Song · Identified from short videos

Holding Out For a Hero

Bonnie Tyler

Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1984 · 5:51 · Last seen 3 days ago

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Total reach: 8.2M
Last seen: 3 days ago
Platforms: TikTok · Shorts

If you've run into "Holding Out For a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler lately, chances are it was through one YouTube Shorts video by Nkirote Purity — the biggest clip we've matched to this track, now at roughly 4.2M plays.

Going by their hashtags, creators mostly use it in sports clips (60% of tagged clips), followed by edits and montages (20%).

By platform, the matches break down as TikTok (67%) and YouTube Shorts (33%).

Genre: Soundtrack
Length: 5:51
Released: 1984
Album: Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Videos using this song

8.2M combined plays · 2 platforms · since Jul 2026

Trending in the last 30 days

YouTube

@NkirotePurity

4.2M

TikTok

@kornflclips

2.0M

TikTok

@stemzii1

1.3M

TikTok

@giovannaarya

483.5k

YouTube

@%EC%83%81%EC%83%81%EB%83%A5%EC%9D%B4a

191.7k

TikTok

@nfl_eoliamboy

78.4k

How creators use it

From the hashtags on the clips we've matched

Sports60%
Edits & montages20%
Anime20%

Tags that keep coming up

#nfl
#tiktokcampaign

Clips by month posted

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Questions

Which short videos use "Holding Out For a Hero"?

ClipMusic has catalogued "Holding Out For a Hero" as background music in short videos — 67% on TikTok and 33% on YouTube Shorts. Together those clips account for about 8.2M plays.

What kind of videos use "Holding Out For a Hero"?

Going by the hashtags on the clips we've matched, it shows up most in sports clips (60%), edits and montages (20%) and anime clips (20%). Tags that keep coming up include #nfl, #tiktokcampaign.