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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 Wayne Carson Thompson, also Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson), The Letter (The Box Tops) and Neon Rainbow (The Box Tops)
Part of Rest Your Love on Me, also A Bridge That Just Won’t Burn, For All the Right Reasons and I Am the Dreamer (You Are the Dream)
Written by Ronnie Reno, also Union Station (Merle Haggard), After Loving You (Merle Haggard) and Boogie Grass Band
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Wayne Carson Thompson wrote 16 songs on fono
Wayne Carson Thompson’s most frequent co-writer is Mark James (3 songs together)
Wayne Carson Thompson first appears on fono in 1967, 13 years before this song
Ronnie Reno first appears on fono in 1973, 7 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Ronnie Reno and Wayne Carson Thompson
- Part of
- Rest Your Love on Me
- Released on
- MCA Records
- Written by
- Ronnie Reno and Wayne Carson Thompson
- Part of
- Rest Your Love on Me
- Released on
- MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Wayne Carson Thompson
Same writer: Ronnie Reno
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Rest Your Love on Me
Same writer: Wayne Carson Thompson
Same writer: Ronnie Reno
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Rest Your Love on Me
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Hero for a Day was written by Ronnie Reno
Hero for a Day was written by Ronnie Reno
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Hero for a Day was written by Wayne Carson Thompson
Hero for a Day was written by Wayne Carson Thompson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Hero for a Day is part of the release Rest Your Love on Me
Hero for a Day is part of the release Rest Your Love on Me
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Hero for a Day
MCA Records is the label of the song Hero for a Day
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Hero for a Day was released on 1980