"Waitin' for a Superman" (subtitled "Is It Gettin' Heavy??" for the song's U.S. album release) is a song by

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, released as the second single taken from their 1999 album ''

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'', and reaching No. 73 in the

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Single release

The b-sides of the UK release complete the 4-CD set for "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" and "Riding to Work in the Year 2025." The first two CD parts for these songs can be found on the two UK "

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" singles."Waitin' for a Superman" at the Flaming Lips' official website
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." The song was also released by UK band Fightstar.

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has been known to cover this song live. Coldplay covered the song live at a show in Oklahoma, the home state of the Flaming Lips, on the Viva la Vida Tour in 2008.

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included an acoustic cover of the song on the album " Around the Well" in 2009. Scott Weiland covered the song on the album " A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs" in 2011.

Track listing

;US CD # "Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy??)" (Radio edit) # "Waitin' for a Superman" (Album version) # "Waitin' for a Superman" ( Mokran remix) # "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (Stereo remix) # "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) (Stereo remix) #

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-accessible music videos for "Waitin' for a Superman", "

", and "Be My Head". ;UK CD1 # "Waitin' for a Superman" (Radio edit) # "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (From ''Zaireeka'' CD No.3) # "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (From ''Zaireeka'' CD No.3) ;UK CD2 # "Waitin' for a Superman" (Radio edit) # "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (From ''Zaireeka'' CD No.4) # "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (From ''Zaireeka'' CD No.4)

Chart performance

References

1999 singles The Flaming Lips songs 1999 songs Warner Records singles Songs written by Michael Ivins Songs written by Steven Drozd Songs written by Wayne Coyne {{2000s-rock-song-stub