“The Hero” ( Russian Hero ) is the final song from the album Flash Gordon of the British rock band Queen . It was written, like the whole album, especially for the movie " Flash Gordon ", but the film sounds a slightly different version than the one released on the album. In the tape, the song sounds during the final credits, and has several small changes: alternative vocals, extended introduction.
| The hero | ||||
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| Executor | Queen | |||
| Album | Flash gordon | |||
| Date of issue | December 8, 1980 | |||
| Date Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Duration | 03:31 (The Hero) 03:45 (version of the movie " Flash Gordon ") 02:18 (Battle Theme) | |||
| Label | EMI Records | |||
| Author | Brian May | |||
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The album version and the version of the film are a remix of the song “The Hero” and the reprise of the song “ Flash's Theme ”, however, the album also released the instrumental composition “Battle Theme”, which is a complete instrumental version of “The Hero” without going to “Flash's Theme” . At concerts, the song was performed from 1981 to 1982 , always immediately after the performance of the song “Flash”. During the Hot Space Tour, “The Hero” was performed after playing the “Flash” recording, opening concerts. At concerts only the song was sung, and the speed of execution was much slower than on the album.
In addition to the tape "Flash Gordon", the song was performed in the film " Like a cool guard ."