There are 8 groups called "The Clique":

1. Australian duo that cons… Read Full Bio ↴There are 8 groups called "The Clique":

1. Australian duo that consists of singers Jacinta Gulisano and Jordan Rodrigues. Both were members of X Factor Australia-formed group Third D3gree

2. A dark 80s group from Israel ("הקליק") who scored some major (domestic) hits like "Al tadliku liner", "Incubator", "Golem" and many more.

3. A mid 60's R&B band featuring John Rowe on lead guitar, they released a couple of singles, their biggest, 'We didn't Kiss didn't love (but now we do)' was a minor hit. Rowe always claimed that the first sustained note of the Troggs 'Wild Thing' was a rip of of one of his licks.

4. A 90's Mod-revival band. The Clique was formed in the late 1980s by Paul Newman, Jon-Paul Harper, Phillip Otto and Gilles B. Mery in 1988. This line-up played many high profile gigs centred around the revived UK Mod scene. After sporadic experiments with keyboard players, including James Taylor (see below) Dom Strickland became full-time hammond player in late 1992, and also, incidentally, the main songwriter. Up Until that point the Clique had been a (albeit superlative) covers band, making up for their lack of original material by covering only the very rarest and most obscure freakbeat Europe had to offer, Shortly thereafter, in an unrelated move, Gilles finally departed to his native France. he was replaced by Matthew Braim, who played his first gig April 1993. This particular line-up is now generally regarded as the Clique at the height of their powers. (see Quant, The Surrounds, Lucifer Star Machine, The Gift Whores) . They were part of a kind of sixties revival at that time, and even if their first recording "Worming" took place in a "Totally Wired" compilation on the Acid Jazz label in 1989, their raw mod style was better showed on the ep Detour Records edited in 1993. ("Early Days" , featuring James Taylor on Hammond). The band continued to play and to record with different lines up through the nineties, associating Trevor French, Chris Jordan, Alex Petty, Bruce Brand (from thee Headcoats), Dom Strickland and break in 1998 with a last ep named "Hello sunshine". Their discography is made of at least 6 singles/eps, and two lps.

5. Mid 60's band from Perth, Australia. Released one single on the Go!! label, "Love Me Girl" b/w "Stop, Look and Listen" in 1967.

6. Group who produce Drum and Bass tracks...... http://www.audiojelly.com/?a=artists/The+Clique

7. 1960's sunshine-pop band from Austin, Texas. Their only full length album, "The Clique" (on White Whale Records) reached #177 on the American charts in 1969 with singles peaking at #45 and #42.

8. A short-lived new-wave band fronted by Weezer bassist Matt Sharp, formed in 1990.

Superman
The Clique Lyrics

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I am I am I am Superman and I know what's happening
I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything

You don't really love that guy you make it with now do you?
I know you don't love that guy cause I can see right through you

I am I am I am Superman and I know what's happening
I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything

If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart

If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart

I am I am Superman and I know what's happening
I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything

I am I am I am Superman and I know what's happening
I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything

Overall Meaning

The Clique's song "Superman" is about a man who believes he is invincible and can do anything, including winning the love of a woman whom he believes is in a relationship with someone else. The repeated refrain "I am Superman" emphasizes the singer's sense of power and control.

The second verse addresses the woman directly, suggesting that he can see through her facade and knows that she doesn't truly love the man she is with. The line "I can do anything" is repeated again, suggesting that he believes he can manipulate the situation to his advantage.

The chorus repeats with the singer insisting that, no matter how far away the woman goes, he will find her and win her heart. The repetition of "I am Superman" creates a sense of relentlessness and determination.

Overall, the song can be seen as a commentary on toxic masculinity and the danger of narcissism. The singer's sense of entitlement and invincibility is both unsettling and troubling, and the lyrics provide a warning to listeners to be wary of those who seek to exercise control over others.

Line by Line Meaning

I am I am I am Superman and I know what's happening
I am confident and in control, understanding everything that's going on around me

I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything
I am capable and able to accomplish anything I set my mind to

You don't really love that guy you make it with now do you?
I can sense that your current relationship is not founded on true love

I know you don't love that guy cause I can see right through you
I have the ability to perceive beyond surface appearances and understand what you truly feel

If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl
No distance or obstacle can prevent me from finding you if I set my mind to it

Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
I am confident that I understand the route to your affections

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@speak2theresafox

5y↑7

I am, I am, I am superman
And I know what's happening.
I am, I am, I am superman
And I can do anything.

