Compulsory Hero

{{Infobox song

| name = Compulsory Hero

| cover = Compulsory Hero by 1927.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = 1927

| album = ...ish

| A-side = Compulsory Hero

| B-side = Propaganda Machine

| released = {{Start date|df=y|1989|04|17}}{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/HAbSG4D.png|title=Australian Music Report No 768 – 17 April 1989 > Singles: New Releases|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report)|accessdate=26 March 2019}}

| recorded = 1987–88

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock, pop

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=34}}

| label = WEA

| writer = Garry Frost

| producer = Charles Fisher

| prev_title = You'll Never Know

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = To Love Me

| next_year = 1989

}}

"Compulsory Hero" is the fourth single by Australian rock-pop band 1927. The track was released on 17 April 1989 and peaked at number 14 in May on the ARIA singles chart. The song is taken from their debut album ...ish which peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts in April 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=1927&titel=%2E%2E%2EIsh&cat=a|title=...ish by 1927|publisher=www.australian-charts.com|accessdate=16 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/1927-Youll-Never-Know/release/2692462|title=You'll Never Know by 1927|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=18 March 2016}}

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990, Geoff Barter won the ARIA Award for Best Video. The song was further nominated for Best Group but lost to The Black Sorrows.{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120947/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1990 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1990 | title = Winners by Year 1990 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archivedate = 27 September 2011 | accessdate = 3 December 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1990-aria.htm|title=Australia 1990 ARIA Awards|publisher=ALLdownunder.com|accessdate=5 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225210620/http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1990-aria.htm|archivedate=25 February 2009}}

The song talks about a father's experience in the Vietnam War.