Tina Turner, We Don’t Need Another Hero | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 21^st edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” by Tina Turner. 

“We don’t need another hero / We don’t need to know the way home.” The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 21^st edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”, performed by 🎙 Tina Turner!

“Out of the ruins / Out from the wreckage / Can’t make the same mistake this time.” For sure, 🎙 Tina Turner, for sure! By the time 🎵 “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” arrived, Turner had firmly secured her makeover as a pop/rock artist in her solo career.  💿 Private Dancer had arrived in 1984, a year ahead of the 💿 Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome soundtrack.  Notably, Turner was an actor in the movie (Aunty Entity) in addition to singing on the soundtrack. Of course, the song trumps everything else on the soundtrack, earning Turner another huge hit (it peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100).

“We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” was written by 🎼 ✍ Graham Lyle and Terry Britten.  The backdrop is energetic, with ample rhythm, an impressive groove, and colorful instrumental cues (keys, guitars, bass, saxophone solo by 🎷 Tim Cappello). From start to finish, Tina Turner delivers her signature tone.  She is a bit more poised during portions of the verses, picking up steam on the gargantuan, anthemic chorus in all its glory.

“We don’t need another hero

We don’t need to know the way home

All we want is life beyond

Thunderdome.”

Another memorable moment precedes the chorus, as Turner sings, in both verses, “And I wonder when we are ever gonna change / Living under the fear, until nothing else remains.” Also, shout out the totally turned up bridge – WOO! Adding to the distinct, memorable nature of “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” is when a truly spirited Turner invites the children to sing.  The timbre of children’s voices just adds something extra special to so many songs, with “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” being no exception. Only a select few soundtrack cuts carry weight behind the film it appears in. “We Don’t Need Another Hero” is one that transcends, “Life beyond Thunderdome” and all!

🎙 Tina Turner • 💿 Simply the Best • 🏷 Parlophone • 🗓 1991

Tina Turner, “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 21 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Parlophone; John Alan Sperry, PIRO, via Pixabay]