Song · Chad Kroeger
“Hero” by Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott
Released 2002 Featuring Josey Scott
“Hero” by Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott appears on 15 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2002 and 2005. It was first released in 2002. Its best result is #9 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 alternative song of 2002, #5,155 alternative song of all time and #441 of the '00s.
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"Hero" was Chad Kroeger's first record under his own name, cut in 2002 with Saliva frontman Josey Scott for the soundtrack to the Spider-Man movie. Kroeger wrote it for the film and produced it, and he stocked the studio with ringers: his Nickelback bandmate Mike Kroeger, Theory of a Deadman's Tyler Connolly, and Matt Cameron of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam behind the drums.
It's a big-shouldered power ballad sized for a superhero blockbuster, the chorus landing like a punch, and it came in two flavors, with and without an orchestra swelling underneath. It went to the top of Billboard's Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, cracked the top 10 across Europe and North America, and picked up 3 Grammy nominations.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 101 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 26 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 61 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 34 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 | 92 |
| 2002 | 26 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 9 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 46 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 34 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2002 | 28 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 43 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
| 2002 | 55 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 26 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
| 2002 | 42 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 821 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2005 | 446 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
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