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“Hero” by Family Of The Year
From the EP Through the Trees (2010)
“Hero” by Family Of The Year appears on 11 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2012 and 2014. It was first released in 2010 on the EP Through the Trees. Its best result is #3 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #62 alternative song of 2013 and #5,572 alternative song of all time.
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"Hero" first surfaced in 2010 in a shorter form on Family of the Year's Through the Trees EP, then came back fuller on their second album, Loma Vista, going out through Nettwerk in 2012 as that record's second single. Joe Keefe wrote it, and the band produced it with the team Wax Ltd.
It's an unhurried, wistful indie-rock singalong, and screen people couldn't get enough of it: it plays a big part in Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood and its trailer, and it also found its way into season one of Girls, Thanks for Sharing (a 2012 picture), Degrassi: The Next Generation and VH1's Couples Therapy. The band took it onto Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 86 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
| 2012 | 47 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2012 | 51 |
| 2013 | 13 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 | 103 |
| 2013 | 38 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 | 99 |
| 2013 | 39 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 | 51 |
| 2013 | 52 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 of 2013 | 97 |
| 2013 | 3 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2013 | 50 |
| 2013 | 37 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 11 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013 | 101 |
| 2013 | 40 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Year End Top 50 of 2013 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1148 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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