"Resignation Superman" is the first track and first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 released from Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 rock band

Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 Big Head Todd & the Monsters' album Beautiful World

Beautiful World (Big Head Todd album)

Beautiful World is the fifth album by Colorado rock band Big Head Todd and the Monsters and their third with Giant Records. Released in 1997, the album produced two hit singles— "Resignation Superman" and their cover of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom"—as well as the fan favorites "Tower" and "Please...

. Released in 1997, it is the band's fourth charting single and their second most successful song, after 1993's Broken Hearted Savior

Broken Hearted Savior

"Broken Hearted Savior" is the most successful song by American rock band Big Head Todd & the Monsters. It was released as the second single off of their major label debut album Sister Sweetly in 1993, reaching number nine on the US Mainstream Rock charts...

, from their album Sister Sweetly

Sister Sweetly

Sister Sweetly was the third album by Colorado rock band Big Head Todd and the Monsters, released in 1993. It was the band's first album with Giant Records, and sold over 1,000,000 copies, going platinum...

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Written by frontman Todd Park Mohr

Todd Park Mohr

Todd Park Mohr is the singer and guitarist for the American rock band Big Head Todd & the Monsters, as well as being the band's namesake and primary lyricist. A founding member of the band, he also occasionally provides keyboards and saxophone in addition to his duties as frontman.Todd was born...

, the lyrics

Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...

 appear to deal with a hero who, having "turned his cape in," decides to forsake the world and all of its troubles in order to settle down and live his own life. A music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was made, which features the band performing the song in an open field interspersed with scenes of a football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

game.