Kill Your Heroes

"Kill Your Heroes" is a song by American alternative rock band Awolnation. It is written by lead singer Aaron Bruno and musician Brian West for the band's debut studio album Megalithic Symphony, where it appears as the eighth track. "Kill Your Heroes" was released as the third and final single from Megalithic Symphony and reached the top 20 of the United States Billboard Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts.

"Kill Your Heroes"
Single by Awolnation
from the album Megalithic Symphony
B-side	"Sail" (Feed Me Luxe Remix)
Released	June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)
Recorded	2010–11 at Red Bull Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California)
Length	2:58
Label	Red Bull
Songwriter(s)	Aaron Bruno Brian West
Producer(s)	Aaron Bruno Brian West
Awolnation singles chronology
"Not Your Fault" (2011) "Kill Your Heroes" (2012) "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" (2013)
Music video
"Kill Your Heroes" on YouTube

The song's music video parodies the children's TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It was also featured on Nintendo Video.^[1]

Track listing

Digital download^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kill Your Heroes"	2:58
2.	"Sail" (Feed Me Luxe Remix)	3:30
3.	"Kill Your Heroes" (Music video)	3:59

Personnel

Sourced from the original album liner notes.

Awolnation

• Aaron Bruno – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, drums

Additional musicians

• Jimmy Messer - electric guitar
• Billy Mohler - bass guitar
• Brian West - Casio keyboards and synthesizers

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position Canada Rock (Billboard)[3] 27 US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[4] 16 US Rock & Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] 14

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[6] 46 Chart (2013) Position US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[7] 41

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United States[8]	June 5, 2012	Modern rock radio	Red Bull Records
Italy[9]	December 7, 2012	Contemporary hit radio	EMI
Belgium[2]	February 22, 2013	Digital download	Red Bull Records
Czech Republic[10]
France[11]
Germany[12]
Ireland[13]
Israel[14]
Latvia[15]
Luxembourg[16]
Netherlands[17]
Norway[18]
Poland[19]
Slovakia[20]
Turkey[21]
United Kingdom[22]
Spain[23]	February 26, 2013