<P> `` Holding Out for a Hero '' is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Footloose , and later included on her 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire . It was written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford . Initially , the song only just reached the Top 100 in the UK Singles Chart , but made it to number 2 the following year , and re-entered the charts again at number 69 in 1991 . The song reached No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart on 28 September 1985 . It reached the top 40 in the United States and Canada . </P>
<P> `` Holding Out for a Hero '' is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Footloose , and later included on her 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire . It was written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford . Initially , the song only just reached the Top 100 in the UK Singles Chart , but made it to number 2 the following year , and re-entered the charts again at number 69 in 1991 . The song reached No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart on 28 September 1985 . It reached the top 40 in the United States and Canada . </P>
when was holding out for a hero written
when was holding out for a hero written
1984
1984