Short Change Hero

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"Short Change Hero"
Song by the Heavy
from the album The House That Dirt Built
Released13 October 2009
Recorded2009
Studio
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Length5:22
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Songwriter The Heavy
Producer Jim Abbiss

"Short Change Hero" is a song by English rock band the Heavy. It is the fifth track on their second studio album, The House That Dirt Built (2009). In 2012, the song peaked at number 109 on the French Singles Chart.

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Release

"Short Change Hero" was not released as a single [2] and was first featured on the fifth song on the Heavy's second studio album, The House That Dirt Built (2009). [1]

Use in other media

Short Change Hero has appeared in various films, television series, and video games. It was featured on the soundtrack of the 2010 film Faster.

The song was used in a promotional trailer for the 2011 video game Batman: Arkham City . It was also used as the main theme for the 2012 video game Borderlands 2 and later appeared in the Smoke and Thunder DLC for the VR game Pistol Whip.

In television, the song was featured in Suits (season 4, episode 7), during the end credits of the season three finale of The Umbrella Academy , and in Clarkson’s Farm season 3. It also served as the theme song for the Sky UK series Strike Back.

Chart performance

Despite not being released as a single, the song entered the French Singles Chart at number 162 on the week of 7 July 2012 and moved up to 109, its peak on that chart, during the next week. It reentered the chart at number 165 on the week of 29 June 2013, but exited the chart after that week. [3]

Chart (2012)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [3] 109

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 The House That Dirt Built (album liner notes). The Heavy. Counter Records. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ "The Heavy Discography". Discogs . Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 "The Heavy – Short Change Hero" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "British single certifications – Heavy – Short Change Hero". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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