What to see, where to go at David Bowie's Berlin Hansa Studios Bowie recorded at the famous Hansa Studios. The studio is not far from the reconstructed Potsdamer Platz, but for the story I'm about to tell you, please imagine the wall instead of the giants skyscrappers made of glass. Heroes is one of Bowie's most famous songs. It tells the story of a young couple who are so driven to be together that they would meet every day under a gun turret on The Berlin Wall. Bowie found the inspiration for the lyrics on the affair between his Tony Visconti, his producer at the time, and backup singer Antonia Maass, who would kiss "by the wall" in front of Bowie as he looked out of the Hansa Studio window during a smoke break. Bowie didn't say anything about Visconti's role in inspiring Heroes until 2003, when he confessed to Performing Songwriter magazine: