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 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."^[1] Its title was changed on the advice of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.^[2]

The song itself proved an early success, entering the UK Singles Chart at #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 #36, eventually reaching #21. The song was used by ESPN as part of their coverage of Major League Baseball's 2008 Opening Day. It is the first R.E.M. song to chart on the Hot 100 since "Imitation of Life" in 2001, reaching a peak of #85. ^[3]

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.

1 Music video
2 Track listing
3 Credits
4 Charts
5 References

[edit] 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 was launched, 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]

[edit] 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

[edit] Credits

"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).

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Norwegian Singles Chart^[5]	1
Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks^[6]	69
Chilean Singles Chart^[7]	87
Swedish Singles Chart^[8]	17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[9]	85
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	82
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	21
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	36
Irish Singles Chart^[10]	41
Belgian Singles Chart^[11]	17
UK Singles Chart^[12]	54
Canadian Hot 100^[13]	50
Swiss Singles Chart^[14]	32
German Singles Chart^[15]	26
Austrian Singles Chart^[16]	26
United World Chart^[17]	27

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

[edit] References

v • d • e

R.E.M.

Peter Buck · Mike Mills · Michael Stipe
Bill Berry

Accompaniment

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

Managers

Bertis Downs, IV · Jefferson Holt

Discography

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

Compilations	Dead Letter Office · Eponymous · The Best of R.E.M. · Singles Collected · In the Attic · In Time · And I Feel Fine

EPs	Chronic Town · Not Bad for No Tour

Other	Songs · Singles · Man on the Moon · r.e.m.IX · R.E.M. Live