Waitin' for a Superman

"Waitin' for a Superman"
Single by The Flaming Lips
from the album The Soft Bulletin
B-side
  • "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair"
  • "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)"
ReleasedOctober 1999
Recorded1999
GenreSymphonic pop
Length4:17
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd
Producer(s)The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
The Flaming Lips singles chronology
"Race for the Prize"
(1999)		 "Waitin' for a Superman"
(1999)		 "Do You Realize??"
(2002)

"Waitin' for a Superman" (subtitled "Is It Gettin' Heavy??" for the song's U.S. album release) is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the second single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching No. 73 in the UK Singles Chart.

During a live performance in Dublin in April 2025, singer Wayne Coyne explained that the song was inspired by a childhood friend who died of leukemia aged 10.

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