Superman (Black Lace song)

"Superman"
Single by Black Lace
from the album Party Party
B-side"Teardrops in Your Eyes"
ReleasedSeptember 1983
RecordedEarly-mid 1983 at Woodlands Studio, Normanton
Genre
Length3:35 (album/single version)
4:56 (12" version)
LabelCarrere Records (France)
Flair Records (UK)
Songwriter(s)Claudio Cecchetto, Claudio Simonetti
Black Lace singles chronology
"Mary Ann"
(1979)
"Superman"
(1983)
"Hey You"
(1983)

"Superman", also titled "Gioca Jouer",[1] is a 1981 novelty song,[2][3] written by Italian musicians Claudio Cecchetto and Claudio Simonetti,[1] and most famous in the UK for the 1983 recording by Black Lace.[4] The UK single's B-side, "Teardrops in Your Eyes", was an original composition by Black Lace's Alan Barton and Colin Routh.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Black Lace – Superman (Gioca Jouer)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ Deregibus, Enrico (2006). Dizionario Completo Della: Canzone Italiana. Milan: Giunti Editore. p. 107. ISBN 88-09-75625-8.
  3. ^ "Black Lace – Superman". Discogs. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. ^ Evans, Richard; Fry, Martin (2009). Remember the 80s: Now That's What I Call Nostagia!. London: Anova Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-906032-12-8.