# Just how many songs are about, involve or mention Superman? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944 "2007-09-21T01:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/1 "2007-09-21T01:51:27Z")
I was listening to the radio today and heard the song about Pocket full of Kryptonite (I forgetthe artists and song’s name, followed later in the day by walking by a store that had the Kinks ‘Superman’ playing on its stereo. It occoured to me that there are a lot of songs about Superman, mention Superman, or involve him somehow. OK, I know a few off the top of my head, but they often have some other name. Can we get a difinitive list? ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/2 "2007-09-21T02:05:52Z")
Also by the Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen’s Blues R.E.M - Superman (though it’s a The Clique cover) Crash Test Dummies - Superman’s Song Five for Fighting -Superman (It’s Not Easy) Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Resignation Superman ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/3 "2007-09-21T02:18:41Z")
This thread as already been done. I’m just too lazy to look it up. As long as I’m here… Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/4 "2007-09-21T02:24:12Z")
Genesis - The Carpet Crawlers ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/5 "2007-09-21T02:32:38Z")
Eminem - Superman Laurie Anderson - O Superman Songs that mention Superman: Roland Gift - Superhero Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero Billy Idol - White Wedding (“hey little sister, who’s your Superman?”) that new song that repeats the words “crank that soulja boy” - not sure if that’s the title There was also a Bad Religion song my brother used to listen to all the time when he was 14 whose title escapes me at the moment, but I recall these lyrics: Do what you must Break all the fucking rules And go to hell with Superman And die like a champion Yeah hey! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/6 "2007-09-21T02:51:59Z")
Our Lady Peace - Superman’s Dead Peter Gabriel - Have A Wonderful Day In A One Way World Donovan - Sunshine Superman Almost: XTC - That’s Really Super, Supergirl ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/7 "2007-09-21T03:03:18Z")
A couple easy ones: “Waitin’ for a Superman” by The Flaming Lips “Superman” by Sister Hazel ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/8 "2007-09-21T03:09:05Z")
And from WAY back in the day, Donna Fargo’s “Superman” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/9 "2007-09-21T03:10:39Z")
“It’s Superman,” from the Broadway musical **[It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman](http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3137)**. Probably other songs in the score mention him, too, but it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it. And, all the songs involve him in one way or another. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/10 "2007-09-21T03:19:31Z")
Jim Croce- And they say you don’t tug on Superman’s cape You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask off an 'ole Lone Ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/11 "2007-09-21T03:25:26Z")
Here’ the [earlier thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398086) on Superman in pop songs. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/12 "2007-09-21T05:45:55Z")
It may have been mentioned in the lists above, but for the life of me I can only remember a snippet from this one song; it goes (I think) something like this: Superman (manmanman) \<—that’s an echo effect Do it to me Superman(manmanman) ??? Oooh, you get so deep inside… ?? Sorry, that’s all I got. Can anybody identify this one? ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/13 "2007-09-21T05:51:36Z")
:smack: Oh, heck! How could I have forgot to mention \*\*Sunshine Superman \*\* by Donovan? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/14 "2007-09-21T05:57:03Z")
Don Mclean sung a song called “Superman’s Ghost.” _I don’t wanna be like ol’ George Reeves Stuck in a Superman role I gotta long way to go in my career And some day my fame will make it clear that I Had to be a Superman._ ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/15 "2007-09-21T06:01:21Z")
Not mentioned in either thread is **Weird Superman** by Straw. Of course that’s probably because no-one else has ever heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/16 "2007-09-21T08:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=Nekosoft] Also by the Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen’s Blues [/QUOTE] That’s the same song mentioned in the OP. ‘Pocket full of kryptonite’ is a line from Jimmy Olsen’s Blues, which is the first song on Pocket Full of Kryptonite. Now I want to dig my copy of it out… I mentioned it in the other thread, but might as well say it here, Superman is one of a bunch of superheroes mentioned in John Schneider’s They Got Nothin’ on Him. ---
**Author:** ![Smith8762](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Smith8762](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smith8762)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/17 "2007-09-21T13:11:08Z")
[Sing365](http://seek.sing365.com:8080/cgi-bin/s.cgi?q=Superman) shows 617 entries when you do a fulltext search for the word “Superman.” May be some duplication from page to page but it’s quite an exhaustive list. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/18 "2007-09-21T13:35:06Z")
[QUOTE=Lil’ Mahoney] Not mentioned in either thread is **Weird Superman** by Straw. Of course that’s probably because no-one else has ever heard of them. [/QUOTE] I won that LP in a radio call in about twenty years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/19 "2007-09-21T13:37:24Z")
[Lois Lane](http://www.yellowtailrecords.com/ub/hits.htm#lois), by Uncle Bonsai ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944/20 "2007-09-21T13:42:58Z")
The Broadway Cast Album Data Base lists three songs from musicals: It’s Superman from It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman My Superman from Freeway Dreams My Superman from The Gay 90’s [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-many-songs-are-about-involve-or-mention-superman/419944.md?page=2)