You don't really love that guy you make it with now do you?
I know you don't love that guy 'cause I can see right through you.

I am, I am, I am superman
And I know what's happening.
I am, I am, I am superman
And I can do anything.

If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl.
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart.

If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl.
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart.

I am, I am, I am superman
And I know what's happening.
I am, I am, I am superman
And I can do anything.

I am, I am, I am superman
And I know what's happening.
I am, I am, I am superman
And I can do anything.

All comments from YouTube:

@thenoobpolice3002

1y↑8

I love the way "I am, I am Superman, and I know what's happening" is repeated almost continuously throughout, especially as a counterpoint to the verses.

@grimson

3y↑11

The way the harmonizing comes in on 'happening' and 'anything' in the first lines is glorious.

@flannigan7956

33w↑1

Correct sickly sweet type thing. Track is kinda inimitable

@R.Akerman-oz1tf

25w

A little "elephant walk" too.@@flannigan7956

@williamballmaier2355

5y↑17

REMs version is about 20-25% up tempo. I love this simple bass line. This is a gorgeous tune! Thank REM for finding this in 1986 and making it their own.

@atomeyes99

2y↑2

REM's version had drums and was a bit poppier. the lack of a consistent drumline in this song is pretty odd.

@garagegeekguy

8y↑47

What a groovy bass line. REM stayed very faithful to the original on their cover.

@galoon

7y↑4

Definitely--Gary Zekley didn't write a bad song!

@JohnHWelch63

1y↑1

It is a great bass line. In most songs you can barely hear the bass guitar. I love it when it pops right out there like this song.

@JohnHWelch63

1y↑1

@galoon He didn't record and rele7ease bad songs, but as a songwriter myself, I guarantee he has written some turds he's never used. We all do. Even the greatest songwriters in history can't come up with gems all the time.

@galoon

@John Welch Yep, that's true enough! I've tried my hand at songwriting, too; I've come up with a couple of catchy ones, but my other efforts were pretty forgettable! It taught me that songwriting is not easy!

@retrotubedotnet

2y↑12

I yam Sooperman! This whole album is great.

@2Chickaboom2

My favorite bit of this version. I find it charming.

@nonamesplease6288

4y↑34

I grew up hearing the REM version, but I recently ran across this and, I must say, I dig the original.

@pattyburton4051

4y↑4

I am a true hardcore REM fan, but this original version touches me deeply

@WillyLee23

31w↑1

Same. I heard the REM version recently and thought it had a very “60s” vibe. I had no idea it was a cover until I dig a little digging around on the internet.

@flannigan7956

29w

R eat E a M pecker

@gerrylee6955

5y↑14

This band was from my area and used to play the clubs and dances. Saw them a few times. Probably should have hit it bigger nationally but they did get a lot of regional air play. Some of the guys still live in the area. There was a newspaper article about them a couple of years ago in the local paper.

@pattyburton4051

4y↑7

I have loved REM for years, and just tonight, after a little research on when REM put this song out, found out they covered it...wow and wow!!

@ganytheidiot5892

3y↑8

I remember my dad finding this version of this song, and then later, I found this entire album in an antique store and bought it.

@moonbeanification

8y↑74

I also didn't realize REM's version was a cover... I really dig this original, the groovy psychedelic vibe and like someone else said REMs trademark sound is a perfect fit for this song. It reminds me of The Who's I Can See For Miles... wonder if this was inspired by it?

@flannigan7956

8y↑1

+Just Jeanne You're supposed to be poolite if it's a female

@galoon

7y↑6

Good point on "I Can See For Miles." "Superman" could have been inspired by it; back in the '60s, a lot of different artists were influencing each other like crazy. Pretty much all the producers and session players who lived it will tell you that it was a golden age for rock and pop!

