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"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.[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 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.[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
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-eraBowie 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] In 2020, Slant Magazine ranked the song number four in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time".[7] In 2025, Billboard magazine ranked it number seven in their "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time" list.[8]
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^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 54.
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^180 Fact (7 February 2020). Cerrone on how disco classic ‘Supernature’ was made. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Barry Walters (22 August 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork.
^Slant Staff (15 June 2020). "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
^Domanick, Andrea; Unterberger, Andrew; Leight, Elias; Renner Brown, Eric; Lipshutz, Jason; Lynch, Joe; Bein, Kat; Bein, Katie; Rodriguez, Krystal; Moayeri, Lily; Newman, Melinda; Smith, Thomas; McCarthy, Zei (28 March 2025). "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
^Bramesco, Charles (1 March 2019). "Breaking Down Climax's DJ Set from Hell". Vulture.com. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^Wright, Jonathan (27 January 2017). "Starting XI: Goldfrapp". God Is in the TV. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^Landrum Jr., Jonathan (29 July 2024). "rom the opening ceremony to DiscOlympics, Cerrone still reigns nearly 50 years on". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
