Hero by Mariah Carey
Hero is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on October 19, 1993 by Columbia Records As the second single from Carey’s third studio album, Music Box (1993). With it’s beautiful pop and R&B melody, the song is lyrically regarded as one of Carey’s most inspirational and personal ballads, with its protagonist declaring that even though we may feel discouraged or down at times, in reality we are “heroes” if we look inside ourselves and see our own inner strength; in time, it will help us “find the way”.