Billy Don't Be a Hero to ride out and seek reinforcements. (This suggests mounted infantry and a lack of modern two-way radio communications.) In the end, the heartbroken woman throws away the official letter notifying her of Billy's "heroic" death. Paper Lace's version of "Billy Don't Be a Hero" reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 16 March 1974, and did likewise in Australia, where it spent eight weeks at the top spot. Thereafter, Bo Donaldson's and the Heywoods's version reached No. 1 in the U.S. on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 15 June 1974, but was dubbed into French for Canada. The
Not a Hero September 2015. On 12 January 2016, it was announced that "Not a Hero" would be released for PlayStation 4 on 2 February 2016, with the PlayStation Vita version being officially cancelled later that day. "Not a Hero" received positive reviews upon release, with the PC version holding an aggregated Metacritic score of 75/100, based on 57 critic reviews, the PlayStation 4 version a score of 74/100, based on 26 critic reviews, and the Xbox One version a score of 75/100 based on 13 critic reviews. Not a Hero Not a Hero is a cover system 2D shooter video game developed