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We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

1991Released
4:15

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Written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, this is the theme song to the film Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. The third installment of the post-apocalyptic Mad Max series finds star Mel Gibson at the mercy of a nefarious leader named Aunty Entity, played by Tina Turner, who is determined to secure her power over Australia's Bartertown. It was Turner's first film role in over a decade, the previous being The Acid Queen in the Who's 1975 rock opera Tommy. But the glamorous ruler, clad in a chain-mail gown, wasn't quite what Turner had in mind for her big-screen comeback. "Aunty Entity was not as fierce as I wanted her to be," she told Q magazine in 1988. "I wanted her to go back into the trunk and pull out the clothes that she was wearing when she built that city, because she built herself up from nothing and she definitely wasn't wearing that chain dress and those high-heeled shoes."

The choir from King's House School in Richmond, south London provided the children's chorus. According to The Sunday Telegraph (October 9, 2005), one of the members of the choir was a 12-year-old Lawrence Dallaglio, the future captain of the England rugby team and a rugby World Cup winner. The choir went to the Abbey Road studios to record their backing vocals. Tina Turner was not there and her vocals were added at a later date.

This plays over the film's ending credits. Turner also sang the opener, "One Of The Living," which was a #15 hit on the Hot 100 and won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).
G♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
99BPM

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Parlophone UK
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd
℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Parlophone Records Ltd,

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