Waitin' for a Superman

Infobox Single
Name = Waitin' for a Superman


Artist = The Flaming Lips
from Album = The Soft Bulletin
Released = 1999
Format = CD, Maxi-CD, DVD
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:17
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
Last single = "Race for the Prize" (1999)
This single = "Waitin' for a Superman" (1999)
Next single = "Do You Realize??" (2002)

"Waitin' for a Superman" (subtitled "Is It Gettin' Heavy??" for the song's U.S. album release) is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the second single taken from their 1999 album "The Soft Bulletin", and reaching #73 in the UK Singles Chart.

ingle release

The b-sides of the UK release complete the 4-CD set for "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" and "Riding to Work in the Year 2025." The first two CD parts for these songs can be found on the two UK "Race for the Prize" singles. [ [http://www.flaminglips.com/content/discography/s/12_main.php?sid= "Waitin' for a Superman" at the Flaming Lips' official website] ]

The U.S. release features material from the UK release of "Race for the Prize."

Track listing

US CD

# "Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy??)" (Radio edit)
# "Waitin' for a Superman" (Album version)
# "Waitin' for a Superman" (Mokran remix)
# "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) (Stereo remix)
# "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (Stereo remix)
# Quicktime-accessible music videos for "Waitin' for a Superman," "Race for the Prize," and "Be My Head."

UK CD1

# "Waitin' for a Superman" (Radio edit)
# "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)"
# "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair"

UK CD2

# "Waitin' for a Superman" (Radio edit)
# "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)"
# "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair"

Chart peformance

The single did not peform as well as the first single from the "The Soft Bulletin", "Race for the Prize," peforming at #73 on the UK Singles Chart.

References