The first trailer for 'Boyhood,' Richard Linklater's movie about a boy. A song whose aggressive lyrics ('I don't wanna be your hero just. The song “Hero” is from the L.A.-based band Family of the Year. It's featured in the movie and in the trailer for 'Boyhood.' We spoke with singer.
If you follow movies, you’re certainly familiar with Family of the Year‘s “ Hero.” Only there’s a good chance you just know it as “the Boyhood song.” It’s the wistful ballad that plays over all the trailers, and that got played again and again Sunday night as Boyhood was celebrated at the Golden Globes.“Hero” wasn’t written for Boyhood, and in fact had already charted before Boyhood came along. But Family of the Year has decided to lean into the connection, issuing a new music video that’s all about Boyhood.
Watch the Boyhood song music video after the jump.Family of the Year unveiled the new video on. It’s sort of like a 3-minute version of Boyhood — perfect for those days when you want to sob uncontrollably about the inexorable passage of time but don’t have three hours to spend rewatching Richard Linklater‘s movie.
About Hero'Hero' is a song by American indie rock band Family of the Year featured on their second studio album Loma Vista. It was released as the album's second single in 2012 through Nettwerk. The song was written by Joe Keefe, and it was produced by American production team Wax Ltd and Family of the Year. It first appeared on the band's 2010 EP Through The Trees in a shorter version. 'Hero' was prominently used in Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood.
The song has also been used in the first season of Girls, the 2012 film Thanks for Sharing, the 2013 German film Frau Ella and has been featured in episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation, It's Okay, That's Love, Sky Castle and VH1's Couples Therapy. The band has performed the song on talk shows including Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The song was covered by Owen Danoff on Team Adam in the Live Playoffs of season 10 of The Voice (US). Let me goI don't be your heroI don't be a big manJust fight like elseYour masqueradeI don't be a part of your paradeEveryone a toWalk with elseWhile downA job to keep my girl aroundAnd buy me some new stringsAnd her and I out on the weekendAnd we can thingsSecrets from my dreamsBaby some protectionBut I'm a kid like elseSo let me goI don't be your heroI don't be a big manI just fight like elseOohOohSo let me goI don't be your heroI don't be a big manI just fight with elseYour masqueradeI don't be a part of your paradeEveryone a toWalk with else.