Superman's Song

"Superman's Song" was the first single of the Canadian folk-rock group Crash Test Dummies and came from their 1991 debut album The Ghosts That Haunt Me. The single was the group's first hit, charting in both Canada (#4) and the United States (#56). It was also featured in the pilot of the Canadian TV series Due South.^[1]

The song was covered by Lucy Wainwright Roche, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Suzzy Roche of The Roches, on her second EP 8 More. It also has been covered by Nataly Dawn.

Track listing

"Superman's Song" - 4:31

Music video

Brad Roberts singing in the music video for "Superman's Song".

The music video for the song was directed by Dale Heslip and features the band singing at a funeral for Superman attended by various aging superheroes. Some depicted are a middle aged Wonder Woman-like character, The Green Hornet, and possibly Green Lantern (Alan Scott).^[2] It won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Video in 1991.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	56
Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[3]	87

References

↑ "Music used in Due South". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ "Superman's Song music video". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Crash Test Dummies

Brad Roberts Ellen Reid Dan Roberts Benjamin Darvill Mitch Dorge

Demo Tapes	Original Recipe Demo Tape 2

Studio albums	The Ghosts That Haunt Me God Shuffled His Feet A Worm's Life Give Yourself a Hand I Don't Care That You Don't Mind Jingle All the Way Puss 'n' Boots Songs of the Unforgiven Oooh La La!

EPs	The Cape Breton Lobster Bash Series

Compilations	The Best of Crash Test Dummies Demo-litions

Live Albums	Crash Test Dude (Brad Roberts solo)

Singles	"Superman's Song" "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" "Androgynous" "The First Noel" "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" "Swimming in Your Ocean" "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" "God Shuffled His Feet" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "He Liked to Feel It" "My Own Sunrise" "My Enemies" "Keep a Lid on Things" "Get You in the Morning" "Give Yourself a Hand" "Every Morning" "On and On" "The Day We Never Met" "White Christmas" "I'm the Man" "Flying Feeling" "The Unforgiven Ones" "And So Will Always Be" "And It's Beautiful" "Now You See Her" "Promised Land" "I'll Be Peaceful Then"

Videos	Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies Crash Test Dude

Discography

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