"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Footloose. It later featured on her sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986). The track was produced by Jim Steinman, who co-wrote the song with Dean Pitchford and was a top 40 hit in several European countries, as well as Canada and on the United States Billboard Hot 100. Its 1985 re-release in the United Kingdom reached number two (remaining there for three weeks) on the UK singles chart and topped the singles chart in Ireland.