@PHAEDRIDER

the wierdest thing . i found this single in a thrift store some time in the 80's . i do NOT know why i bought it . it just looked cool, and there might have been something else on white whale that i knew of. in any case i bought it. it wanst til the early 90s that i heard the REM version . it's not like i didnt like rem, i remembered them fro driver 8 and stuff like that and then they had a big record that i thought was kind of boring and mainstream. but it was a trip to hear them do superman

@sarahm.5356

The psychedelic vibe came straight from this Bee Gees song from 1967. So did the chorus and the chords. Almost a complete rip-off, imo.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9FWjiqQk-0w

@sarahm.5356

2y↑2

@Galoon, I think there's a little more than inspiration going on with this song. What do you think? This is "Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man" by the Bee Gees, 1967. That song itself, imo, borrowed a bit from Tomorrow Never Knows.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9FWjiqQk-0w

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@RussellCardwell

3y↑6

This was a local band when I was a teenager. I saw them once about the tine their album first came out. This song and “Sugar on Sunday” played almost continuously on the local radio stations.

@michaelkennedy6415

3y↑14

In my opinion, the awesome chorus was inspired by the Bee Gee’s song “Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You” written 2 years previously in ‘67.

@JDrevolver66

3y↑1

Excellent catch.

@sarahm.5356

2y↑3

@Michael Kennedy, I noticed the same thing the first time I heard "Christian Lion-Hearted Man" which was just a couple months ago and now I'm on a mission to tell everyone. Glad I'm not the only one! I also tried singing the verses to Superman over the verses to Christian Lion-Hearted Man, and it worked perfectly like a descant. I ALSO think that "Christian" was inspired partly by the Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows, from 1966. Not the melody, but the drone and the drumming and possibly the monks chanting, which was John's original idea.

@michaelkennedy6415

@Sarah M. You are a brilliant woman. Do you work as a journalist from a nationally syndicated news team or do you have a university dissertation under your name. As you probably already know that shortly after the Beatles (John) wrote “TNK” (based off of Timothy Leary’s Book of the Dead) the Beatles manager , Brian Epstein sold the Beatles copyrights to Robert Stigwood in Australia. He was the Bee Gees manager. And as the story goes, he sold the rights to Michael Jackson by request of Paul McCartney, who in turn purchased ALL the Beatles music from the Jackson estate. I wish the world could be a deep thinker like you Sara. Keep on “Feeding Your Head”!!!! Sarah. (A Jefferson Airplane reference.)

@michaelkennedy6415

@Sarah M. P.S. You probably already know that R.E.M. did an excellent cover of “Superman.”

@flannigan7956

33w

Yep let's all go to FUCKING CHURCH

@Gene041

13y↑1

I love this song!

@christianquezada2413

4y↑3

Recently found a dusty old 45 of this when I was crate digging. Still plays great. Woo what a gem!

@christianquezada2413

Paid $1.99 for it too. 8-)

@sparky8506

4y↑3

46 years old, big REM fan, MIND BLOWN!!!

@c-buck

12y↑2

Oh ! As an R.E.M. fan, of course, I knew the R.E.M. version ; but the original song is so good ! I love it ! 'going to listen to the entire album...

@dmvargha

8y↑9

This is awesome! I never knew that R.E.M. covered the song.

@MichaelDaily1

5y↑10

Most everybody that I hung with thought this was a great REM song, so when I played the original by Clique, they couldn't believe it. This was deep in the heart of 1969. This was from an old alum with quite a few fun tracks on it. I got the cd version from Amazon. Just fun stuff.

@sarahm.5356

Compare it to this song from 1967:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9FWjiqQk-0w
Bee Gees, "Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man."

@fk020741

4y↑1

I knew this was a cover, it said so on the critics book you get on the Japanses version of the CD. But this is my first time listening to it. It's surprisingly good. All it's missing, is Mike Mills doing the backing vocals. Everything else is great.

@lvd3503

3y↑1

Mike Mills sings lead on the REM version, because Michael Stipe wasn't keen on the song. Wikipedia says Stipe did sing backup on their remake.

