Nobody's Hero (song)

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"Nobody's Hero"
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Single by Rush
from the album Counterparts
ReleasedApril 1994
Recorded1993
Genre Progressive rock
Length4:54
Label Anthem (Canada)
Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Neil Peart (lyrics), Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson (music)
Producer(s) Peter Collins, Rush
Rush singles chronology
"Stick It Out"
(1994)
"Nobody's Hero"
(1994)

"Nobody's Hero" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released as the third single from their 1993 album Counterparts . [1] The first verse deals with the AIDS-related death of a gay man named Ellis Booth, a friend of Neil Peart when Peart lived in London. After the chorus, the second verse speaks of a girl who was murdered in Peart's hometown, Port Dalhousie and was the daughter of a family friend, as remembered by Peart in Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me! The girl is rumoured to have been Kristen French, one of Paul Bernardo's victims. [2]

Contents

It inspired the title for the paper Nobody's Hero: On Equal Protection, Homosexuality, and National Security published in The George Washington Law Review. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Nobody's Hero" Neil Peart Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson 4:54
2."Stick It Out" Neil Peart Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson 4:30

Personnel

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Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] 19
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [5] 9

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References

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  2. Defnael, Aka (2015-12-05). CAMION BLANC: RUSH Archive (in French). CAMION BLANC. ISBN   9782357797758.
  3. "Nobody's Hero: On Equal Protection, Homosexuality, and National Security". The George Washington Law Review . 62. 1993–1994.
  4. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2456." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  5. "Rush Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2023.