Weak Become Heroes

"Weak Become Heroes"
Single by The Streets
from the album Original Pirate Material
Released	22 July 2002
Format	CD
Genre	Electronica, hip house
Length	05:33
Label	679
Writer(s)	Mike Skinner
The Streets singles chronology
"Let's Push Things Forward" "Weak Become Heroes" (2004) "Don't Mug Yourself" Alternative Covers UK CD 2 cover Double A-side cover Remix cover

"Weak Become Heroes" is a song by The Streets, which was the third single from the album Original Pirate Material. It was released on 2 July 2002.

The song concerns Skinner's experiences of rave culture in the mid-1990s. He says:

The reference I made to Nicky Holloway, Danny Rampling and all that were because I was intelligent enough to find out that those were the guys that started it. So it was 1995, it wasn't '89, even though everyone thinks it was about '89. Which goes to prove that that experience is the same experience that was had for everyone, even though people in 1989 will say it was better in 1989 than it was in 1995. Because I never experienced 1989 but '95 was pretty good.^[1]

Skinner also makes reference to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, an act which was seen as curtailing the rights of people to host raves.

"Weak Become Heroes" was later re-released as a double A-side with the song "It's Too Late", but the single failed to chart. This song was also remixed by Röyksopp.

Track listings

CD 1

1. "Weak Become Heroes" (Ashley Beedle's Love Bug Vocal)
2. "Same Old Thing" (Outlaw Breaks Remix)
3. "Same Old Thing" (Morph Resurrection Remix)

Double A-side

1. "It's Too Late" (Album version)
2. "Weak Become Heroes" (Single edit)
3. "Weak Become Heroes" (Ashley Beedle's Love Bug Vocal)
4. "Weak Become Heroes" (Röyksopp's Memory Lane Mix)
5. "Let's Push Things Forward" (The Streets Remix featuring Roll Deep)

Remixes EP

1. "Weak Become Heroes" (3 Fans Vocal Rerub, by DJ Swingsett, Takuya Nakamura & Lisa Shaw)
2. "Weak Become Heroes" (3 Fans Dub Rerub, by DJ Swingsett, Takuya Nakamura & Lisa Shaw)
3. "Weak Become Heroes" (Röyksopp's Memory Lane Mix)
4. "Weak Become Heroes"

References

1. "BBC Radio 1: Masterpieces: The Streets - 'Original Pirate Material'". Zane Lowe. 1 December 2009.