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“Supernatural Superserious” by R.E.M.

From the album Accelerate (2008)

“Supernatural Superserious” by R.E.M. appears on 19 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2008 and 2025. It was first released in 2008 on the album Accelerate. Its best result is #3 on the Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #52 alternative song of 2008.

19countdowns
17stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
2008–2025years charted

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"Supernatural Superserious" was the first single from Accelerate, R.E.M.'s 14th album, and it got out early: New York's WRXP played it on February 5, 2008, without Warner Bros. signing off. The song first surfaced in rougher shape as "Disguised" during the band's working rehearsals at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin in the summer of 2007, and that version is on Live at the Olympia. Chris Martin of Coldplay talked them into the new title.

Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe wrote it, Jacknife Lee produced, and Stipe ranked it among the best things they had ever done. It's a wiry, hurtling blast from a band that sounded hungry again. It gave them their only chart-topper in Norway, a special seven-inch for Record Store Day, and, as it turned out, their last appearance on the Hot 100.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2008 90 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008 102
2008 28 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 of 2008 94
2008 10 WVBR Ithaca, NY WVBR Top 93 of 2008 93
2008 19 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2008 107
2008 64 KWOD Sacramento, CA KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2008 106
2008 44 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008 100
2008 3 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008 100
2008 52 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2008 136
2008 76 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Top 100 Songs of 2008 100
2008 13 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008 88
2008 76 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008 103
2008 10 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 103
2008 44 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2008 51
2009 72 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge The Top 102 of 2009 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 539 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2013 783 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2018 475 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2022 734 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2025 402 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893

Charting alongside it in 2008

Best songs of 2008 →
  1. 1Sex On FireKings of Leon
  2. 2Viva La VidaColdplay
  3. 3I Will Possess Your HeartDeath Cab for Cutie
  4. 4Pork And BeansWeezer
  5. 5Let It DieFoo Fighters
  6. 6HumanThe Killers

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