Hero (The Verve Pipe song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Hero

| cover = TheVervePipe-Hero.webp

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Verve Pipe

| album = The Verve Pipe

| released = 1999

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-verve-pipe-mw0000245730|title=The Verve Pipe review|first=Mark|last=Morgenstein|work=AllMusic|accessdate=February 21, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-verve-pipe-mn0000483563#biography|title=The Verve Pipe Biography|author=Woodstra, Chris|accessdate=February 18, 2025|work=AllMusic}}

| length = 3:34

| label = RCA Records

| writer = Brian Vander Ark

| producer = Michael Beinhorn

| prev_title = Villains

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Never Let You Down

| next_year = 2001

}}

"Hero" is a song by American alternative rock band The Verve Pipe, released in 1999 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, The Verve Pipe.{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/music/review-the-verve-pipe-2314439-2314439|title=Review - The Verve Pipe|work=Orlando Weekly|date=September 8, 1999|accessdate=February 21, 2025}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20070713015550/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thevervepipe/albums/album/106746/review/5941698/the_verve_pipe review archive]Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. p. 1035. {{ISBN| 1-84195-017-3}}. The song reached number 17 on the US Alternative Songs chart and number 38 on the US Mainstream Rock Songs chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/The+Verve+Pipe.art|title=The Verve Pipe- Artist Chart History|publisher=musicvf.com|accessdate=February 21, 2025}}

"Hero" was nominated for the Outstanding National Single award by the Detroit Music Awards Foundation in 2000.{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=April 14, 2000 |title=1999 Nominees & Winners |url=http://www.detroitmusicawards.com/99winners.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010815083732/http://www.detroitmusicawards.com/99winners.html |archive-date=2001-08-15 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Detroit Music Awards}}