The week of September 14, 1985, found John Parr hanging on to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion).’
Just behind it was another soundtrack song, Tina Turner’s ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)’ from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Parr may have won the Billboard battle, but he didn’t play a post-apocalyptic warlord in his movie, as Turner did in hers.
A year earlier, Turner had reached #1 with ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It.’ That remains her only chart-topping hit, with this one falling just short at #2. Both songs were written by the songwriting duo Graham Lyle and Terry Britten.
Out of the ruins
Out from the wreckage
Can’t make the same mistake this time
We are the children, the last generation
We are the ones they left behind
[Pre-Chorus]
And I wonder when we are ever gonna change
Living under the fear ’til nothing else remains
[Chorus]
We don’t need another hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond
The Thunderdome
[Verse 2]
Looking for something we can rely on
There’s got to be something better out there
Love and compassion
Their day is coming
All else are castles built in the air
[Pre-Chorus]
And I wonder when we are ever gonna change
Living under the fear ’til nothing else remains
[Chorus]
All the children say
We don’t need another hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond
The Thunderdome
[Bridge]
So what do we do with our lives?
We leave only a mark
Will our story shine like a light
Or end in the dark?
Give it all or nothing
[Chorus]
We don’t need another hero, hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond
The Thunderdome
[Chorus]
All the children say
We don’t need another hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond
The Thunderdome
Meet Me In Montauk 
It was wonderful that Turner was able to have a career resurgence in the 80s and be introduced to a new generation, which included me.
love this song. Love her ❤️