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"No More Heroes" is a song by The Stranglers, released as a single from their album of the same name. It is one of the group's most successful singles (featuring regularly both in greatest hits and punk/new wave compilation albums), having peaked at No. 8[1][2] in the UK Singles Chart.[3]

"No More Heroes"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album No More Heroes
B-side"In the Shadows"
ReleasedSeptember 1977 (1977-09) (UK)
GenrePunk rock, new wave
Length3:29
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jet Black
Producer(s)Martin Rushent
The Stranglers singles chronology
"Something Better Change"
(1977)		 "No More Heroes"
(1977)		 "5 Minutes"
(1978)

The song's lyrics refer to several historical figures, including the art forger Elmyr de Hory, the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, the comedian Lenny Bruce and the playwright William Shakespeare, and the fictional character Sancho Panza from the novel Don Quixote.[4]

At the time of the single's release, the B-side "In the Shadows" was a non-album track; however, it appeared on the Stranglers' next studio album, Black and White. The band's publishers threatened legal action against Elastica in 1995, arguing that their single "Waking Up" borrowed elements of "No More Heroes". Elastica eventually settled out of court.[5]

A cover of the song by Violent Femmes featured in the movie Mystery Men, and was also heard in two episodes of the BBC television series Ashes to Ashes: episode 1 of Series 1[2] and episode 4 of Series 3. It was included in the soundtrack to Series 1. The song was featured on the closing credits of TV series Zapped, Season 2, Episode 6. Former Stranglers member and song co-writer Hugh Cornwell released an acoustic version of the song on his 2018 album Monster, along with acoustic versions of nine other Stranglers songs. It also featured in Episode 1 of Season 3 of the Umbrella Academy during the fight with the Sparrow Academy.

The video game series No More Heroes is named after this song and the album.[6]


Charts


Chart (1977) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 8

References


  1. "Official Charts Company - The Stranglers - No More Heroes". Archive.is. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  2. Everyhit.com (NB Enter either Stranglers in "Name of artist" and/or No More Heroes in "Title of Song" for details
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. "How depth of heroes has been confused with crass celebrity". The Irish Times. 16 April 2011.
  5. Stylus Magazine: Elastica
  6. "SUDA51, Game Creator (No More Heroes, Killer7) - toco toco". YouTube. 1 Aug 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. "The Stranglers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.



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[ru] No More Heroes (песня)

No More Heroes — песня The Stranglers, открывающая вторую сторону второго (одноимённого) альбома группы. Сингл «No More Heroes», выпущенный записывающей компанией United Artists в сентябре[1] 1977 года, 22 октября достиг максимальной позиции #8 в UK Singles Chart, продержавшись в Top 40 девять недель.[2]


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