We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Released July 8, 1985UK
Format 7", 12", CD single
Recorded January 1985
Genre
Length 6:05
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Terry Britten
Graham Lyle
Producer(s) Terry Britten
Tina Turner singles chronology
"Show Some Respect"
(1985)		 "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
(1985)		 "One of the Living"
(1985)

"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" is a 1985 song by Tina Turner. It was featured in the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome which starred Turner and Mel Gibson. The song was written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle.

"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" was released on the heels of Turner's multiplatinum album Private Dancer. The song was released as a 7" single, and an extended version was released as a 12" single and on the film's soundtrack album. In the UK, a shaped picture disc was also released.

In 1986, the song received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song and a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. As songwriters, Lyle and Britten received the 1985 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[1]

Music video

The music video features Turner dressed in her costume from the film, a heavy chain mail gown. As several spotlights shine on her, she proceeds to sing atop a platform while various scenes from the movie are interspersed. In the last portion of the video, Turner's tour saxophonist, percussionist and keyboardist – Timmy Capello and a children's choir accompany her. The music video received an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video.

Recording

Turner was backed by a choral group from King's House School in Richmond, London. One of the choir members who appeared on the record, Lawrence Dallaglio, became famous as a rugby union star and captain of the England national team.[2]

Versions and remixes

Chart performance

"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" became one of Tina Turner's biggest worldwide hit singles. The single peaked at number two on the United States Billboard Hot 100, behind only "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr, at number three in the UK and reached number one in Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 2
France (SNEP)[9] 3
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 2
Italy (Hit Parade Italia)[12] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 7
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[15] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[20] 2
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[21] 3
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[22] 23
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[23] 3
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[24] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 20
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25] 11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[26] 10
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[27] 12
Germany (Official German Charts)[28] 6
Italy (Hit Parade Italia)[29] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] 31
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31] 24
Norway Summer Period (VG-lista)[32] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 43
US Billboard Hot 100[35] 57
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[35] 26
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[35] 49

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[36] Gold 50,000^
Germany (BVMI)[37] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[38] Silver 250,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Cover versions

Uruguayan musician, comedian and writer Leo Maslíah recorded a parody cover titled "No necesitamos otro héroe (Balderrama)" for his 1988 album I lique rock. In this version, he played the original melody of the song but replaced the lyrics completely, using instead the words to a popular zamba (an Argentine folk standard) called "Balderrama".

"Weird Al" Yankovic parodied the song as "We Won't Eat Another Hero". He has performed the song in concert, but it was never included on any of his albums.[39][40]

In 2004, Canadian singer Jane Child recorded a cover of the song, titling it "Beyond Thunderdome (We Don't Need Another Hero)" for a Tina Turner tribute album.

In March 2016, Seal and Jencarlos Canela performed a cover of the song during the Fox television special The Passion. It was sung in the story where Pontius Pilate (Seal) is torn at sentencing Jesus (Jencarlos) to death; the lyrics were amended to remove the reference to Thunderdome, which was replaced with "the love we know".[41]

References

  1. ↑ Lister, David, Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion, The Independent, 28 May 1994
  2. ↑ Day, Elizabeth (9 October 2005). "Dallaglio: my secret life as Tina Turner's backing vocalist". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  3. 1 2 David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australia: St Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0568." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9299." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Singlet 1985-09 syyskuu" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
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  10. ↑ "Tina Turner - Top Titel" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – We Don?t Need Another Hero". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Indice per Interprete: T". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)". VG-lista. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  16. 1 2 Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  19. ↑ "Tina Turner: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Tina Turner – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Tina Turner. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Tina Turner – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Tina Turner. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Tina Turner – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Tina Turner. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Tina Turner – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Tina Turner. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Tina Turner – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for Tina Turner. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1985" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 1985". RPM. December 28, 1985. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts 1985" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  29. ↑ "I singoli più venduti del 1985". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Single Top 100 Van 1985" (PDF) (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1985". RIANZ. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Topp 20 Single Sommer 1985" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Swiss Year-end Charts 1985". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  34. ↑ Scaping, Peter, ed. (1986). "Top 100 singles: 1985". BPI Year Book 1986 (8th ed.). British Phonographic Industry. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-906154-07-3.
  35. 1 2 3 "The Year in Music: 1985" (PDF). Billboard. December 28, 1985. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero". Music Canada.
  37. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Tina Turner; 'We Don't Need Another Hero')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  38. ↑ "British single certifications – Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero". British Phonographic Industry. Enter We Don't Need Another Hero in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  39. ↑ "unreleased "Weird Al" Yankovic recordings". Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  40. ↑ "Channel 27: "Weird Al" Yankovic!". Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  41. ↑ Hale, Mike (2016-03-21). "'The Passion': Jesus' Final Hours as a Halftime Show". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

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