| Too Late the Hero | |
| Cover: | Too Late the Hero.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | John Entwistle |
| Album: | Too Late the Hero |
| A-Side: | Too Late the Hero |
| B-Side: | "I'm Coming Back", "Dancing Master" |
| Released: | 1981 |
| Recorded: | Ramport Studio (London, England). Completed in May 1981 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 7:35 (album version) 3:16 (single version) |
| Label: | Atco (US) WEA (UK) |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Mad Dog |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Talk Dirty |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Too Late the Hero" is a song written and recorded by English rock musician John Entwistle, released as the first single from his fifth solo studio album, Too Late the Hero (1981). Entwistle's best-selling single, it peaked at No. 76 on the UK Singles Chart and at No. 101 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100. It was Entwistle's only chart placing in the UK.
In the UK the single was released as a limited-run picture disc of 500, all hand signed by Entwistle in return for a case of the finest whiskey.
The song is also found on Entwistle's compilation albums, (1996), Anthology (1996), and So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology (2005).