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"A World Without Heroes" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss. It is credited as being written by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Lou Reed and Bob Ezrin, and was originally recorded and released on their 1981 album Music from "The Elder".[1]

"A World Without Heroes"
Single by Kiss
from the album Music from "The Elder"
Released	1981 (1981)
Recorded	1981
Studio	Ace in the Hole, A&R Studios, & Record Plant, New York City
Genre	Soft rock progressive rock
Length	2:39
Label	Casablanca (NB-2343)
Songwriter(s)	Gene Simmons Paul Stanley Lou Reed Bob Ezrin
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin
Kiss singles chronology
"Tomorrow" (1980) "A World Without Heroes" (1981) "I" (1981)

Background

Originally titled "Every Little Bit of Your Heart", the lyrics were changed in order to fit the concept of the album, and Lou Reed contributed the line "A world without heroes, is like a world without sun" to the lyrics.[2]

The song is a slow ballad which features Simmons on lead vocals and Stanley notably performing the guitar solo. It was released as the lone single from The Elder album and reached No. 56 in the U.S. and No. 55 in the UK.[3]

A video was made to help promote the single. It is the first to feature Eric Carr, and was the first Kiss video to be played on MTV.[4]

Despite the video and chart performance of the single, Kiss only played it live once during their appearance on the "Fridays" TV show and did not play the song live again until fan request at Kiss conventions in 1995 led them to performing an acoustic version on their Kiss Unplugged performance and subsequent album.

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[5]	55
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	56

Cher's version

• In 1991 Cher recorded a version of this song for her album Love Hurts with Richard Marx on backing vocals.

References

На других языках

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- [en] A World Without Heroes

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[es] A World Without Heroes

«A World Without Heroes» es una canción de la banda estadounidense de rock Kiss, incluida en su noveno trabajo de estudio, Music from "The Elder". Sus compositores fueron el guitarrista Paul Stanley, el bajista y vocalista Gene Simmons, Lou Reed y el productor del disco, Bob Ezrin. Casablanca Records la publicó en 1981 como primer sencillo del álbum, aunque al igual que este, su recepción comercial en los Estados Unidos fue bastante discreta, pues únicamente legó al puesto 56 del Billboard Hot 100. «A World Without Heroes» supuso el primer sencillo grabado por Eric Carr, que había reemplazado al batería original Peter Criss el año anterior, además Stanley interpretó el solo de guitarra en vez del otro guitarrista, Ace Frehley.

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[ru] A World Without Heroes

«A World Without Heroes» — песня американской хард-роковой группы Kiss. Была написана Полом Стэнли, Джином Симмонсом, Лу Ридом и Бобом Эзрином. Первоначально была записана и вошла в альбом Music from “The Elder”[2].

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