"Superman" is a song by the rapper Eminem featuring R&B singer Dina Rae, released in 2003 as a single in the U.S. only. It contains nudity . It was from his worldwide hit album, The Eminem Show, which was released in 2002. The song is about the rocky relationships and promiscuous nature of the girls Eminem has had in his life and how he plans to deal with it. This song was rumored to be written about Mariah Carey.
"Superman" is a song recorded by R.E.M. from their fourth album, 1986's Lifes Rich Pageant. It was the last of two singles released from that LP.
This song is a cover of a 1969 song by The Clique, written by producer/songwriter Gary Zekley and Mitchell Bottler. The song was originally released as the b-side to The Clique's hit "Sugar on Sunday", itself a cover of a Tommy James and the Shondells song. Gary Zekley joined R.E.M. on stage during a performance at Northern Illinois University in De Kalb, Illinois, on October 21, 1986. The song was also popularized by Moby Grape.
Though "Superman" has received a fair amount of radio play over the years, it did not chart on the main U.S. singles chart (although it did reach #17 on Billboard Magazine's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart). blank">http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9wabqj5boj0a~T31
For a time the band refused to play the song. In one notorious incident, when one concert goer yelled his request of the song, Michael Stipe responded by approaching the microphone and saying, "Shut up, we hate that song." During the recording process, Stipe was not as enthusiastic with recording the song as the others were, and as a result bassist _Mike Mills debuted on lead vocals with Stipe providing background.
The song appeared in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman's episode named "Tempus Anyone?" (1996).
In early 1999, IBM began a television advertisement campaign for its Lotus Notes software product that included the chorus of "Superman," sung by a female vocalist.
The B-side to this single is a surf rock instrumental entitled "White Tornado", recorded in 1981.
In a 2006 episode of The Simpsons, "Million Dollar Abie", this song played during a montage of fun things Abe Simpson does after reconsidering euthanasia. Also that year, the song was covered by the band The Academy Is... on the album Sound of Superman, coinciding with the release of the new Warner Bros. film Superman Returns.
CSI: NY season 2 used the track to close its episode "Super Men".
"Superman (It's Not Easy)" is a song from America Town, the second album of Five for Fighting (the stage name of American singer-songwriter John Ondrasik), released in 2000.
This song is sung from Superman's point of view, although his own name is never mentioned in the song. It chronicles his lamentations that, despite his heroic abilities, he is still subject to the pains, trials, and tribulations of life. He is, as the lyrics put it, "only a man."
"Superman" is a song by the Stereophonics. It is the first track on their album, Language. Sex. Violence. Other?.
It was the second single and was released on 20 June, 2005. Its highest chart position was 13. This song is featured on the live CD/DVD, Live from Dakota. It was also featured in the 5th season episode "Splinter" of the television series Smallville.
"Superman" is a song by the American band, Lazlo Bane, from their album, All the Time In the World. It is most noted for being the theme song to the American TV show Scrubs. Zach Braff, the star of Scrubs, directed the song's video which shows behinds-the-scenes footage from the Scrubs set. The video features several of the show's cast members, including Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Ken Jenkins. It was filmed at the abandoned North Hollywood Medical Center, which doubles as the show's location (Sacred Heart hospital). The song was also covered by The Blanks, who played members of Ted's Band, "The Worthless Peons" on Scrubs.
