We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
ReleasedJune 21, 1985[1]
RecordedDecember 1984
StudioMayfair Studios (London, England)
GenreRock
Length6:07
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Terry Britten
Tina Turner singles chronology
"Show Some Respect"
(1985)
"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
(1985)
"One of the Living"
(1985)

"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten. It was recorded by American singer Tina Turner for the soundtrack album to the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, which starred Mel Gibson and Turner. On the heels of Turner's multiplatinum album Private Dancer (1984), the song was released as an edited 7-inch single, while the full album version was released as a 12-inch single and on the film's soundtrack album. In the United Kingdom, a shaped picture disc was also issued. The power ballad[2] received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 1986, the song received the Ivor Novello Awards for Best Contemporary Song and Best Film Theme or Song.[3]

  1. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 28.
  2. ^ Daultrey, Stephen (15 September 2014). "Ten Amazing 80s Action Movie Power Ballads". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Music for stowaways". Music for stowaways. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2024.