| "Juke Box Hero" | ||||
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| Single by Foreigner | ||||
| from the album 4 | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Gonna Win" | |||
| Released | October 2, 1981 (UK)[1]
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| Length | 4:18 (album version) 4:05 (single version) | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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| "Juke Box Hero" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Juke Box Hero" on YouTube | ||||
"Juke Box Hero" is a song by British-American rock band Foreigner written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones from their 1981 album 4. It first entered the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in July 1981 and eventually reached #3 on that chart.[4] Released as the album's third single in early 1982, it subsequently went to #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[5][6]
- ^ "Foreigner singles".
- ^ "RIAA certifications for Foreigner". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (18 September 2020). "The Number Ones: Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is". Stereogum. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
Foreigner's sound was a big, loud, unashamed take on '70s arena-rock...[the band's] style could get exhausting at album length, but it made for some fun singles. (I'm especially fond of 1981's cinematic, proudly ridiculous "Juke Box Hero"...)
- ^ "Foreigner Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)