Hero (Charlotte Perrelli song)

"Hero"
Single by Charlotte Perrelli
from the album Hero
A-side	"Hero"
B-side	"Hero (Instrumental)"
Released	February 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Europop disco
Length	2:56
Label	Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Ljunggren Fredrik Kempe
Charlotte Perrelli singles chronology
"Jag är tillbaka" (2007) "Hero" (2008)
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry
Country	Sweden
Artist(s)	Charlotte Perrelli
Language	English
Composer(s)	Bobby Ljunggren Fredrik Kempe
Lyricist(s)	Fredrik Kempe
Finals performance
Semi-final result	12th (back-up jury)
Semi-final points	54
Final result	18th
Final points	47
Entry chronology
◄ "The Worrying Kind" (2007)
"La voix" (2009) ►
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"Hero" is a 2008 pop song performed by the Swedish singer Charlotte Perrelli, written by Fredrik Kempe and Bobby Ljunggren. It was entered into the Melodifestivalen 2008, winning at the Globen arena on 15 March 2008.^[1] Due to this, it represented Sweden at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia.

The single "Hero" was released on 12 March 2008. It topped the Swedish Singles chart, and was certified Gold, in recognition of 10,000 copies sold. After the contest, it was certified Platinum, as 40,000 copies sold.^[2] The song entered the 3rd place at Svensktoppen on 13 April 2008, and it stayed on the chart for eight weeks until 1 June 2008 peaking at #3. The Swedish single top 100, she peaked at #1 for 5 weeks, and left the charts after 19 weeks. Her position in the 'best of all time' is #503 with 769 points.