<P> `` Hero '' is a song by American indie rock band Family of the Year featured on their second studio album Loma Vista . It was released as the album 's second single in 2012 through Nettwerk . The song was written by Joe Keefe , and it was produced by American production team Wax Ltd and Family of the Year . It first appeared on the band 's 2010 EP Through The Trees in a shorter version . `` Hero '' was prominently used in Richard Linklater 's 2014 film Boyhood . The song has also been used in the first season of Girls , the 2012 film Thanks for Sharing , the 2013 German film Frau Ella and has been frequently featured in certain episodes of Degrassi : The Next Generation , It 's Okay , That 's Love , and VH1 's Couples Therapy . The band has performed the song in various talk shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live ! , Conan and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . It was covered by Owen Danoff on Team Adam in the Live Playoffs of season 10 of The Voice ( US ) . </P>
<P> `` Hero '' is a song by American indie rock band Family of the Year featured on their second studio album Loma Vista . It was released as the album 's second single in 2012 through Nettwerk . The song was written by Joe Keefe , and it was produced by American production team Wax Ltd and Family of the Year . It first appeared on the band 's 2010 EP Through The Trees in a shorter version . `` Hero '' was prominently used in Richard Linklater 's 2014 film Boyhood . The song has also been used in the first season of Girls , the 2012 film Thanks for Sharing , the 2013 German film Frau Ella and has been frequently featured in certain episodes of Degrassi : The Next Generation , It 's Okay , That 's Love , and VH1 's Couples Therapy . The band has performed the song in various talk shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live ! , Conan and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . It was covered by Owen Danoff on Team Adam in the Live Playoffs of season 10 of The Voice ( US ) . </P>
who sings so let me go i do n 't want to be your hero
who sings so let me go i do n 't want to be your hero
Family of the Year
Family of the Year