"Hero" is a song by American indie rock band Family of the Year featured on their second studio album Loma Vista. It was released as the album's second single in 2012 through Nettwerk. The song was written by Joe Keefe, and it was produced by American production team Wax Ltd and Family of the Year. It first appeared on the band's 2010 EP Through The Trees in a shorter version. "Hero" was prominently used in Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood.The song has also been used in the first season of Girls, the 2012 film Thanks for Sharing, the 2013 German film Frau Ella and has been frequently featured in certain episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation, It's Okay, That's Love, Sky Castle and VH1's Couples Therapy. The band has performed the song in various talk shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.It was covered by Owen Danoff on Team Adam in the Live Playoffs of season 10 of The Voice (US).