Everybody Needs a Hero

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"Everybody Needs a Hero"
Single by Gene Watson
from the album Honky Tonk Crazy
B-side "When She Touches Me"
ReleasedAugust 15, 1987
Genre Country
Length3:05
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Troy Seals, Max D. Barnes
Producer(s) Gene Watson
Gene Watson singles chronology
"Honky Tonk Crazy"
(1987)
"Everybody Needs a Hero"
(1987)
"Don't Waste It on the Blues"
(1988)

"Everybody Needs a Hero" is a song recorded by American country music artist Gene Watson. It was released in August 1987 as the second single from the album Honky Tonk Crazy. The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes.

The song was later covered by The Marcy Brothers for their self-titled 1991 Atlantic album.

Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
poaition
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 28
Canadian RPM Country Tracks46

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 360.
  2. "Gene Watson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.