| "No Hero" | ||||
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| Single by Elisa | ||||
| from the album On | ||||
| Released | January 15, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
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| Length | 4:13 | |||
| Label | Sugar Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Elisa, Jud Joseph Friedman, Allan Rich | |||
| Producer(s) | Elisa | |||
| Elisa singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "No Hero" on YouTube | ||||
"No Hero" is a song recorded by Italian singer Elisa, released on January 15, 2016 as the lead single from her ninth studio album, On . [1]
After her eighth Italian-language studio album L'anima vola (2013) and the end of the L'Anima Vola Tour, [2] in 2015 Elisa had been the coach and artistic director of the blue team in the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi . [3] [4]
Elisa performed "No Hero" for the first time live as a guest performer at the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 on 12 February 2016.
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI) [5] | 8 |
| Italy (EarOne Airplay) [6] | 2 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI) [7] | 3× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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