Holding Out For A Hero - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

It has been covered by a number of artists, including

• Glee covered it in the episode "Dynamic Duets" with Becca Tobin and Melissa Benoist.
• Demon Kogure for his 2008 album GIRLS' ROCK √Hakurai
• Emery for the 2005 compilation Punk Goes 80's
• Darren Maycock a.k.a. Alk-E-D for the eurodance compilation series Dancemania, specifically Dancemania SPEED 7 released in 2001, with the different name Hero 2001.
• Joss Stone
• Alvin and the Chipmunks for their TV series episode "Three Alarm Alvin."
• Graveworm
• Frou Frou and Jennifer Saunders on the Shrek 2 soundtrack
• Serbian punk rock band Six Pack recorded a version on their 2008 covers album Discover.
• Opera Magna, a Spanish power metal band.
• Yuko Nakazawa, in Japanese.
• Pop punk band Amazing Transparent Man covered it for their 2003 EP, Taking Back the Covers.
• Asakura Miki on the Japanese television drama series School Wars 1984
• Melba Moore covered the song in a public appearance during Macy's 1989 Thanksgiving Day Parade, on a float with actors dressed as Marvel Comics superheroes.
• Lucie Vondráčková - Czech female pop singer covered the song with Czech lyrics titling the song "Vítr" (translates as "The Wind").
• The Nolans
• Ajda Pekkan, with Turkish lyrics
• Icelandic musician Rúnar Eff covered the song in 2010 - watch on YouTube
• Greek power metal band Emerald Sun covered the song on their second longplayer, Regeneration, released in February 2011.
• Rockstar Steady (Japanese Singer Nanase Aikawa's project) first album Gossip bonus track, released February 16, 2011.
• Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows for their album Have You Seen This Ghost? (2011)
• This song was sung during a performance in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games 2011.
• One of the songs used in the musical "Love at First Fright" at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. The show has been performed every October since 1991 when the park's Fright Fest Halloween event began. It has since been reproduced at other Six Flags theme parks.
• The soundtrack to the 2011 remake of Footloose features a cover version by Ella Mae Bowen.

Bonnie Tyler re-recorded the song on her 2004 album Simply Believe. She always includes this song on her setlist on stage and has performed it on the British spin-off series Hollyoaks Later from Hollyoaks. She acted during the scene and performed the song as a duet.

• Elizabeth Daily for the opening theme in Cover Up.