Supergirl (Saving Jane song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Supergirl
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Saving Jane
| album = SuperGirl
| released = {{start date|2008|03|25}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 2:56
| label = Toucan Cove
| writer = Marti Dodson, Mats Valentin
| producer =
| prev_title = One Girl Revolution
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Breakin' Up is Hard to Do
| next_year = 2008
}}
"Supergirl" (sometimes stylized as "SuperGirl") is a song written by Marti Dodson and Mats Valentin and recorded by American rock band Saving Jane for their 2008 album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on March 25, 2008.{{cite web|title=Supergirl by Saving Jane|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/supergirl/276508945|website=iTunes Store (US)|date=25 March 2008|publisher=Apple Inc|access-date=26 December 2014}}
Use in popular culture
During the summer of 2008, "SuperGirl" became the theme song of two prominent athletes, racecar driver Danica Patrick and Olympic Gold Medal gymnast Nastia Liukin.{{cite web |title=MUSIC SCENE: Saving Jane flies high on 'Supergirl' Olympic buzz |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/aug/29/music-scene-saving-jane-flies-high-superg-20080829/ |website=The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |access-date=December 10, 2021 |date=August 29, 2008}}
Commercial performance
The single entered the Billboard Pop 100, becoming the group's second entry after "Girl Next Door (2005)". On the chart dated June 21, 2008, the song debuted at number 95, becoming one of eighteen new entries that week.{{cite magazine |title=Pop 100 for the week of June 21, 2008 |magazine=Billboard |date=June 21, 2008 |volume=120 |issue=25 |page=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 |access-date=December 10, 2021}} The track began slowly ascending the chart in June and July, entering the top 90 in its fifth week on,{{cite magazine |title=Pop 100 for the week of July 19, 2008 |magazine=Billboard |date=July 19, 2008 |volume=120 |issue=29 |page=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 |access-date=December 10, 2021}} and eventually attaining a peak of number 85 on the chart dated August 2, 2008.{{cite magazine |title=Pop 100 for the week of August 2, 2008 |magazine=Billboard |date=August 2, 2008 |volume=120 |issue=31 |page=44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44 |access-date=December 10, 2021}} It spent a total of eleven weeks in the top 100, exiting the chart at the end of August.{{cite magazine |title=Pop 100 for the week of August 30, 2008 |magazine=Billboard |date=August 30, 2008 |volume=120 |issue=35 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48 |access-date=December 10, 2021}}
Chart performance
Suzie McNeil version
{{Infobox song
| name = Supergirl
| cover = Supergirl by Suzie McNeil.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Suzie McNeil
| album = Rock-n-Roller
| released = {{start date|2009|03|24}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 2:54
| label = Universal
| writer = Marti Dodson, Mats Valentin
| producer = Marti Frederiksen
| prev_title = Let's Go
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Help Me Out
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|KcbXApjPOAY|"Supergirl"}}}}
}}
In 2009, Canadian pop rock singer Suzie McNeil recorded a cover of "Supergirl" for Rock-n-Roller: Reloaded (2009), the re-issue of her second studio album, Rock-n-Roller. It was released in Canada as the lead single for Rock-n-Roller: Reloaded (and second single from the album overall, following "Let's Go") on March 24, 2009, and internationally on August 18, 2009.{{cite web|title=Supergirl - Suzie McNeil|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/supergirl-mr0003746323|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|access-date=26 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=Supergirl by Suzie McNeil|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/supergirl-single/331003563|work=iTunes Store (US)|date=18 August 2009|publisher=Apple Inc|access-date=25 April 2014}} "Supergirl" entered the Canadian Hot 100 at No. 80.{{cite web|title=Suzie McNeil - Music Charts|url=http://acharts.us/performer/suzie_mcneil|publisher=aCharts|access-date=25 September 2013}}
=Music video=
The video for "Supergirl" was directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada and premiered June 24, 2009 on McNeil's official YouTube channel.{{cite web|author1=Official Suzie McNeil Channel|title=Suzie McNeil "Supergirl"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcbXApjPOAY|website=YouTube|access-date=26 December 2014|date=June 24, 2009}} In it, McNeil portrays a vigilante-superheroine character who saves various men from compromising positions as well as performing with her band on a stage lit by multi-colored, nightclub-inspired lights.
=Chart performance=
==Weekly charts==
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| Chart (2009)
!Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|Canada|26|artist=Suzie McNeil|song=Supergirl}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|29|artist=Suzie McNeil|accessdate=February 5, 2018}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadahotac|3|artist=Suzie McNeil|accessdate=February 5, 2018}} |
==Year-end charts==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (2009)
!Peak |
|---|
| Canadian Hot 100 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Canadian Hot 100: 2009 Year-End Charts|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/canadian-hot-100|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=26 December 2014}}
| style="text-align:center;"|97 |