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Supernature (song)

Field	Value
name	Supernature
cover	Cerrone-Supernature.jpg
type	single
artist	Cerrone
album	Supernature (Cerrone III)
released	December 1977
recorded	June–August 1977
studio	Trident Studios, London
genre	Disco
label	Malligator
writer
producer	Cerrone
misc

the Cerrone song

3:50 (single edit)
9:45 (album version) "Supernature" is the title track of French disco drummer and composer 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. 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. In August 1978, "Supernature" peaked at number eight in the UK Singles Chart following heavy exposure on the first series of The Kenny Everett Video Show.

Background

The lyrics were written by a young Lene Lovich, though she was not credited. 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.

Reception

In 2016, 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." In 2020, Slant Magazine ranked the song number four in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". In 2025, Billboard magazine ranked it number seven in their "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time" list.

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak
position
France (IFOP)	26
US Billboard Hot 100	70
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)	1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)	72

Chart (1996) (remix)	Peak
position
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)	12
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)	26

Chart (2001)	Peak
position

Chart (2006)1	Peak
position
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)	5

1 J. Garraud & D. Tenaglia mixes

Popular culture

An instrumental edit of the song is used in Gaspar Noé's 2018 film Climax, being used for its opening choreography.
The band Goldfrapp named their third studio album after the song.
On 26 July 2024, the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony used the theme "Supernature" as one of the main songs played with an outstanding spectacle of lights coming from the Eiffel Tower and performed by a sign language artist.

References

"Cerrone - ''Supernature'' / ''Sweet Drums''".
Whitburn, Joel. (2004). "Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003". Record Research.
Juneau, Jason. (September 2001). "Innovation in New Wave: Lene Lovich".
180 Fact. (2020-02-07). "Cerrone on how disco classic ‘Supernature’ was made".
Barry Walters. (22 August 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". [[Pitchfork (website).
Slant Staff. (15 June 2020). "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time".
(28 March 2025). "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List". [[Billboard (magazine).
"InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste".
"Cerrone – Awards". [[AllMusic]].
Bramesco, Charles. (1 March 2019). "Breaking Down ''Climax''{{'}}s DJ Set from Hell".
Wright, Jonathan. (27 January 2017). "Starting XI: Goldfrapp". God Is in the TV.
(29 July 2024). "rom the opening ceremony to DiscOlympics, Cerrone still reigns nearly 50 years on".

Wikipedia Source

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