Superman's Song

This song is written as a eulogy to Superman; it points out what many people don't consider about the superhero: he had a full-time job as Clark Kent and never made any money as Superman. While it would have been easy for him to smash a bank and take whatever he needed, he toiled away just like the rest of us, making a rare sacrifice.

The music video shows lead singer Brad Roberts speaking at Superman's funeral, which is attended by other superheroes of advancing age.

This was the first single for Crash Test Dummies. It took off in their native Canada, but made it only to #56 in America. Their next album, God Shuffled His Feet, was their American breakthrough, thanks to the hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm." It would seem the group would be embraced in their homeland after their successful debut, but they were not. "Canada, who loves to eat their own, decided our first record had done well enough and now it was time to undo all that," Brad Roberts told Songfacts. According to Roberts, it was an unfavorable review published in the Winnipeg Free Press that turned the tide. When the album took off in America, the Canadian press got more accommodating.