonight. I can be your hero, baby. I can kiss away the pain. I will stand by you forever. You can take my breath away.
Would you swear, That you'll always be mine? Would you lie, Would you run back? Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind? I don't care, you're here tonight. Well I don't care, you're here tonight. Oh yeah! I can be your hero.
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