Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)
"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell, that has been a hit for many artists in different genres in the years since. The best-known versions are by the Carpenters in 1971, Luther Vandross in 1983, and Sonic Youth in 1994.
"Superstar"
"Comin' Home"
1969
"Superstar"
August 12, 1971
February 1971
3:46
Jack Daugherty
"Superstar"
1983 (US, Canada)
5:32 (single edit version)
- Luther Vandross
- Larkin Arnold (exec.)
Sonic Youth version[edit]
Sonic Youth recorded "Superstar" for the 1994 tribute album If I Were a Carpenter, a version which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Alternative chart and No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart. The track was later included on the soundtrack of the 2007 film Juno. It was also featured in the film The Frighteners and in the theatrical trailer for High Tension, and in Bag of Suck during professional skateboarder Jerry Hsu's segment.
While the band had always found inspiration from the Carpenters,[17] Richard Carpenter expressed his distaste for their version on a November 25, 2009 broadcast of the National Public Radio program Fresh Air.[18]