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Escape (Enrique Iglesias album) Escape is the fifth studio album and second English-language album recorded by Spanish singer and songwriter Enrique Iglesias. It was released by Interscope Records on 30 October 2001, and was later reissued in late 2002, with the addition of three bonus tracks. Enrique Iglesias - Bailando ft. Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona (English Version) - Duration: 4 minutes, 32 seconds. Enrique Iglesias 295,634,116 views.

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'Hero'
Single by Enrique Iglesias
from the album Escape
ReleasedAugust 14, 2001
FormatCD
RecordedFebruary–May 2001
Studio
  • Angel Studio
  • (London, England)
  • Circle House
  • The Hit Factory Critiera
  • South Point Recording Studio
  • (Miami, Florida)
  • The Record Plant
  • (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length
  • 4:24 (album version)
  • 4:11 (radio edit)
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mark Taylor
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology
'Sad Eyes'
(2000)		'Hero'
(2001)		'Escape'
(2002)
Music video
'Hero' on YouTube

'Hero' is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias from his second English-language studio album Escape (2001). It was written by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Iglesias released the song to radio on August 14, 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception. To the date the single has sold over 8 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling singles of all time.

After the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, which took place eight days after the song's release on CD, it was one of the few songs chosen by radio DJs in New York City to be remixed with audio from police, firefighters, civilians at Ground Zero, and politicians commenting on the attacks. Download 50 save game of bully. Iglesias was asked to sing the song live at America: A Tribute to Heroes. He had performed the song earlier at that year's Miss Venezuela, but due to the terrorist attacks the show was not aired on television.

The American television series Glee featured a version of the song as a mashup mixed with the Gipsy Kings' 'Bamboléo'. The release from the twelfth episode (called 'The Spanish Teacher') in season 3 of the show is named 'Bambolero/Hero'. The main vocals were done by Chord Overstreet (playing the character Sam Evans). An Italian version of this song was covered by Micheal Castaldo, in his studio album Bergamot.

  • 7Charts and certifications

Background[edit]

'Hero' has a meaning of love and assurance with a desire to be a hero for the love of a woman.[1] Iglesias stated that his high school days were the inspiration for the song. During a 2013 radio interview with Ryan Seacrest, he stated, 'I went back to when I was 17 in high school, and this might be cheesy, but I thought about what would be the song I want to slow dance to with my prom date. When I wrote it, it felt good and .. I thought I know there is something special in this song.'[2]

'Hero' was first released on 3 September 2001, just eight days prior to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.[1] Due to the song's subject matter, it was one of the few songs chosen by radio DJs in New York City to be remixed with audio from police, firefighters, civilians at Ground Zero, and politicians commenting on the attacks. Iglesias was also asked to sing the song live at the America: A Tribute to Heroes, which took place on September 21. His performance was broadcast from a warehouse in New York alongside Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Sheryl Crow.[3] The location of the warehouse was kept secret in case of further attacks. It was Iglesias's first televised performance of the song. He had performed the song earlier at that year's Miss Venezuela, but due to the terrorist attacks the show was not aired on television.[3]

Chart performance[edit]

'Hero' topped many charts in the US including the Billboardadult contemporary chart for fifteen weeks.[4] On the latter, the song would re-enter the top ten a year later, the first song ever to do so. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[4] though it is actually his most played song on the chart, outdoing prior singles 'Bailamos' and 'Be with You', both of which went to number one on the chart. A remixed recording also topped the BillboardHot Dance Club Play chart in January 2002.

In January 2002, the song was released in the UK, where it debuted at number 86 before jumping 85 places to number one, where it remained for four weeks. Up to this point, Iglesias had already had two hits in the UK ('Bailamos' and 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever') but was largely unknown. 'Hero' was seen as his breakthrough in the UK and it became the third best-selling single of 2002 there, whilst Escape was also the third best-selling album of the year. With sales of 836,500, 'Hero' was the 17th best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK. In April 2015, it was announced that the song had sold 1 million copies in the UK.[5]

In Australia, the song reached number one on the ARIA Chart, becoming his first number-one in that country. Minecraft free download windows 10 pc. The song also topped the charts in Spain, Switzerland, the Philippines, Romania, Ireland and Canada. This is one of Iglesias' best-selling singles and has sold 8 million copies.[6]

Music videos[edit]

The music video for 'Hero' was directed by Joseph Kahn. It features Iglesias as an honorable criminal hunted by his enemies, whilst Jennifer Love Hewitt plays his love interest[7] and Mickey Rourke plays one of the men hunting him.[8] The video follows Iglesias and Hewitt running from their enemies in the desert. Finally, Iglesias' enemies track him down and confront him outside a church. The confrontation leads to Iglesias being floored by Rourke, before being struck with a baton. The video skips ahead where Iglesias and Hewitt are seen in the rain surrounded by police cars. Iglesias, though heavily injured, walks towards Hewitt and breaks down beside her. The video ends with Iglesias' death.

