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REM's "Superman", Spin Doctors "Jimmy Olsen Blues" and that annoying song by Five For Fighting are three examples...
Who can think of some more?

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

There are endless "Superman" songs. "Waiting for Superman" by the Flaming Lips comes right to mind, but there are tons. (The REM song is a cover of someone else, by the way.)

Cannibal Corpse had the Wolverine Blues, and Joe Satriani had an infatuation with the Silver Surfer, although those are all instrumentals, right?

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― wl (wl), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Pixies - "Tony's Theme"

Also, about a thousand early rap songs pitting the MC against Superman hizzelf.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

FLASH! ah ah.

The Fall:
The Man Whose Head Expanded (OK - only sounds like a superhero)
Riddler! (OK - super Villain)

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott's "Hero" wins hands down.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Cannibal Corpse had the Wolverine Blues
Supposedly Suicidal Tendencies "Suicidal Maniac" was dedicated to Wolverine as well.
Ah...Anthrax's "I am the Law" is supposedly about Judge Dredd.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
Joker is Wild - Man or Astro-man?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/3657/tgah2.jpg

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 24 October 2002 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

No allegedly about "I Am The Law"; they used tons of Judge Dredd iconography to promote that song.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm. Never saw any of the promotion on that song. I heard it off a mixtape and said to myself: "Sounds like its about Judge Dredd."

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Karyn White - "Superwoman"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

If memory serves, the REM track is a cover of a song by a band called The Clique.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

How could we forget about Prince and Bat-man?!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Crash Test Dummies' "Superman's Song"...and Donovan's "Sunshine Superman"!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Supergirl -- XTC
Tony's Theme -- The Pixies

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Theme from Shaft -- Wedding Present (Isaac Hayes)
Captain Marvel -- Stan Getz

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 24 October 2002 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy -- Elton John

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

"Batman" (cover of the TV show's theme) by the Jam
"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath
"Sgt.Rock" by XTC (Sgt.Rock & Easy Company was a DC Comics series)
"So Long, Superman" by Firewater
"Spiderman" (cover of TV show's theme) by the Ramones

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

You Don't Mess Around with Jim -- Jim Croce

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath

Ah, yes. Nice. Although from the lyrics I don't think it's about the Marvel Comics Iron Man.

― wl (wl), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I knew someone was going to point that out, but it does include the line "kill the people he once saved," implying that at one point or another he acted as a super-hero. But, you're right....it has nothing to do with Tony Stark, etc.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"Flash Gordon" by Queen

― Manny Parsons (Rahul Kamath), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm Gonna Unmask the Batman" by Sun Ra

Didn't Entombed do Wolverine Blues?

― James Annett, Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't figure out if these guys are superheros, but if there aren't they should be:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/music/yatta.html

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Whipped Batman's Ass" by Wesley Willis.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

John Zorn - Batman

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 24 October 2002 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Plastic Man -- Kinks, the Fall

......and whoever wrote Rubber-band Man

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 24 October 2002 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Cartoon Crew - Batman
Cinerama - Superman
Daft Punk - Superheroes
DJ Dick - Silver Surfer
Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
House Crew - Super Hero
Macka B - Blackman (based on the Batman theme)
Mekons - Dan Dare
Gil Scott-Heron - Ain't No Such Thing As Superman
Todd Terry - Bango (To The Batmobile)
Bobby Valentin - Batman's Bugaloo
Wedding Present - Catwoman, Brassneck or Dan Dare Pilot Of The Future
Gate Wesley - Do The Batman

plus the obvious Wu-Tang references, with the Johnny Blaze (=Ghost Rider) and Tony Starks (Tony Stark=Iron Man) aliases. And loads of others with coincidentally the same name as some super character.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 24 October 2002 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

and Donovan's "Sunshine Superman"!

Ah, yes. Phat props to Donnie for showing Hal Jordan some love on there, too ("Superman and Green Lantern ain't got nothing on me")

Also: "We Are The Cartoon Heroes" by Aqua.

― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 24 October 2002 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Is "Brassneck" (by the Weddoes) about a superhero?!?!?!?!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 24 October 2002 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Laurie Anderson, "O Superman"
Bonnie Tyler, "Holding Out For a Hero"

― Underclocked, Thursday, 24 October 2002 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, Brassneck was a robot character (more comedy than superhero, admittedly) in a British comic, so it sort of is, though more realistically it isn't. I wouldn't have mentioned it if I hadn't been mentioning two others by them. Come to that, Dan Dare wasn't a superhero either, what with not having a costume, secret identity or superpowers, and Catwoman has mostly been a supervillain rather than hero, so none of them are any good as suggestions, and I can only humbly apologise.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 24 October 2002 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheers, Martin.....as a Yank I always wondered what the hell "Brassneck" literally meant.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 24 October 2002 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't Entombed do Wolverine Blues?

I do believe you're right. Thanks.

― wl (wl), Thursday, 24 October 2002 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, how could anyone forget about the last-summer-omnipresent "Kryptonite" by Three Doors Down? I know I can't.
That song gave me the vague but persistent feeling that I'd be better off without tympanic membranes.

my first post.

― Kevin H, Thursday, 24 October 2002 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Prince, "Batdance" (and related soundtrack contributions)

Our Lady Peace, "Superman's Dead"

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 24 October 2002 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Shaft isn't a superhero, he's just a bad mutha-(shut yo' mouth).

― Dave Beckhouse (Dave Beckhouse), Thursday, 24 October 2002 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, I see someone else already noted Prince's contribution.

But then there are the songs on the Heroes and Villains compilation that are about the Powerpuff Girls.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 24 October 2002 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)

"Jam On It" by Newcleus is classic!

― Paul Eater (eater), Friday, 25 October 2002 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

David Bowie - the Supermen
the Cramps - Garbageman

― willem (willem), Friday, 25 October 2002 05:55 (twenty-two years ago)

The Cramps own this thread, actually.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 25 October 2002 08:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Mekons - Dan Dare
The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Were Wolf (er, it influenced the film 'Teen Wolf' with MJ Fox, maybe...)
Show us how The Cramps own this thread son

― neas eans, Friday, 25 October 2002 09:21 (twenty-two years ago)

erm, veruca salt had a track "Spiderman" or "Spiderman '79". sorry

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 25 October 2002 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"Batman Theme" by Iggy Pop
"Superman Lover" by Redman

― Nick H, Friday, 25 October 2002 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)

If the werewolves, human flies, garbagemen, goo-goo-mucks, and any number of BAD women aren't superheroes to you, then I want no part of your world.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 25 October 2002 10:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I was hoping that someone else would have mentioned "Superman" by Black Lace (83) by now, but, oh well, me it is.

The Kinks' "Plastic Man" doesn't count by the way - it's a song about the most ordinary, pathetic, feeble bloke in the street, and how Ray Davies belittles his mealy-mouthed existence.

― darren, Sunday, 27 October 2002 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

add Dan Bern to the list o' Supes-Singers

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"Sueperman's Big Sister" by Ian Dury

― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

these dudes have a song called "El Superman"
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre400/e481/e481273ysvf.jpg

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Pink Floyd's "Cymbaline" namechecks Dr. Strange

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 07:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes:

"Jesus was a black man.
No! Jesus was Batman!
Nononononononono,
that was Bruce Wayne!"

Also a nice reference in the Charlatans' One To Another: "You'll be my Spiderwoman, I'll be your Spiderman"

― Tijn, Wednesday, 2 April 2003 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

Neil Michael Hagerty has a line about "Martian Manhunter's following me" on "AEP1" on his new alb.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 19 June 2003 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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