We Don't Need Another Hero

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"We Don't Need Another Hero" was the theme song to the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome performed by Tina Turner. It reached #2 in the USA and #3 in the UK.

The song was written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle and produced by Terry Britten. It got a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song in 1986 and a 1986 Grammy nomination for best female pop vocal performance.

The video, from a 2006 broadcasting by VH1

The video version received an MTV nomination for best female video. It featured Tina Turner in the movie's costume on a circular light platform, mixed with images from the movie. In the last part of the song, saxophonist Tim Capello and a children's choir joined her.

The sentiment of the song is anti-war and anti-violence. In the words of the chorus:

We don’t need another hero

We don’t need to know the way home

All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

Turner was backed by a choral group from Kings House School in Richmond, London. In an interesting postscript to the story of this song, the Musicians' Union realized in October 2005 that none of the 21 choir members who sang on the track had been paid royalties for their appearance on the record. One of the choir members who appeared on the record, Lawrence Dallaglio, became famous in a totally different field as a rugby union star and captain of the England national team.

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