"Somebody's Hero" is the title of a song written by Jamie O'Neal

Jamie O'Neal

Jamie O'Neal is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States. She was born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia, to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians...

, Shaye Smith, and Ed Hill, and was recorded by Australian country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist O'Neal for her second studio album, Brave

Brave (Jamie O'Neal album)

Brave is the second official studio album from Australian country singer Jamie O'Neal. It was her first release on the Capitol Records label, being issued on 1 March 2005 . It followed an unreleased second album for Mercury Records entitled On My Way to You, the title track of which carried over to...

. The second single released from that album, it peaked at #3 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart, giving O'Neal her sixth Top 40 country hit, and her third top ten hit.

Music video

This video was directed by Trey Fanjoy

Trey Fanjoy

Trey Fanjoy is a country music and pop music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH-1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV.-Music videos:...

, who also directed her videos for "When I Think About Angels," and "Like A Woman." Jamie's daughter made a cameo appearance in the clip. For each character, they used different people to show the mother, and daughter at different ages.

Chart performance

"Somebody's Hero" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of April 1, 2005. > >

Chart (2005)	Peak position