Nick Go! Heroes

'''Nick Go! Heroes''' is a single by rappers Violet Stars, Raddy Goodberry and RockRhyme and singers Hayley Fosters and Chan Navies. The song was sent to European radio stations in January 2009 before the song was officially released on 27th March, 2009. The song charted at number 2 in the Karuboia charts.

Nick Go! Heroes was co-written by Ericka Streets, ZD and DJ Kubin. Streets and Kubin also have uncredited vocals on the song. Alongside co-writing, ZD also produced the song, whilst Kubin mixed it. The song received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who felt that the song was a lazy attempt at promoting Nick Go! to a larger audience.

Background
Ericka, Violet, Raddy and RockRhyme all worked together writing the song in November 2008. Originally, Ericka was planning on providing vocals for the song as well, but felt like giving her role to one of the children who had appeared in Nick Go! interstitials in the past. She gave her role to Hayley after helping her co-write her song "Behind Me". Ericka, however, also wanted to put Chan on the song after being impressed with his acting and singing. ZD wrote a verse for Hayley and Chan at the last minute. The group later began to record their vocals after DJ Kubin gave them the instrumental the following month.

Nick Go! Heroes was first heard on KRC Radio 1 on 23rd January, 2009, with the music video appearing on The Nick Go Breakfast four days later. The song was later added to BBC Radio 1's 'A-list'. Since the song appeared on radios two months before releasing, it was rumoured that the song was only a promotional radio track, though DJ Kubin eventually confirmed the song's release date at the end of February, which was 27th March.

Ineligibility
Rodrick Miles confirmed in November 2009 that the song was not allowed to receive any awards during The Nick Go Awards in 2010, as it was deemed "unfair".

Critical reception
British entertainment website Digital Spy gave the song a 2 out of 5 stars saying "It seems that RockRhyme and friends are going out of their way to make their culture worldwide knowledge. If they want to do that, however, they will have to focus on putting in a bit more effort, rather than making a lazily made song with rushed lyrics."

Music video
The music video for the song debuted on The Nick Go Breakfast on 27th January, 2009. It has received over 40 million views on YouTube.

Digital download

 * 1) "Nick Go! Heroes"

7"

 * A1. "Nick Go! Heroes" (radio edit)
 * A2. "Nick Go! Heroes" (instrumental)
 * B1. "Nick Go! Heroes" (Guru Josh remix)
 * B2. "Nick Go! Heroes" (karaoke version)

12"

 * A1. "Nick Go! Heroes"
 * A2. "Nick Go! Heroes" (radio edit)
 * A3. "Nick Go! Heroes" (instrumental)
 * B1. "Nick Go! Heroes" (Guru Josh remix)
 * B2. "Nick Go! Heroes" (karaoke version with background vocals)
 * B3. "Nick Go! Heroes" (karaoke version)

Casette

 * 1) "Nick Go! Heroes" (radio edit)
 * 2) "Nick Go! Heroes" (karaoke version)

CD single

 * 1) "Nick Go! Heroes"
 * 2) "Nick Go! Heroes" (video edit)
 * 3) "Nick Go! Heroes" (radio edit)
 * 4) "Nick Go! Heroes" (extended edit)
 * 5) "Nick Go! Heroes" (instrumental)

Chart performance
Nick Go! Heroes debuted at #25 on the Karuboia Singles Chart on the week of 3rd April, 2009. It rose to #11 the following week, before appearing in the top 10 for the next six weeks. The song peaked at #2 in the region in June that year, and spent, overall, 45 non-consecutive weeks in the top 100.