UK CD1 UK CD2 – '' The Remixes '' DE CD single Japanese CD single Japanese " Hero/Escape " maxi single " Hero " has become wildly popular due in part to the fact that it has been featured in many television shows and movies around the world . The earliest appearance of the song on an American television show was on a 2001 episode of The WB show '' Smallville '' entitled " Craving " . Since then the song has been featured in such American sitcoms and reality television shows as '' Scrubs '' , '' Saturday Night Live : The Best of Jimmy Fallon '' , '' Glee '' , '' The X Factor '' , '' So You Think You Can Dance '' , '' Dancing with the Stars '' and the mini-series '' I Love the New Millennium '' The song has also been featured in such international television shows as '' Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast '' and '' So You Think You Can Dance Canada '' . Numerous films also feature the song , including '' Hot Tub Time Machine '' , '' Premios Amigo 2001 '' , '' Zoom '' , '' Lady Godiva '' , '' Drillbit Taylor '' , '' Don Quixote '' , and '' Beverly Hills Chihuahua '' . Although the song has appeared in many television shows and movies the first televised performance of the song was scheduled to be Iglesias 's performance of the song at Miss Venezuela on September 11 , 2001 , but this performance was not televised due to the terrorist attacks on that day . The actual first televised performance of the song was when Iglesias performed the song at the '' America : A Tribute to Heroes '' concert on September 21 , ten days after the attacks
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Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)