@jameslamon116

4y↑2

Had the album it was awesome

@theatrechick288

11y↑2

I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Jack_______oh

3y↑2

Heard a cover on the TV series Legion and knew it sounded familiar. Was further surprised to find the REM version itself was a cover. Really trippy version here, love the weird pronunciation "Iem iem suporman"

@flannigan7956

8y↑2

Revisiting a non-Electronic Masterpiece

@helixdork

10y↑13

I love the rem version, this one is really good also, not a lot of difference

@galoon

9y↑8

I like both versions, too--I think REM's trademark sound really made this song a good fit for them to cover.

@jacquesdehue2290

5y↑5

R.E.M. did a good cover of a great song. That's the way it's done!

@sanjaygandhi7962

4y↑2

Yes, REM covered the song without really changing it but still made a vastly improved version.

@sexymama1966

5y↑10

I love and have this on repeat..I just change the gender in the lyrics and it works for me.

@MisterMikeTexas

2y↑1

This band must have been a heavy influence on REM's sound.

@keithepley2132

34w

I heard the original first, then REM. I like them, love them equally.

@tommiesmith3191

4y↑7

Originals are ALWAYS the best!!!
There really is such a thing as time travel,
it's called music.

@tomt6142

Nope

@sugarjoe50

2y↑3

Oddly enough, my fave REM tune

@marciobenhurdasilvaespindo1158

5y↑1

It's so beautiful...

@iNuchalHead

10y↑19

This song is a tragedy. These are the most heartbreaking lyrics.

@owenrussell2336

Slacquer can’t hear them lol

@fredh1720

Hardly heartbreaking.

@njc2o

the most heartbreaking? what?

basic love song bullshit that barely makes sense. a clever line with a song built around it (and a few riffs).

It's good, but still.

@njc2o

4y↑1

the most heartbreaking? what?

basic love song bullshit that barely makes sense. a clever line with a song built around it (and a few riffs).

It's good, but still.

@dang2443

@njc2o "basic love song bullshit that barely makes sense. a clever line with a song built around it (and a few riffs)."

You just described most rock and roll music there, cupcake...

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@maplespak

5y↑7

I was like 3 years old, my dad got old juke box singles from his friends juke box. This was one

@paulcolletti4650

4y↑3

Guess I'm showing my age, but I know nothing about an REM cover. The Clique was a local Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange) band that was pretty amazing.

@TheAustinEditor

The famous REM cover itself is about 35 years old. :)

@nicholassgouros8612

Great story. Lucky man.

@Coldwarrior7781

Geez. I live there and didn't know that!

@rd264

9y↑2

cool song!

@jamesburton8070

3y↑13

Mike Mills vocals in the R.E.M. cover sound a lot like the original. Very similar voices and range. Probably the real reason he sang lead instead of Stipe.

@flannigan7956

29w

This is the damn Clique

@DarthEcoli

5y↑2

R.E.M. didn't stray too far at all from this OG version. Just read somewhere that Stipe didn't wanna do the song, so Mills took lead vocals on it.

@garyguggenheim

13y↑2

Wow.. great stereo.. Best on Utube..

@gabrielecereal7368

6y↑7

I prefer the R.E.M. cover but oh man, this is amazing!!

@Christopherfrost13

BillBerrysMagicDust the Jeff Russo version is the best

@MegaJetJaguar

5y↑2

♪♫ I am Superman! And I can do anything. ♪♫

@LimeC

9y↑18

Didn't know R.E.M.'s version was a cover, good to know!

@flannigan7956

29w

Oh my gosh fellas have you been born this is super man from the fuckin Clique

@ronvitale

3y↑1

I’ve been trying to find out who sang another cover in this song in the Lotus Notes 1999 commercial. If you haven’t heard that version, check it out on YouTube: Superman Lotus Notes commercial

@raywhittenjr

4y↑3

HAPPY NATIONAL SUPERMAN DAY! AND HAPPY NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DAY!

@thequestion4818

9y↑4

Russian Version > REM Version
Cool to see how a more modern artist can interpret an older song. Music is timeless, but that doesn't mean the people that make it are.

@GiordanDiodato

9y↑1

No.

@iNuchalHead

9y↑1

Giordan Diodato Agreed. Ends way too early.

@raywhittenjr

HAPPY NATIONAL SUPERMAN DAY! AND HAPPY NATIONAL OSCAR THE GROUCH DAY!

