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David Bowie – "Heroes" (6:09)

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“Heroes” is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1977. Produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, it was released both as a single and as the title track of the album ”Heroes”. A product of Bowie’s fertile ‘Berlin’ period, life in the city was crystallized into a tale of two lovers who come together in the shadow of the ‘Wall of Shame’ (though here “the shame was on the other side”). David Bowie was inspired by seeing two of his friends (one of whom was married at the time) kissing accross from the studio which happened to be next to the berlin wall. While not a huge hit at the time, the song has gone on to become one of Bowie’s signature tunes and is well known today for its appearance in numerous advertisements. It has been cited as Bowie’s second most covered song after Rebel Rebel. The single version of this song is far shorter than the album version.

According to the Heroes Songfacts, featured in this song are not only Brian Eno’s synthesizer and Robert Fripp’s guitar, but also producer Tony Visconti banging on a metal ashtray that was lying around the studio.
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  • Ennish

    One of the greatest songs ever written. And I don't say that about a lot of music.

    Thursday morning

  • matt_white

    Legendary track

    Wednesday morning

  • rosaelefant

    the quotation marks are there because bowie wanted to indicate a dimension of irony about the concept of heroism.

    13 days ago

  • elmalahierba

    Este tema es Delicioso / Delicious song

    16 days ago

  • Christofurr

    They're not brackets... they're "quotation marks" or "inverted commas" (this sentence is in brackets)

    16 days ago

  • Wommers_123

    what a tune

    16 days ago

  • OleAndreson

    best song for having a walk in berlin-city

    16 days ago

  • markiiitu

    why the "brackets"? (3)

    22 days ago

  • littlemaribr

    why the "brackets"? (2)

    24 days ago

  • Dnamite

    che eroe!!! *_*

    last month

  • Mathi00

    For ever and ever [2]

    last month

  • Bandit17C

    In praise of the Thin White Duke.

    last month

  • Eglantinetje

    why the "brackets"?

    last month

  • V0LTA13

    I fucking love this song. [2]

    last month

  • harrylofgren

    SÅ GRYMM

    last month

  • kikikirsche

    For ever and ever

    last month

  • intenso5

    I fucking love this song.

    last month

  • tedhughjacker

    Seems to be a popular song for people to call their favourite, and with very good reason. Mine as well.

    last month

  • HathInTheRam

    NHL 99

    last month

  • sirthorty

    cool song....dig to it!

    March 2012
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