Little Fighter is a song by American

United States

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/Danish

Denmark

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 hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band White Lion

White Lion

White Lion is an American/Danish hard rock/heavy metal band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist Mike Tramp and American guitarist Vito Bratta. Mainly active in the 1980s and early 1990s, the band achieved double platinum status with their #8 hit "Wait" and #3 hit "When the...

 and was the first single released from the 1989 album Big Game

Big Game (album)

Big Game is the third studio album by the hard rock band White Lion. It was released on August 10, 1989 by Atlantic Records, reaching #19 on The Billboard 200 album chart.- Overview :...

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The song is about a Greenpeace

Greenpeace

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 boat named "Rainbow Warrior" which was destroyed by the French

France

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. Inside the Big Game album booklet where the Little Fighter lyrics are located it says "In Memory of Rainbow Warrior" in brackets next to the name.

The song charted at #52 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on The Mainstream Rock

Mainstream rock

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 Charts
in the US

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, and #65 in Canada

Canada

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Personnel

• Mike Tramp
  Mike Tramp
  Mike Tramp is a Danish singer and songwriter who is best known for his work with the hard rock bands White Lion and Freak of Nature...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Vito Bratta
  Vito Bratta
  Vito Bratta is the former lead guitarist and lead songwriter for the 1980s rock band White Lion from 1983 to 1992....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• James Lomenzo
  James Lomenzo
  James "JLo" LoMenzo is a metal bassist known for his roles as a former member of White Lion and Megadeth. He is also known for his work in Black Label Society .-Past bands and other works :...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Greg D'Angelo
  Greg D'Angelo
  Greg D’Angelo, is a drummer most famous for his work in the American band White Lion.-Early career :...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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