Supernature (song)

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"Supernature"
Single by Cerrone
from the album Supernature (Cerrone III)
ReleasedDecember 1977 [1]
RecordedJune–August 1977
Studio Trident Studios, London
Genre Disco
Length3:50 (single edit)
9:45 (album version)
Label Malligator
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Cerrone
Music video
"Supernature" on YouTube

"Supernature" is the title track of Cerrone's 1977 album Supernature (Cerrone III) . Along with the tracks "Give Me Love" and "Love Is Here", the song reached number one on the US disco/dance charts in early 1978. [3] The single also crossed over to both the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 70, and the soul charts, where it peaked at number 72. [4] In August 1978, "Supernature" peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart following heavy exposure on the first series of The Kenny Everett Video Show .

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Background

The lyrics were written by a young Lene Lovich, though she was not credited. [2] The song features an environmental theme, imagining a future where the use of artificial chemicals in agriculture has caused "creatures down below" to emerge and "take their sweet revenge" against mankind. The lyrics were inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau. [5]

Reception

Pitchfork ranked "Supernature" as the 187th best song of the 1970s, stating that it "introduced an unprecedented strain of dystopian disco dread. Neither Kraftwerk nor Berlin-era Bowie had an immediate international dancefloor impact as profound as "Supernature". As the track grows more sinister, mutant monsters take their revenge until humanity reverts to a primitive state where it must once again earn its place." [6]

Charts

Cover versions

See also

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