Billie Joe Armstrong and his son Jakob have teamed up for a cross-generational cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes,” recorded for the trailer of Survivor’s landmark 50th season on CBS. The collaboration brings together one of punk rock’s most enduring figures and Jakob Armstrong, frontman of Ultra Q, for a fresh take on a song that has only grown in cultural resonance over the decades.
“Heroes,” co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno and originally released on Bowie’s 1977 album of the same name, has been finding new audiences consistently, most recently through a key placement in the series finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things. The Armstrong family version adds another chapter to the song’s remarkable life, this time tied to one of television’s longest-running competition formats.
The timing is notable for Billie Joe as well. Green Day recently performed at the Super Bowl LX pregame show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, keeping the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band squarely in the cultural conversation heading into 2026. The Survivor cover arrives as a genuinely warm side project, father and son sharing a microphone on one of rock history’s most beloved songs.