Supernatural Superserious

"Supernatural Superserious" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M.. It is the first single and third track from the band's fourteenth album Accelerate and premiered on now defunct New York City radio station WRXP on February 5, 2008, without the consent of Warner Bros. Records. The single was first released on February 11, 2008 as an MP3, and February 25, 2008 on CD. Like most of the songs on Accelerate, it made its debut during the band's "working rehearsals" at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin between June 30 and July 5, 2007, in an unfinished form with the name "Disguised"; the song appears on Live at The Olympia in this form. Its title was changed on the advice of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.^[1]

The song itself proved an early success, entering the UK Singles Chart at number 54 on downloads, before its official physical release, although—unlike most of R.E.M.'s lead singles in the UK—it was not a hit there. It also became R.E.M.'s first song since 2001's "Imitation of Life" to enter more than two charts and to chart on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, with an entry position of number 36, eventually reaching 21. The other chart that the song charted was the Billboard Hot 100 where it reached number 85. It is also the band's final appearance on the Hot 100 chart.^[2]

The song was used by ESPN as part of their coverage of Major League Baseball's 2008 Opening Day. It was also featured in the film He's Just Not That Into You.

A special 7" single was released to commemorate Record Store Day on April 19, 2008, in the US. The single was made available exclusively for participating stores along with special releases from Björk and Death Cab for Cutie.

Music video

The music video was shot by director Vincent Moon in various locations around New York City. On February 12, 2008 the website supernaturalsuperserious.com (no longer available) was launched,^[3] containing ten takes of the video available for download in high definition as well as a YouTube page for users to upload their own versions of the video.^[4]

Track listing

CD single #1 (UK, Germany) (W798CD), 7" Single (US)

"Supernatural Superserious" – 3:25
"Airliner" – 2:21

CD single #2 (UK) (W798CDX)

"Supernatural Superserious" – 3:25
"Airliner" – 2:21
"Red Head Walking" – 2:11

Personnel

"Supernatural Superserious" written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe.
"Airliner" written by Buck, Mills, Stipe, and Scott McCaughey.
"Red Head Walking" written by Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening cover, from their album Dreamy, 1991).

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Worldwide	February 11, 2008	Digital download
United Kingdom	February 25, 2008	CD
United Kingdom	March 24, 2008	CD
United States	April 15, 2008	7" Vinyl

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart^[5]	26
Belgian Singles Chart^[6]	17
Canadian Hot 100^[6]	50
German Singles Chart^[6]	26
Irish Singles Chart^[7]	41
Norwegian Singles Chart^[8]	1
Swedish Singles Chart^[6]	17
Swiss Singles Chart^[6]	32
UK Singles Chart^[6]	54
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	85
US Billboard Pop 100	82
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	36
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	21
US Billboard Triple A	1

Preceded by "Hold On Be Strong" by Maria Haukaas Storeng	Norwegian VG-lista number-one single 27 February – 12 March 2008	Succeeded by "Chasing Pavements" by Adele

References

↑ "REM: Chris Martin named our new single". NME.com. March 26, 2008.
↑ "R.E.M.: Supernatural Superserious (Track Review)". prefixmag.com. February 8, 2008.
↑ Swash, Rosie (February 26, 2008). "Punks, Dunks and Re-Hashed Bunk". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group.
↑ "R.E.M.Hq: News". REM hq. February 13, 2008.
↑ Rem - Supernatural Superserious - Music Charts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Rem — Supernatural Superserious — Music Charts". achart.us.
↑ "Irish Charts Week 09 - 2008". IRMA.
↑ "VG-lista" (in Norwegian). 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

R.E.M.

Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe

Personnel	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker

Managers	Bertis Downs IV Jefferson Holt

Studio albums	Murmur Reckoning Fables of the Reconstruction Lifes Rich Pageant Document Green Out of Time Automatic for the People Monster New Adventures in Hi-Fi Up Reveal Around the Sun Accelerate Collapse into Now

Compilations	Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 7IN—83–88

EPs	Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia

Other albums	Man on the Moon r.e.m.IX R.E.M. Live Live at The Olympia Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions

Singles	"Radio Free Europe" "Talk About the Passion" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" "Cant Get There from Here" "Driver 8" "Wendell Gee" "Fall on Me" "Superman" "The One I Love" "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" "Finest Worksong" "Orange Crush" "Stand" "Pop Song 89" "Get Up" "Losing My Religion" "Shiny Happy People" "Near Wild Heaven" "Radio Song" "Drive" "Man on the Moon" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Everybody Hurts" "Nightswimming" "Find the River" "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "Bang and Blame" "Strange Currencies" "Crush with Eyeliner" "Tongue" "E-Bow the Letter" "Bittersweet Me" "Electrolite" "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" "Daysleeper" "Lotus" "At My Most Beautiful" "Suspicion" "The Great Beyond" "Imitation of Life" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "I'll Take the Rain" "Bad Day" "Animal" "Leaving New York" "Aftermath" "Electron Blue" "Wanderlust" "#9 Dream" "Supernatural Superserious" "Hollow Man" "Man-Sized Wreath" "Until the Day Is Done" "Mine Smell Like Honey" "Überlin" "Oh My Heart" "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"

Other songs	"Sitting Still" "Gardening at Night" "Perfect Circle" "Pretty Persuasion" "Begin the Begin" "Cuyahoga" "Ages of You" "Turn You Inside-Out" "Texarkana" "Country Feedback" "First We Take Manhattan" "Ignoreland" "Dark Globe" "Star 69" "New Test Leper" "All the Right Friends" "Out in the Country"

Videos	Succumbs Tourfilm Pop Screen This Film Is On Parallel Road Movie In View Perfect Square When the Light Is Mine R.E.M. Live This Is Not a Show R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX REMTV

Related articles	Discography List of songs Tours Peter Buck Automatic Baby Hindu Love Gods The Baseball Project Tired Pony Athens Andover "I Belong to You" Hib-Tone Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M. Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People "Homer the Moe" Scott Litt

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