@kapparhotau181

6y↑3

Wow this is completely different from the cover by Noah Hawley for the TV show Legion. not really my style but interesting that this is the original

@oldcomputers69

12y↑2

the original and the best, enough said.

@gerrylee6955

5y↑1

This band is from my area in SE Texas . Though the settled in Houston they are originally from Beaumont.

@ogforeskin3654

Texas is full of trippy folkes at least then

@davedelaney1953

3y↑2

One of the original members of this group is now CEO.

@tmichael80

6y↑4

I bought the single of The Clique's "Sugar on Sunday" in 1969; this was the 'B'-side. I was just a kid back then.
Never cared much for the R.E.M. version; it's kind of a rip.

@ajmac7432

2y↑1

I'll only say this sounds quite Byrds like, as opposed to really trying to add to the 'which version we heard first' thing. I think you all probably know the answer.

@flinkAdink

6y↑8

Everyone saying they didn't know this was a cover... I know this song from a 45 record that I randomly bought... I'm 18 years old and I don't even really know who R.E.M. are. Feels weird to be the only person since the 70s to know this song but not R.E.M.

@speak2theresafox

Smart kid. Keep listening.

@giuseppeiacobaci8810

It's never too late.

@lvd3503

Go check out REM. They were great - especially in their 80s heyday.

@speak2theresafox

5y↑7

@neilswendson4693

12y↑1

lets not forget alison mccallum , australian 60's doing a song by the same name

@christophernagy5603

10y↑2

Obviously this is the shit! There is a comparison to R.E.M. Well, because they covered the song... but really No Comparison! Thank You The Clique! Stop referencing the differences & the similarities, it's absolutely Redundant... In the Redundancy Department. I did not know this was a cover 20 yrs ago when I was a younger lad. I dig R.E.M., but this is way cooler...

@andersdahl2755

6y↑7

You think this a sad song? Check out the cover Jeff Russo did for the show Legion. I will break you.

@Christopherfrost13

6y↑1

Anders Dahl can I like this 100 times? The Jeff Russo version is life.....or maybe death

@dennisdevaney7783

39w

Randy Jackson from the band Zebra has a cousin that was in this band.

@shitshynonofuck

8y↑2

wow. i am superman.

@raywhittenjr

HAPPY NATIONAL CLARK KENT DAY! AND HAPPY NATIONAL EAT A RED APPLE DAY!

@SuperDesolate1

11y↑1

TY!!!

@R.Akerman-oz1tf

25w

Ides of March had a kool Superman too.

@athletic-dashole8648

6y↑5

The Internet revealed REM's secret

@lucianogoyenechea8704

4y↑1

what's secret???

@dang2443

TRANSLATION: you just discovered this

@TK-gm2zr

R.E.M. openly talked about it being a cover back in the day.

@verily64

12y↑1

Never heard it before ... or heard of it. I thought REM was the original version... should have known better.

@judithweissman5470

Totally.

@TheProhetess

4y↑1

the original

@marclayne9261

41w

'Man & Superman' George Bernard Shaw'.....

@MEKONMESSIN

12y

Good answer !!! CF65 -you tell him

@pattyburton4051

Escaping from 2020

@meesalikeu

11y↑7

...hap pen ning GAH! ...en knee thing GAH!

@festersuncle6298

6y↑1

I don't know what to think....

@flannigan7956

8y↑1

Thanks for uploading! I wasn't there but I owned the LP. Who the fuck is rem

@privatecocky8971

8y↑3

the best band in the world mate

@flannigan7956

29w

@privatecocky8971 Ralph's Err Mick? Damn a Bad Co but Mott The Hoople ranks high

@jeffandersen7397

2y↑1

REM wiki page brought me here

@treyebillups8602

40w

I gotta say I like Michael Stipe's vocals better than these

@MrNewembassy

What the actual fuck?!

@zzlucaszz6059

REM's version is trash compared to this xd

@martinevensen406

Rem better version

@sexobscura

4y↑1

Stolen from REM

@davidwhitley5659

nope belongs to a 60;s band called The Clique, its a cover, i have The Cliques one and only lp its amazing

@sexobscura

like what toni basil did with Mickey

REM absolutely ruined this song by covering it

@raywhittenjr

HAPPY NATIONAL SUPERMAN DAY!

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