Love Is the Hero

"Love Is the Hero" is a song performed by American singer and guitarist Billy Squier, with Freddie Mercury from Queen on backing vocals. It appears as the second track on his fifth studio album Enough Is Enough from 1986.

"Love Is the Hero"
Single by Billy Squier with Freddie Mercury
from the album Enough Is Enough
B-side"Learn How to Live" (live)
ReleasedOctober 1986
GenreAOR, pop rock
Length
  • 4:48 (single and album version)
  • 5:22 (12" version)
Songwriter(s)Billy Squier
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Billy Squier singles chronology
"Eye on You"
(1984)		 "Love Is the Hero"
(1986)		 "Don't Say You Love Me"
(1989)

After the homoerotic video for his hit song "Rock Me Tonite", Squier's career had taken a quick downturn in late 1984. As a result, he stopped selling out concerts and his album and single sales slowed down. "Love Is the Hero" became a commercial disappointment by peaking only at #80 in the US and staying on the chart for only five weeks,[1] but fared much better on the radio and received modest rotation on MTV. It is often deemed as one of the best songs from his later career and the standout track of Enough Is Enough.[2]

Mercury originally recorded an intro sung solely by himself, but it was cut from the album and single version. It was kept on the extended 12" version and later restored on Squier's compilation album Reach For the Sky: The Anthology and Mercury's The Solo Collection box set.

Personnel

References
  1. "Billy Squier". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Top 10 Billy Squier Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
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