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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Written by Troy Seals, also Seven Spanish Angels (Ray Charles), I’ve Got a Rock ’n’ Roll Heart (Eric Clapton) and Two Old Cats Like Us (Ray Charles)
Part of Borderline, also Borderline, Fifteen to Forty-Three and I’m for Awhile
Written by Max D. Barnes, also Drinkin’ and Dreamin’ (Waylon Jennings), I Won’t Need You Anymore (Randy Travis) and I’ve Got It Made (John Anderson)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Troy Seals wrote 76 songs on fono
Max D. Barnes wrote 53 songs on fono
Max D. Barnes’s most frequent co-writer is Troy Seals (19 songs together)
Troy Seals first appears on fono in 1973, 14 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Max D. Barnes and Troy Seals
- Part of
- Borderline
- Released on
- MCA Records
- Written by
- Max D. Barnes and Troy Seals
- Part of
- Borderline
- Released on
- MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Troy Seals
Same writer: Max D. Barnes
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Borderline
Same writer: Troy Seals
Same writer: Max D. Barnes
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Borderline
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Everybody Needs a Hero was written by Max D. Barnes
Everybody Needs a Hero was written by Max D. Barnes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Everybody Needs a Hero was written by Troy Seals
Everybody Needs a Hero was written by Troy Seals
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Everybody Needs a Hero is part of the release Borderline
Everybody Needs a Hero is part of the release Borderline
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Everybody Needs a Hero
MCA Records is the label of the song Everybody Needs a Hero
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Everybody Needs a Hero was released on 1987
Everybody Needs a Hero was released on 1987
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026