In addition to this video, a second video was made for the UK with less violence. The final shot of this video shows Iglesias' legs moving, suggesting that he's not dead. While originally made for the UK, this version has since replaced the original video on many music video stations throughout the world. It is also the version shown on Vevo and YouTube.

Portions of the video were filmed in the ghost town Amboy, California in the Mojave Desert and just outside Desert Hot Springs, California near Palm Springs. The historic gas station location that they filmed at, outside of Desert Hot Springs, was one of the first gas stations in the Palm Springs area. As of September 2018, the video has been viewed over 300 million times on YouTube.

Track listing[edit]

UK CD1

  1. 'Hero' (Album Version) – 4:24
  2. 'Hero' (Metro Mix – English Version) – 3:28
  3. 'Bailamos' (Album Version) – 3:37
  4. 'Hero' (Video) – 4:24

UK CD2 – The Remixes

  1. 'Hero' (Metro Mix – English Version) – 4:19
  2. 'Hero' (Ventura & Colombo Remix) – 3:43
  3. 'Hero' (Metro Mix – Spanish Version) – 4:19
  4. 'Hero' (Thunderpuss Radio Edit) – 3:18

DE CD single

  1. 'Hero' (Radio Edit) – 4:11
  2. 'Be With You' (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) – 3:56
  3. 'Hero' (Metro Mix – Spanish Version) – 4:19

Japanese CD single

  1. 'Hero' (Radio Edit) – 4:11
  2. 'Be With You' (Thunderpuss 2000 Remix) – 7:46
  3. 'Hero' (Metro Mix – Spanish Version) – 3:28

Japanese 'Hero/Escape' maxi single[9]

  1. 'Hero' (Album Version) – 4:27
  2. 'Escape' (Album Version) – 3:30
  3. 'Hero' (Instrumental Version) – 4:23

Television and film soundtracks[edit]

'Hero' has become wildly popular due in part to the fact that it has been featured in many television shows and movies around the world. The earliest appearance of the song on an American television show was on a 2001 episode of The WB show Smallville entitled 'Craving'. Since then the song has been featured in such American sitcoms and reality television shows as Scrubs, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon, Glee, The X Factor, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars and the mini-series I Love the New Millennium The song has also been featured in such international television shows as Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast and So You Think You Can Dance Canada. Numerous films also feature the song, including Hot Tub Time Machine, Premios Amigo 2001, Zoom, Lady Godiva, Drillbit Taylor, Don Quixote, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

Although the song has appeared in many television shows and movies the first televised performance of the song was scheduled to be Iglesias's performance of the song at Miss Venezuela on September 11, 2001, but this performance was not televised due to the terrorist attacks on that day. The actual first televised performance of the song was when Iglesias performed the song at the America: A Tribute to Heroes concert on September 21, ten days after the attacks.[10]

Awards and nominations[edit]

YearCeremonyAwardResult
2002My VH1 Music AwardsBest Actor in a Video (Jennifer Love Hewitt)Nominated
Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Just My VideoNominated
The Record of the Year AwardRecord of the YearNominated
Billboard Latin Music AwardsLatin Dance Club/Play Track of the YearWon
Canadian Fannie AwardsFavourite VideoNominated
Comet AwardsBest Male VideoWon
MTV Europe Music AwardsBest SongNominated
Lo Nuestro AwardVideo of the YearWon
Los Premios MTV LatinoamericaVideo of the YearWon
MTV Video Music AwardsBest Male VideoNominated
Viewer's ChoiceNominated
MTV Latin America (North)Nominated
MTV Latin America (Pacific)Won
2003ASCAP Pop Music AwardsSong of the YearWon
Ivor Novello AwardsBest Selling UK SingleNominated

Charts and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2001/2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[11]1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12]3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13]2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[14]19
Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)[15]10
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[16]5
France (SNEP)[17]43
Germany (Official German Charts)[18]3
Ireland (IRMA)[19]1
Italy (FIMI)[20]2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21]3
Norway (VG-lista)[22]3
Philippines (Radio Airplay Chart)1
Poland (Polish Singles Chart)[23]1
Portugal (Portuguese Singles Chart)[24]1
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[25]1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[26]1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[27]1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28]1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29]3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[30]1
US Billboard Hot 100[31]3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[32]1
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[33]12
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[34]1
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[35]
Spanish version:'Héroe'		1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[36]2

