Holding Out for a Hero

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Holding Out for a Hero

Quality:

Holding Out for a Hero - original film song written and composed by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford for the 1984 movie "Footloose"; first recorded by Bonnie Tyler and released in 1984. Article “Holding Out for a Hero” in German Wikipedia has 32.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

Since the creation of article “Holding Out for a Hero”, its content was written by 39 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 524 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 36 times in German Wikipedia and cited 725 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #5928 in April 2024
  • Global: #5818 in June 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #69163 in June 2021
  • Global: #42086 in April 2023

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Holding Out for a Hero
60.5883
2Hebrew (he)
Holding Out for a Hero
37.9356
3German (de)
Holding Out for a Hero
32.9296
4Simple English (simple)
Holding Out for a Hero
32.6266
5Italian (it)
Holding Out for a Hero
32.5153
6Russian (ru)
Holding Out for a Hero
32.4653
7Spanish (es)
Holding Out for a Hero
31.9212
8Korean (ko)
Holding Out for a Hero
15.4388
9French (fr)
Holding Out for a Hero
15.3581
10Japanese (ja)
ホールディング・アウト・フォー・ア・ヒーロー
13.5403
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Holding Out for a Hero" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Holding Out for a Hero
3 070 089
2Russian (ru)
Holding Out for a Hero
161 770
3Spanish (es)
Holding Out for a Hero
161 465
4German (de)
Holding Out for a Hero
143 838
5French (fr)
Holding Out for a Hero
90 037
6Italian (it)
Holding Out for a Hero
58 131
7Polish (pl)
Holding Out for a Hero
40 079
8Japanese (ja)
ホールディング・アウト・フォー・ア・ヒーロー
38 691
9Hungarian (hu)
Holding Out for a Hero
21 638
10Turkish (tr)
Holding Out for a Hero
20 495
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Holding Out for a Hero" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Holding Out for a Hero
16 094
2Russian (ru)
Holding Out for a Hero
1 453
3Spanish (es)
Holding Out for a Hero
1 242
4Japanese (ja)
ホールディング・アウト・フォー・ア・ヒーロー
858
5German (de)
Holding Out for a Hero
658
6French (fr)
Holding Out for a Hero
493
7Italian (it)
Holding Out for a Hero
253
8Simple English (simple)
Holding Out for a Hero
186
9Polish (pl)
Holding Out for a Hero
163
10Turkish (tr)
Holding Out for a Hero
66
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Holding Out for a Hero" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Holding Out for a Hero
308
2German (de)
Holding Out for a Hero
39
3French (fr)
Holding Out for a Hero
30
4Hebrew (he)
Holding Out for a Hero
21
5Hungarian (hu)
Holding Out for a Hero
21
6Italian (it)
Holding Out for a Hero
18
7Spanish (es)
Holding Out for a Hero
16
8Russian (ru)
Holding Out for a Hero
14
9Dutch (nl)
Holding Out for a Hero
11
10Norwegian (no)
Holding Out for a Hero
10
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Holding Out for a Hero" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
2English (en)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
3Spanish (es)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
4Basque (eu)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
5Persian (fa)
در انتظار یک قهرمان
0
6French (fr)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
7Hebrew (he)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
8Hungarian (hu)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
9Italian (it)
Holding Out for a Hero
0
10Japanese (ja)
ホールディング・アウト・フォー・ア・ヒーロー
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Holding Out for a Hero" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Holding Out for a Hero
312
2Hungarian (hu)
Holding Out for a Hero
73
3Hebrew (he)
Holding Out for a Hero
49
4Russian (ru)
Holding Out for a Hero
49
5Spanish (es)
Holding Out for a Hero
42
6German (de)
Holding Out for a Hero
36
7French (fr)
Holding Out for a Hero
33
8Italian (it)
Holding Out for a Hero
32
9Turkish (tr)
Holding Out for a Hero
29
10Simple English (simple)
Holding Out for a Hero
21
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Holding Out for a Hero
enEnglish
Holding Out for a Hero
esSpanish
Holding Out for a Hero
euBasque
Holding Out for a Hero
faPersian
در انتظار یک قهرمان
frFrench
Holding Out for a Hero
heHebrew
Holding Out for a Hero
huHungarian
Holding Out for a Hero
itItalian
Holding Out for a Hero
jaJapanese
ホールディング・アウト・フォー・ア・ヒーロー
koKorean
Holding Out for a Hero
nlDutch
Holding Out for a Hero
noNorwegian
Holding Out for a Hero
plPolish
Holding Out for a Hero
ruRussian
Holding Out for a Hero
simpleSimple English
Holding Out for a Hero
skSlovak
Holding Out for a Hero
trTurkish
Holding Out for a Hero

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#69163
06.2021
Global:
#42086
04.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#5928
04.2024
Global:
#5818
06.2021

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Holding Out for a Hero from Wikipedia articles about Bonnie Tyler, Footloose – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, List of songs featured in Shrek, Holding Out for a Hero and Bonnie Tyler discography. Whereas reading the article about Holding Out for a Hero people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Bonnie Tyler, Footloose, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire, Jim Steinman and Footloose – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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