The music, co-written by Bowie and Eno, is in a two-chord progression (D–G), with a "brief excursion to familiar chords" in the key of G. Richard Buskin of Sound on Sound described "'Heroes '" as a "highly experimental piece of art rock". Music īowie said that the "plodding tempo and rhythm" were inspired by the Velvet Underground song " I'm Waiting for the Man". The lyrics were partly inspired by one of Bowie's favorite books, A Grave for a Dolphin (1956) by Alberto Denti di Pirajno. Bowie confirmed this in 2003, over two decades after Visconti and Hopkin's eventual divorce.
Bowie claimed that the protagonists were based on an anonymous young couple, but Visconti, who was married to Mary Hopkin at the time, contends that Bowie was protecting him and his affair with Maass. Producer Tony Visconti took credit for inspiring the image of the lovers kissing "by the wall", when he and backing vocalist Antonia Maass (Maaß) embraced in front of Bowie as he looked out of the Hansa Studio window.
The quotation marks in the title of the song, a deliberate affectation, were designed to impart an ironic quality on the otherwise romantic or triumphant words and music. It was one of the early tracks recorded during the album sessions, but remained an instrumental until towards the end of production. The song title is a reference to the 1975 track " Hero" by German krautrock band Neu!, whom Bowie and Eno admired. Bowie scholar David Buckley has written that "'Heroes '" "is perhaps pop's definitive statement of the potential triumph of the human spirit over adversity". "'Heroes '" has received numerous accolades since its release, including inclusion on lists of the greatest songs of all time Rolling Stone named the song the 23rd greatest ever, and NME named it the 15th greatest. Following his death in January 2016, the German government thanked Bowie for "helping to bring down the Wall", adding "you are now among Heroes". Bowie's performance of "'Heroes '" on 6 June 1987, at the German Reichstag in West Berlin has been considered a catalyst to the later fall of the Berlin Wall. Inspired by the sight of Bowie's producer-engineer Tony Visconti embracing his lover by the Berlin Wall, the song tells the story of two lovers, one from East and one from West Berlin. "'Heroes '" has been cited as Bowie's second-most covered song after " Rebel Rebel". In January 2016, following Bowie's death, the song reached a new peak of number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. A product of Bowie's "Berlin" period, the track was not a huge hit in the United Kingdom or the United States after its release, but it has since become one of his signature songs. It was released on 23 September 1977 as the lead single from his 12th studio album of the same name, backed with the song " V-2 Schneider".
It was co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, and recorded in July and August 1977 at Hansa Studio by the Wall. " 'Heroes '" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. One of the A-side labels for the UK vinyl single
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