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547-Cerrone-Supernature.

1978-Number 8 single.

Best Bit-At 8.08. The dance group ‘Hot Gossip’ would perform regularly to this song on ‘The Kenny Everett Television Show,’ thus giving the song plenty of exposure, as well as lots of ‘Naughty Bits’ provided by Hot Gossip.

Marc Cerrone was born on May 24th, 1952, in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, he is a music producer, songwriter, and drummer. To date he has sold in excess of 30 million records, with 41 Album releases between 1974-2020, and 21 singles. Three of those singles have made the UK top 40, with ‘Love In C Minor,’ reaching Number 31 in 1977, and ‘Je Suis Music,’ getting to Number 39 in 1979.

‘Supernature’ was taken from Cerrone’s third studio Album ‘Supernature (Cerrone 111’) from 1977, but was actually the sixth Album, up until then, that he had appeared on, as the first three Albums were collaborations with other artists.’Supernature’s melody was written by Cerrone, and Alain Wisniak, who also co-wrote five of the six other tracks on the Album.The songs lyrics were written by a pre fame Lene Lovich, who would go on to achiever three UK top 40 singles in 1979, including the Number 3 hit ‘Lucky Number.’ The vocals on the track were provided by unaccredited singer Chi-Chi-Favelas.

‘Supernature’ has an environmental theme, imagining a future in which the use of chemicals in agriculture has caused ‘creatures down below’ to emerge, and take revenge against mankind, Lene Lovich has always been an advocate of animal rights. The song was subject to a 1996 ‘House Music’ remix by the music producer Danny Tenaglia. In 1989 the song was covered by Erasure (see also best songs 700,) and released as one of the ‘B’ sides to their track ‘You Surround Me,’ and in 1994 the Electronic Dance Music group ‘The Time Frequency’ covered the song for their debut Album ‘Dominator.’

‘Once upon a time science opened up the door, we would feed the hungry fields, till they couldn’t eat no more.’