The Fighter (Gym Class Heroes song)

"The Fighter"
Single by Gym Class Heroes featuring Ryan Tedder
from the album The Papercut Chronicles II
Released	May 31, 2012
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2011
Genre	Pop-rap alternative hip hop synthpop alternative rock
Length	3:49
Label	Fueled by Ramen
Songwriter(s)	Travie McCoy Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo Eric Roberts Matt McGinley Ryan Tedder Noel Zancanella Jamie Heffernan
Producer(s)	Ryan Tedder
Gym Class Heroes singles chronology
"Ass Back Home" (2011) "The Fighter" (2012)
"Ass Back Home" (2011) "The Fighter" (2012)
Ryan Tedder singles chronology
"Gonna Get Over You" (2011) Gonna Get Over You2011 "The Fighter" (2012) The Fighter2012 "The Missing" (2016) Music video "The Fighter" on YouTube The Missing2016

"The Fighter" is a song by American rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, from their fifth studio album The Papercut Chronicles II. The song features vocals from American singer-songwriter and record producer Ryan Tedder of the band OneRepublic, and was released as the third single from the album in May 2012. It was featured in the season finale of 90210 season 4 and the Cathay Pacific Commercial for the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens

The music video for "The Fighter" was filmed in April 2012. It was released to YouTube on May 24, 2012. The video features American gymnast John Orozco. It depicts Tedder playing at an upright piano, and the band members around him singing and playing their instruments. Shots of Orozco doing Olympic training in a gym, as well as clips of home video of him competing as a child are shown in between. The single was written by several writers, including all four Gym Class Heroes members, Tedder, Noel Zancanella and Jamie Heffernan.

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