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2001)Position
US Billboard Hot 100[37]99
Chart (2002)Position
Australia Top 100 Singles[38]9
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[39]26
UK Singles Chart[40]3
US Billboard Hot 100[41]22
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Songs1

Decade-end charts[edit]

Chart (2000–2009)Position
Australia Top 100 Songs of the Decade[42]45
UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade[43]17
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Songs of the 2000s[44]5

All-time charts[edit]

ChartPosition
Ireland (IRMA)[45]7

Certifications[edit]

RegionCertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[46]2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[47]Gold20,000*
Germany (BVMI)[48]Gold250,000^
Sweden (GLF)[49]Platinum30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[50]Platinum40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[51]2× Platinum1,036,015[5]
United States (RIAA)[52]Platinum1,269,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also[edit]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 2001 and 2002 (U.S.)

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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He sang and the girls swooned. His gorgeous smile won the hearts of millions of girls all over. This dynamic personality created a phenomenon in the music industry, and still is as rocking as ever. Enrique Iglesias is hot property, his songs have always been chartbusters, and his list of female fans is growing by the day. This Spanish singer continues to wow audiences worldwide. If you just can't get enough of him, then read on to get a peek of his journey through this glamorous world.
This hunk celebrates his birthday on the 8th of May. He was born in 1975 in Madrid, Spain. Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler is the third child of Julio Iglesias, who is also a very talented and famous singer. His mother, Isabel Preysler, works as a journalist. His parents divorced in 1978. Although he lived with his mother, she sent him to live with his father for fear he would be kidnapped. His grandfather had been kidnapped unfortunately. Enrique nourished the dream to be a singer secretly, he did not wish his father to know about the same, nor did he want to use his surname. (His father was a prominent singer of his times.) Although he graduated in 1993, he dropped out from the University of Miami to pursue his dream.
His first album named 'Enrique Iglesias' was released on the 12th of July 1995. This album had a collection of rock ballads, and five singles from this album went straight to the top spot in Latin music. This album was followed by another release titled 'Vivir' in 1997. Three singles from this album occupied the top spots on the Latin charts yet again. The Enrique magic was weaving its way through people who thronged to listen to him live at music concerts. He also found himself being nominated for the category of 'Favorite Latin Artist' at the American Music Awards. By 1998, this star had released his 3rd album, 'Cosas Del Amor'. This was also the year when he won the 'Favorite Latin Artist' despite Ricky Martin having a large fan following in Latin music.
His hit track, 'Bailamos' got him immense fame and adulation. This track was also used in the movie, 'Wild Wild West' and one could see two different videos being aired, both having stunning visuals and excellent dancers. The original video, which featured him with Latino dancers, struck all the right chords with his fans. 'Rhythm Divine' further helped to secure his position in the music industry. This melodious track was also a hit although the Spanish version fared better. With the success of 'Bailamos', Enrique now already had his long list of loyal fans. The album, 'Enrique', featured all these hit numbers and was released in 1999.
The year 2001 brought more success for this very talented singer. His album, 'Escape' had few singles that reached the top spots in no time. He thus became a household name and young men only wished to emulate this singer. This album is termed to be his most successful album so far. 'Hero', 'Love to See You Cry' and 'Don't Turn Off the Lights' soon turned Enrique into a sensational star.

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His next release in 2002 was a Spanish album titled Quizás. This album brought him a 'Latin Grammy Award' for the Best Pop Vocal Album. This was followed by the release of his seventh album titled, '7'.
In 2007, he released yet another album titled, 'Insomniac' and the song 'Do You Know' became an instant hit grabbing the top position. This was followed by many tours where Enrique crooned live before his millions of fans.
He has always been linked with tennis star Anna Kournikova. This pretty damsel featured in his sizzling videos, lending the oomph factor. This couple soon became the most talked about duo due to their rather raunchy videos and public appearances. Although media reports of Enrique 'divorcing' Anna in 2007 were rife, the truth still remains a mystery. This is solely based on a source close to Anna who revealed Enrique was only joking about his 'marriage' and then 'divorce' with the glamorous tennis star. Rumors still claim these two are very much in love.

Enrique Iglesias Hero Video

This Spanish artist still continues to rule the music world even today. I am sure his fans would be waiting for his next albums with great anticipation. Let us hope he continues to enthrall the audiences for many years to come.