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Compulsory Hero
"Compulsory Hero"
Single by 1927
from the album ...ish
A-side"Compulsory Hero"
B-side"Propaganda Machine"
Released17 April 1989 (1989-04-17)[1]
Recorded1987–88
GenreRock, pop
Length4:34
LabelWEA
SongwriterGarry Frost
ProducerCharles Fisher
1927 singles chronology
"You'll Never Know"
(1988) 		"Compulsory Hero"
(1989) 		"To Love Me"
(1989)

"Compulsory Hero" is the fourth single by Australian rock-pop band 1927. The track was released on 17 April 1989[1] and peaked at number 14 in May on the ARIA singles chart. The song is taken from their debut album ...ish which peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts in April 1989.[2][3]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990, Geoff Barter won the ARIA Award for Best Video. The song was further nominated for Best Group but lost to The Black Sorrows.[4][5]

The song talks about a father's experience in the Vietnam War.

Track listing

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7" / CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Compulsory Hero"4:34
2."Propaganda Machine"3:25

Charts

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Weekly chart

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Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 14

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