# Three Minute Hero

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1980 single by the Selecter

"Three Minute Hero" Single by the Selecter from the album Too Much Pressure B-side "James Bond" Released 1980 Studio Horizon Studios (Coventry) Genre 2 tone ska Length 3:00 Label 2 Tone CHS TT 8 Songwriter Neol Davies Producers Errol Ross the Selecter The Selecter singles chronology "On My Radio" (1979) "Three Minute Hero" (1980) "The Whisper" (1980) Music video "Three Minute Hero" on YouTube

"**Three Minute Hero**" is a song and [single](/source/Single_(music)) written by [Neol Davies](/source/Neol_Davies) and performed by the English [2 tone](/source/Two-tone_(music_genre)) [ska](/source/Ska) revival band [the Selecter](/source/The_Selecter).[1] It is the opening track on side one of their debut studio album *[Too Much Pressure](/source/Too_Much_Pressure)*. Released in 1980, the song spent six weeks on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_singles_chart).,[2][1] peaking at number 16.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-do_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-do_1-1) ["On My Radio"](http://www.discogs.com/Selecter-On-My-Radio/release/381858). [Discogs](/source/Discogs). Retrieved 14 June 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["UK Official charts - Selecter"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18050/selecter/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved 2013-06-13.

## External links

- "[Three Minute Hero](https://www.discogs.com/master/73283)" at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) (list of releases)

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