If you’re one of the moviegoers who contributed to the $220 million worldwide opening weekend of the new Superman film, you heard the voice of the godfather of punk. Iggy Pop’s 2006 collab with Swedish band Teddybears on the track “Punkrocker” plays a significant role in the final scene and end credits.
The music icon was reached for comment in Europe, where he is currently on tour, telling The Hollywood Reporter about the song’s inclusion in the film, “I always thought the track had soul. Superman is the best friend you could have.”
“Punkrocker” was originally released by Teddybears in 2000, but the band re-recorded the track with Iggy on vocals for their 2006 album Soft Machine. If the song sounds familiar, it was also used in an ad campaign for Cadillac in 2007.
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As The Hollywood Reporter notes, the song received a massive streaming boost from its appearance in Superman. Per Luminate, the tune jumped from just 1,572 streams on July 4th to almost 190,500 on July 12th, the day after Superman premiered.
At 78 years old, Iggy Pop is still going strong. As mentioned, he is on tour in Europe through early August, and then will play a couple of dates in South America in early September, before returning to the States later that month for a handful of gigs, including a headlining appearance at the CBGB Festival in Brooklyn, New York on September 27th. Pick up tickets here.
Meanwhile, Superman has been met with mostly positive reviews, including one from Consequence’s senior entertainment editor Liz Shannon Miller. Read her review here, and watch the music video for “Punkrocker” below.
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