“Heroes” / “Helden” (English full‐length version with the German single edit spliced into the second half)
~ Recording by David Bowie
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | “Heroes” / “Helden” | 6:08 | David Bowie | Christiane F.: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo | David Bowie | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BL 43606 |
| 1.3 | Heroes / Helden | 6:08 | David Bowie | Christiane F.: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo | David Bowie | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA Victor | BL 43606 |
| 1.8 | Helden | 6:09 | David Bowie | Rare | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA International | |
| 1.8 | Helden | 6:09 | David Bowie | Rare | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 45406 |
| 1.3 | “Heroes” / “Helden” | 6:08 | David Bowie | Christiane F.: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo | David Bowie | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ABL 1-4239 |
| 1.1 | “Heroes”/“Helden” (English/German version) | 6:09 | David Bowie | Heroes/Helden / Heroes/Héros | David Bowie | Single |
| RCA Victor | PC 9821 |
| 1.8 | Helden | 6:07 | David Bowie | Rare | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 45406 |
| 1.8 | Helden | 6:09 | David Bowie | Rare | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 45406 |
| 1.8 | Helden | 6:09 | David Bowie | Rare | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 89001 |
| 1.3 | “Heroes” / “Helden” | 6:08 | David Bowie | Christiane F.: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo | David Bowie | Album + Soundtrack |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 533 0932 |
| 1.1 | Heroes / Helden | 6:06 | David Bowie | Heroes / Helden / Héros - EP | David Bowie | Single |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.12 | Helden | 6:03 | David Bowie | Ninja Assassin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Ilan Eshkeri | Album + Soundtrack |
| New Line Records | NLR39171 |
| 1.12 | Helden | 6:03 | David Bowie | Ninja Assassin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Ilan Eshkeri | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Classical | 8869 763076-2 |
| 1.12 | Helden | 6:03 | David Bowie | Ninja Assassin | Ilan Eshkeri | Album + Soundtrack |
| WaterTower Music | |
| 3.1 | Heroes / Helden | 6:07 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0190295843014; DBX 3 |
| 3.1 | “Heroes” / “Helden” (German album version) | 6:07 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | DBXL 3 | |
| 3.1 | Heroes / Helden | 6:07 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 3.1 | Helden (German album version) | 6:07 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 3.1 | Heroes / Helden | 6:07 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone Music Denmark | |
| 3.1 | “Heroes / Helden” | 6:07 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) (Remastered, 96kHz / 24bit, FLAC) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | [none] |
| 3.1 | “Heroes” / „Helden“ | 6:07 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | PCS-939, WPCR-17897, WPCR-17898, WPCR-17899, WPCR-17900, WPCR-17901, WPCR-17902, WPCR-17903, WPCR-17904, WPCR-17905, WPCR-17906, WPCR-17907 |
| 1.3 | “Heroes” / “Helden” | 6:07 | David Bowie | Christiane F.: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo | David Bowie | Album + Soundtrack |
| Parlophone | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.3 | “Heroes”/“Helden” | 6:06 | David Bowie | Christiane F. / Baal / Rarities | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Eugene Chaplin David Richards (Swiss-based producer and engineer) |
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| engineer: | Colin Thurston Tony Visconti |
| producer: | David Bowie Tony Visconti |
| recorded at: | Hansa by the Wall in Berlin, Germany (from 1977-07 until 1977-08) Mountain Recording Studios (moved to Attalens in 2002) in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland (from 1977-07 until 1977-08) |
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| mixed at: | Mountain Recording Studios (moved to Attalens in 2002) in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland |
| recording of: | “Helden” (from 1977-07 until 1977-08) “Heroes” (from 1977-07 until 1977-08) |
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Related works
“Helden”
| composer: | David Bowie Brian Eno |
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| translator: | Antonia Maass |
| translated version of: | “Heroes” |
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“Heroes”
| lyricist: | David Bowie |
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| composer: | David Bowie Brian Eno |
| publisher: | BMG Songs Ltd. E.G. Music Ltd. (publisher) EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) RZO Music Ltd Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) Tintoretto Music Universal Music Careers Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd. |
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| referred to in medleys: | Elephant Love (aka Elephant Love Medley, from Moulin Rouge!) (order: 8) |
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| later translated versions: | “Helden” Héroes Héroes (Los 7 delfines) Herois Héros Hrdinové |
| later versions: | Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”: I. Heroes |
| is the basis for: | Heroes (We Could Be) |