Supreme (song)
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"Supreme" is a song by Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

 released in 2000 as the third single from his album Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.-Background:Following the release of his last album, I've Been Expecting You in 1998, and in the middle of promotion and touring in 1999, Robbie found time to start the work on what would be his third...

, and contains an interpolation of Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...

's "I Will Survive
I Will Survive
"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...

" because, according to Williams, he was in a trip in Switzerland and when it was approaching the new millennium, the tourists, although none speak the same language, were all humming the string solo of I Will Survive. The string instrument part is by François de Roubaix
François de Roubaix
François de Roubaix was a French film score composer....

 originally from the José Giovanni directed film Dernier domicile connu starring Lino Ventura
Lino Ventura
Lino Ventura , was an Italian actor who starred in French movies.-Biography:Born as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, Italy to Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini, "Lino" dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs...

 and Marlène Jobert
Marlène Jobert
Marlène Jobert is a French actress, singer and author.Jobert was born in Algiers, Algeria , the daughter of Andrée and a father who flew for the French Air Force. She is a Pied-Noir of Jewish heritage. She came to Metropolitan France when aged 8...

. The song is the title theme for the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 TV drama series Londyńczycy
Londyńczycy
Londyńczycy is a Polish TV drama series about Polish immigrants in London, aired on TVP 1 since late 2008.The title music for the series is the Robbie Williams song "Supreme".- Cast :- Other roles :*Selva Rasalingam as Zayed Rampal...

aired on TVP 1
TVP 1
TVP1 is a television channel owned by TVP , Poland's national public broadcaster...

 since late 2008.

Music video

The "Supreme" video, titled "Gentlemen racers" as seen in its opening credits, is a tribute to British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

 driver
Driving
Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a land vehicle, such as a car, truck or bus.Although direct operation of a bicycle and a mounted animal are commonly referred to as riding, such operators are legally considered drivers and are required to obey the rules of the road...

 Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart
Sir John Young Stewart, OBE , better known as Jackie Stewart, and nicknamed The Flying Scotsman, is a Scottish former racing driver and team owner. He competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships. He also competed in Can-Am...

. Williams portrays the fictitious character Bob Williams, a rival driver competing for the 1970s F1 World Championship. The video includes stock footage of Stewart with Williams digitally inserted in many scenes, creating the near-perfect illusion of a neck-and-neck pursuit of the championship title. The video makes extensive use of the split-screen
Split screen (film)
In film and video production, split screen is the visible division of the screen, traditionally in half, but also in several simultaneous images, rupturing the illusion that the screen's frame is a seamless view of reality, similar to that of the human eye...

 technique as it is often seen in movies from the 1960s and 70s, and the scenes with Robbie Williams were given a yellowed, grainy image texture in the digital editing process to match the faded look of the original 35mm celluloid
Celluloid
Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1862 and as Xylonite in 1869, before being registered as Celluloid in 1870. Celluloid is...

 footage with Jackie Stewart. As yet another movie cliché, fake newspaper headlines are shown intermittently to help narrate the story.

Chart success

The song became another massive success for Williams - it managed to make the top ten in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, New Zealand and other countries, the song was recorded in French and released in France peaking at number-twelve and spending thirty-four weeks inside the French charts being certified Gold by the SNEP.

Cover versions

The song was covered by German bandleader Max Raabe
Max Raabe
Max Raabe is a German singer. He is particularly noted as the founder and leader of the Palast Orchester....

 and his Palace Orchestra on the album Superhits. There is also a version of the song called "Suprême", entirely in French, (except for Williams' rap) on the album Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.-Background:Following the release of his last album, I've Been Expecting You in 1998, and in the middle of promotion and touring in 1999, Robbie found time to start the work on what would be his third...

. The French version appears instead of the original English version on his Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Robbie Williams album)
Greatest Hits is a hits compilation by Robbie Williams, released in 2004. It included two new songs, these being "Radio" and "Misunderstood", which were both released as singles.The album is his seventh released in the United Kingdom...

compilation in some regions.

The McFly
McFly
McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...

 song "I Need a Woman" from 2010's Above the Noise
Above the Noise (McFly album)
Above the Noise is the fifth studio album from British band McFly. The album was released on 15 November 2010. The album spawned three singles: "Party Girl", which was released on 6 September; "Shine a Light", which was released on 8 November; and "That's the Truth", which was released on 6 March...

album samples the riff from "Supreme".

Tracklisting

UK CD1
  1. "Supreme" - 4:15
  2. "Don't Do Love" - 4:56
  3. "Come Take Me Over" - 4:13


UK CD2
  1. "Supreme" - 4:15
  2. "United" - 5:56
  3. "Supreme" [Recorded Live At The Manchester Arena] - 4:18
  4. "Supreme" [Filmed Live At The Manchester Arena] - 4:08

Certifications and sales

Country Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
France Silver 125,000+

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 3
New Zealand Singles Chart 3
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 4
Italian Singles Chart 4
Swiss Singles Chart 4
UK Singles Chart 4
Irish Singles Chart 10
Norwegian Singles Chart 11
French Singles Chart 12
Australian Singles Chart 14
German Singles Chart 14
Swedish Singles Chart 14
Dutch Singles Chart 16
Finnish Singles Chart 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 29
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