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Hero
Skillet
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- Album
- Awake
- Released
- 2009
- Genres
- christian rock, christian alternative rock, christian
- Length
- 3:07
- Tempo
- 142 BPM
- Label
- Atlantic Records
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What it's about
The song speaks to a need for a hero or savior, someone able to save the world from destroying itself. Because Skillet is a Christian rock band, the savior could be read as Jesus Christ, though the song never names him, so the hero could be anyone willing to save the world.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “Power by slayr”.
- Covered 3 times, including “Hero by Youth Never Dies (Ft. Ankor & Onlap)”.
- Written by John Cooper and Korey Cooper.
- Produced by Howard Benson.
- Recorded at Bay 7 Studios and Los Angeles.