Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh singer, known for her distinctive husky voice, has started her career as a musician since 1969.
Her debut single as main artist “My! My! Honeycomb” was released in 1976, but didn’t hit at all.
The second single “Lost in France” was released in the same year of the debut single, peaked #9 on the UK single chart.
Now, “Holding Out for a Hero” was released in 1984, reached #2 on the UK single chart, and won on the Irish single chart.
It has becom her signature song.
In Japan, Miki Asakura covered it with Japanese.
The cover version was used as a TV drama theme, called “School Wars”, has becom popular song.