Superman (It’s Not Easy)
~ Recording by Five for Fighting
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:45 | Five for Fighting | America Town | Five for Fighting | Album |
| Aware Records, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 63759 |
| 1.6 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Songs From Dawson's Creek, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 500924 2 | |
| 1.6 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Songs From Dawson's Creek, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.6 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Songs From Dawson's Creek, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.6 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Songs From Dawson's Creek, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.3 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:45 | Five for Fighting | America Town | Five for Fighting | Album |
| Aware Records, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 5020362000 |
| 1.3 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:45 | Five for Fighting | America Town | Five for Fighting | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Aware Records | 502036 2, 5020362000, COL 502036 2 |
| 1.8 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Bandits | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 505233 2 |
| 1.3 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:47 | Five for Fighting | America Town | Five for Fighting | Album |
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| 1.3 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:45 | Five for Fighting | America Town | Five for Fighting | Album |
| Aware Records, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCOL 6359 |
| 1.8 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Bandits | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Soundtrax | CK 86180 |
| 1.16 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:41 | Five for Fighting | GRAMMY Nominees 2002 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records | 314 584 705 2 |
| 1.14 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | So Fresh: The Hits of Winter 2002 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 5083842000 |
| 2.6 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:39 | Five for Fighting | 39º Festivalbar 2002: Compilation blu | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321942822 |
| 2.16 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:41 | Five for Fighting | Knuffelrock 14 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 5096922 |
| 1.13 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:41 | Five for Fighting | MTV2 Handpicked | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 86281 |
| 1.4 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Platinum Hits 2003 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.20 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:44 | Five for Fighting | So Fresh: The Hits of Summer 2003 Plus the Biggest Hits of 2002 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Australia (use with caution, be prepared to prove your edit!) | 74321 95236 2 |
| 2.11 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Teen Spirit 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 583 827 2 |
| 1.20 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:43 | Five for Fighting | Top of the Pops: 2002, Volume Four | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Australia | 069 735 2 |
| 1.4 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:41 | Five for Fighting | Smallville: The Talon Mix | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01) | 62792-2 |
| 1.4 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:41 | Five for Fighting | Smallville: The Talon Mix | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.3 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:45 | Five for Fighting | America Town | Five for Fighting | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Aware Records | CS 63759 |
| 1.4 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:44 | Five for Fighting | Smallville: The Talon Mix | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.16 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | |
| 1.7 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:38 | Five for Fighting | Here Without You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 982 390-8 |
| 2.6 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:41 | Five for Fighting feat. John Ondrasik | The Definitive Modern Rock Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | |
| 3.16 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:40 | Five for Fighting | Bigger Better Power Ballads (Is the first compilation in this series, not II or III) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 0946 385247 2 4, 3852472 |
| 1.3 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Playlist: The Very Best of Five for Fighting | Five for Fighting | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.3 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Playlist: The Very Best of Five for Fighting | Five for Fighting | Album + Compilation |
| col legno | |
| 1.3 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:42 | Five for Fighting | Playlist: The Very Best of Five for Fighting | Five for Fighting | Album + Compilation |
| Aware Records, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 81052 2 |
| 5.11 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:43 | Five for Fighting | Veronica 00's Top 500 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697962862 |
| 2.15 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | 3:39 | Five for Fighting feat. John Ondrasik | Lazy Sunday: The Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 5442642 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.20 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:40 | Five for Fighting | Promo Only: Modern Rock Radio, May 2001 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 3:47 | Five for Fighting | KISA, Volume 7: Hurt and Lost | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
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| 1.8 | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | ?:?? | Five for Fighting | Emotions. 0.1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment (New Zealand) Limited (not for release label use! pre-2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.) | |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Seth Horan Rafael Serrano |
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| engineer: | Brian Scheuble Gregg Wattenberg |
| executive producer: | Evan Lamberg Gregg Latterman (executive producer) |
| producer: | Gregg Wattenberg |
| assistant mixer: | Richard Anderson (mix engineer) Joe Zook (engineer) |
| mixer: | Bob Clearmountain Jack Joseph-Puig |
| guest acoustic guitar and guest electric guitar: | Gregg Wattenberg |
| guest bass guitar: | Sheldon Gomberg |
| guest cello: | Victor Lawrence (cellist) |
| guest drums (drum set) and percussion: | Dorian Crozier |
| guest piano: | Shane Keister |
| guest viola and violin: | Ralph Farris |
| lead vocals: | John Ondrasik |
| strings arranger: | Ralph Farris John Ondrasik |
| recorded at: | EMI Publishing Studios in Santa Monica, California, United States John's Living Room (John Ondrasik living room) Mad Dog Studios (Burbank, 1996–unknown) in Burbank, California, United States |
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| mixed at: | Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| recording of: | Superman (It’s Not Easy) |
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Related works
Superman (It’s Not Easy)
| lyricist and composer: | John Ondrasik |
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| publisher: | Five for Fighting Music |
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| later parody versions: | Birdplane It's Not Eden |
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