{{Infobox song | name = Three Minute Hero | cover = Three Minute Hero.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[the Selecter]] | album = [[Too Much Pressure]] | B-side = James Bond | released = 1980 | format = | recorded = | studio = Horizon Studios ([[Coventry]]) | venue = | genre = * [[Two-tone (music genre)|2 tone]] * [[ska]] | length = 3:00 | label = [[2 Tone Records|2 Tone]] CHS TT 8 | writer = [[Neol Davies]] | producer = * Errol Ross * the Selecter | prev_title = [[On My Radio (song)|On My Radio]] | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = The Whisper | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{external music video|{{YouTube|a_oaxBHxPNI|"Three Minute Hero"}}}} }} "'''Three Minute Hero'''" is a song and [[single (music)|single]] written by [[Neol Davies]] and performed by the English [[Two-tone (music genre)|2 tone]] [[ska]] revival band [[the Selecter]].<ref name=do>{{cite web|title=On My Radio|url=http://www.discogs.com/Selecter-On-My-Radio/release/381858|publisher=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=14 June 2013}}</ref> It is the opening track on side one of their debut studio album ''[[Too Much Pressure]]''. Released in 1980, the song spent six weeks on the [[UK singles chart|UK Singles Chart]].,<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=UK Official charts - Selecter|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18050/selecter/|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2013-06-13|website=|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><ref name=do/> peaking at number 16.

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== External links == * {{discogs master|type=single|73283}}

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