Juke Box Hero - wikipedia Juke Box Hero `` Juke Box Hero '' Single by Foreigner from the album 4 B - side `` I 'm Gonna Win '' Released January, 1982 Format 7 '' Length 4 : 05 ( Single version ) 4 : 18 ( Album version ) Label Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) Lou Gramm, Mick Jones Producer ( s ) Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange Foreigner singles chronology `` Waiting for a Girl Like You '' ( 1981 ) `` Juke Box Hero '' ( 1982 ) `` Break It Up '' ( 1982 ) `` Waiting for a Girl Like You '' ( 1981 ) `` Juke Box Hero '' ( 1982 ) `` Break It Up '' ( 1982 ) Audio sample file help `` Juke Box Hero '' is a song written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones and performed by their band Foreigner, from their 1981 album 4. It first entered the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in July 1981. Released as the album 's third single in early 1982, it subsequently went to # 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Although the physical 45 sold less than 500,000 copies, ' Juke Box Hero ' has been certified platinum by the RIAA for over a million digital downloads. The song focuses on a boy unable to purchase a ticket to a sold - out rock concert. Listening from outside, he hears `` one guitar '' and has an epiphany, leading him to buy a guitar and learn to play it. He realizes that with the guitar he has a chance to achieve musical stardom. The song then goes on to describe the struggle he has to stay on top of the music charts, which makes him a `` Juke Box Hero. '' He eventually encounters another fan outside the stage door at one of his concerts, who reminds him of himself and how it all began. Mick Jones told Songfacts that the song was inspired by an actual fan who stood waiting outside an arena for about five hours in the rain. Jones, impressed by his dedication, decided to take him in and give him a glimpse of what happens backstage at a show. On July 19th 2016 Lou said on the Brother Wease radio show in Rochester, that the song was about him waiting outside the Rochester War Memorial to see Jimi Hendrix but the show was sold out. The song was developed out of two separate song ideas that were combined with the help of producer Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange. One of the ideas was the `` Juke Box Hero '' portion that Jones had developed and the other was developed by Gramm and had been called `` Take One Guitar. '' This song was also re-recorded live at a 2005 Las Vegas concert where it includes portions of the Led Zeppelin song `` Whole Lotta Love '' ( from Led Zeppelin II ), and released on Foreigner 's Extended Versions album. A live version of `` Juke Box Hero '' was also released on the 2014 album Best of Foreigner 4 & More. In popular culture The song appears as background music in at least three sport documentaries or videos : once in 2004 about American professional snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White, to differentiate Aaron Feinberg 's part in MindGame 's rollerblading video `` Brain Fear Gone '', and lastly in the late Shane McConkey 's `` Claim '' video. In addition, the song has been employed commercially. It appeared in a commercial for the product launch in late 2007 of the Samsung Juke cellphone. It is a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock and the music video game series Rock Band. A mash - up based on the song is featured in DJ Hero, composed and performed by DJ Z - Trip. The song was used in a mashup with `` I Love Rock ' n ' Roll '' in the 2012 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages. The song was featured episode `` The Dim Knight '', an episode of the 2010 television series The Good Guys. The phrase Juke Box Hero is used by Grace Kelly in the 1956 film musical High Society, in reference to Bing Crosby 's character. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition ( Billboard Publications ) Jump up ^ Jones, Mick ( October 23, 2009 ). `` Mick Jones of Foreigner ''. Songfacts.com ( Interview ). Interview with Carl Wiser. Retrieved 29 April 2015. Jump up ^ Jeffries, Neil ( July 2, 2016 ). `` The Strange And True Story of Foreigner 4 ''. Classic Rock. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Foreigner revive Juke Box Hero ''. Classic Rock. December 23, 2014. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ James Christopher Monger. `` Best of Foreigner 4 & More ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ `` The Shaun White Album Music Soundtrack List ''. SnowboardSoundtracks.com. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2010. Jump up ^ `` List of Songs from Skate Videos ''. For us to show off. Retrieved 26 September 2010. Jump up ^ `` Shane McConkey 's Segment in Claim ''. Freeskier.com. 25 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010. Jump up ^ Koerner, Brendan ( 16 November 2007 ). `` Hype Sheet : Juking for Verizon 's Sake ''. Gizmodo.com.au. Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia : Allure Media. Retrieved September 26, 2010. Jump up ^ McElroy, Justin ( 24 January 2008 ). `` Guitar Hero III ' Classic Rock ' pack now live ''. Joystiq. Weblogs, Inc. Retrieved September 26, 2010. Jump up ^ `` All Available Songs ''. Rockband.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2010. Jump up ^ Hayward, Andrew ( 7 October 2009 ). `` Full DJ Hero soundtrack revealed ''. geek.com. Geeknet, Inc. Retrieved 26 September 2010. Jump up ^ `` Music from 1.4 ' The Dim Knight ' ''. GoodGuysFans.com. July 16, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2016. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Foreigner Mick Jones Thom Gimbel Jeff Pilson Kelly Hansen Michael Bluestein Chris Frazier Dennis Elliott Lou Gramm Al Greenwood Ian McDonald Ed Gagliardi Rick Wills Jack Allen Smith Johnny Edwards Jeff Jacobs Mark Schulman Bruce Turgon Ron Wikso Brian Tichy Denny Carmassi Jason Bonham Chaz West Paul Mirkovich Jason Sutter Studio albums Foreigner Double Vision Head Games Agent Provocateur Inside Information Unusual Heat Mr. Moonlight Ca n't Slow Down Compilations Records The Very Best... and Beyond Jukebox Heroes : The Foreigner Anthology Complete Greatest Hits Hot Blooded and Other Hits The Essentials The Definitive Collection No End in Sight : The Very Best of Foreigner Live albums Classic Hits Live / Best of Live Extended Versions Ca n't Slow Down... When It 's Live ! Singles `` Feels Like the First Time '' `` Starrider '' `` Cold as Ice '' `` Long, Long Way from Home '' `` Hot Blooded '' `` Double Vision '' `` Blue Morning, Blue Day '' `` Dirty White Boy '' `` Head Games '' `` Love on the Telephone '' `` Women '' `` I 'll Get Even with You '' `` Urgent '' `` Juke Box Hero '' `` Waiting for a Girl Like You '' `` Night Life '' `` Break It Up '' `` Luanne '' `` I Want to Know What Love Is '' `` That Was Yesterday '' `` Tooth and Nail '' `` Reaction to Action '' `` Growing Up the Hard Way '' `` Down on Love '' `` Say You Will '' `` I Do n't Want to Live Without You '' `` Heart Turns to Stone '' `` Ca n't Wait '' `` Lowdown and Dirty '' `` I 'll Fight for You '' `` With Heaven on Our Side '' `` Soul Doctor '' `` White Lie '' `` Until the End of Time '' `` Rain '' `` Under the Gun '' `` Too Late '' `` When It Comes to Love '' `` Ca n't Slow Down '' `` In Pieces '' Related articles Discography Shadow King Black Sheep `` Revenge of the Mooninites '' Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juke_Box_Hero&oldid=839601801 '' Categories : 1981 songs 1982 singles Foreigner ( band ) songs Song recordings produced by Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange Songs written by Lou Gramm Songs written by Mick Jones ( Foreigner ) Songs about music Atlantic Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 4 May 2018, at 13 : 49. 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Question: when did the song jukebox hero come out
Answer: January, 1982