My Hero (track)
by Foo Fighters
Year: 1997
From the album The Colour And The Shape (track #7)
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My Hero appears on the following album(s) by Foo Fighters:
- The Colour And The Shape (track #7) (this album) (1997)
- Greatest Hits (track #5) (compilation) (2009)
- Skin And Bones (track #5) (2006)
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| ! | 08/26/2026 23:58 | araidernomore | 5,058 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 08:06 | Siromynian | 20,078 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 21:54 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/26/2017 06:34 | #198752
Classic with a hell of a hook. One of the best songs you will ever see live. Some great drumming from Dave Grohl.
Skin and Bones really turned this into what it was always meant to be.
This has always been a pretty corny track in my opinion. 'Oh man, I have so much respect for people that aren't special like I am. Look at him, he's so ordinary, what a hero.' (Edited)
Probably their greatest '90s song after "This Is A Call"-it was used the best way possible in The Other Guys!
They should've used a similar drum opening to When the Levee Breaks.
