"No More Heroes" is a single by The Stranglers from the eponymous album No More Heroes. It is one of the Stranglers' most successful singles (featuring regularly both in greatest hits and punk/New Wave compilation albums), peaking at #8[1][2] in the Official UK Top 40 charts.
The lyrics refer to several historical figures, including Leon Trotsky, Lenny Bruce, Sancho Panza and William Shakespeare.[3]
At the time of the single's release, the b-side "In the Shadows" was a non-album track, but it appeared on the Stranglers' next studio album, Black and White.
The song featured in the movie Mystery Men, and was also heard in two episodes of the BBC show Ashes to Ashes: Episode 1 of Series 1[2] and Episode 4 of Series 3; it was included in thesoundtrack to Series 1.