"Holding Out For A Hero" - Bonnie Tyler
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Topic: "Holding Out For A Hero" - Bonnie Tyler
Posted By: Moderator
Subject: "Holding Out For A Hero" - Bonnie Tyler
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 3:45pm
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For those of you wanting the 45 version of "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler, I just found it on the soundtrack to "Bandits" Columbia 86180. The time stated on both the commercial and dj 45's is (4:29) but the actual running time is (4:40). ------------- Top 40 Music On Compact Disc Moderator |
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 5:08pm
| Cool! Thanks, Pat! |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 5:32pm
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hey todd.......i'll pick up the cd tomorrow....and send you an mp3 or include in the next cdr i make for you... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 6:55pm
| You're the man, Ed! |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 29 August 2005 at 4:41pm
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agreed.....i just listened to the 45 version next to the cd version from bandits, and it is identical running 4:40 and not as stated on the 45's label's face as 4:29 ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 11 January 2009 at 4:19pm
| Can the 45 version be edited down from the LP? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 January 2009 at 6:18pm
| Yes, it definitely can be. I don't know the exact edit points, though, off the top of my head. If I get some time, I'll try to go back and figure out where the edits are. |
Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 08 January 2015 at 6:38am
Okay, so this song's original parent album was of course the O.S.T. to Footloose, released in January of 1984 - and indeed, Pat already has both the original pressing of that CD on Columbia 39242 listed in the on-line database, as well as the "15th Anniversary Edition" on Columbia/Legacy 65781. However, as I recently pointed out in a couple of other cases (James Brown, E.U.), the record label elected to include "Holding Out for a Hero" on Bonnie Tyler's next studio album that followed the Footloose soundtrack, and I see that album is NOT currently listed in the db. In this case, I'm referring to Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire, released on Columbia CK 40312 in April of 1986 (yes, a full TWO YEARS after the song was a hit!), where it is track 9. I have the CD myself, so if Pat wishes to add it immediately, I can report that "Holding Out for a Hero" has an actual time of (5:48). Unlike the hits by James Brown and E.U., though, as far as I can tell, this is NOT a new or previously-unreleased version/mix of the song - it is merely the same "LP version" that first appeared on the Footloose soundtrack. This CD is long out-of-print, and the U.S. pressings are somewhat tough to find today, but I see there are currently about a half-dozen used copies listed on eBay, w/ these two being the cheapest: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonnie-Tyler-Secret-Dreams-and-Forbidden-Fire-CD-Holding-Out-For-A-Hero-OOP-/271726034871?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item3f44223fb7 - BONNIE TYLER - "Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire" (U.S. CD) and http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonnie-Tyler-86-DADC-CD-Secret-Dreams-and-Forbidden-Fire-Holding-Out-for-a-Hero-/350526295722?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item519cfeceaa - BONNIE TYLER - "Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire" (U.S. CD)
Also, it appears that you never transferred your own info above to this song's listing in the db, Pat... :-) |
Moderator wrote:Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 18 January 2015 at 6:55am
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db now currently states:
1984 HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO (dj copies of this 45 run (4:40) not (4:29) as stated on the record label) Not to nitpick, Pat, but you said the above info applies to COMMERCIAL copies, too, right??? Thanks for all of the additions/corrections to the db lately... |
Posted By: David Pro
Date Posted: 24 August 2020 at 10:32am
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I found a version of "Holding Out for a Hero" running
4:23 in a European various artists compilation titled Ladies First. https://www.discogs.com/es/Various-Ladies- First/release/15455206 The 45 version running 4:40 is also available on a Mexican various artists compilation titled Llena Tu Cabeza de Rock Vol 1. https://www.discogs.com/es/Various-Llena-Tu-Cabeza-de- Rock-Vol-1/release/12191102 |