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"Super Sonic"
Single by The Sonic the Hedgehog Band
from the album Speed of Sound
B-side"Sonic Spin"
ReleasedJuly 6, 1991 (1991-07-06)
Recorded1991
GenreDance-rock, new jack swing
Length4:15
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s){{Miwa Yoshida|Masato Nakamura|Leslie Howe}}
Producer(s)Leslie Howe
The Sonic the Hedgehog Band singles chronology
"Super Sonic"
(1991) 		"Ring King"
(1991)

Super Sonic is a song by The Sonic the Hedgehog Band (Dreams Come True ft. Nancy Cartwright.) It was released worldwide on July 6, 1991 to promote the then-new Sonic the Hedgehog video game.

Background and writing

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Masato Nakamura, who composed the soundtrack, decided to write a song describing the game to promote its release. He decided to write it in English to hopefully make it in America. Sonic was going to be in a rock band in the first Sonic the Hedgehog game, and even though this idea was scrapped during development, it still made it into a Japanese promotional comic. It was decided to use Sonic's band as the moniker for the song.

Sega of America loved the material they were given, and sought out a voice that would embody Sonic. They ended up hiring The Simpsons alumni Nancy Cartwright, as her character's personality was the same as Sonic's. Sega of America also hired Canadian songwriter and producer Leslie Howe, who was fresh off the success of Alanis Morissette's debut album, to flesh out Nakamura's initial draft of the song and produce the final result.

Composition

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"Super Sonic" is a dance-rock and new jack swing song with a tempo of 105 bpm and a key of D major. Against a background of synths and electric guitars, Sonic the Hedgehog (Nancy Cartwright) sings and raps about his adventures in the game, listing and describing the zones he travels through, and encouraging the listener to "check it out on the Genesis!" near the end of the song. The chorus of the song consists of a choir of voices shouting "SUPER SONIC!" in a call and response manner.

Critical reception

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"Super Sonic" received positive reviews from critics, commenting on the "innovative approach to advertising a game" and predicting "Sonic the Hedgehog will become a worldwide fad." However, it also received some negative reviews, with some music magazines putting it on their "Worst Songs of the 90s" list at the end of the decade.

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The song was featured in Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie and Sisters.

Track listings

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Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Silver 250,000^
United States (RIAA)[25] Gold 500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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