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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Supreme
| cover = Robbie williams-supreme s 1.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Robbie Williams
| album = Sing When You're Winning
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
* Master Rock (North London, England)
* Sarm Hook End (Reading, England)
| genre =
| length = 4:15
| label = Chrysalis
| writer =
* Robbie Williams
* Guy Chambers
* Freddie Perren
* Dino Fekaris
| producer =
* Guy Chambers
* Steve Power
| prev_title = Kids
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = United
| next_year = 2000
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}}
"'Supreme'" is a song by English singer Robbie Williams for his third studio album, 'Sing When You're Winning' (2000). Chrysalis Records released the song as the third single from the album on 11 December 2000. Commercially, the single reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, topped the charts of Hungary and Poland, and peaked within the top 10 in six additional European countries and New Zealand.
Composition
The bridge of the song contains an interpolation of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". The string instrument part is a Franois de Roubaix-composed piece from the Jos Giovanni-directed film 'Dernier domicile connu' starring Lino Ventura and Marlne Jobert. The song was re-recorded in a swing tone and titled "Swing Supreme" for his 2013 album 'Swings Both Ways'.
Chart performance
The song became another success for Robbie Williams, reaching the top 10 in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, New Zealand, and several other countries. Williams also recorded a French version of the song that was released in France, peaking at number 12 and spending 34 weeks on the French chart, being certified Gold by the Syndicat National de l'dition Phonographique (SNEP).
Music video
The "Supreme" video, titled "Gentlemen racers" as seen in its opening credits, is a tribute to British Formula One driver Jackie Stewart. It was filmed on November 11, 2000. Williams portrays the fictitious character Bob Williams, a rival driver competing for the 1970s F1 World Championship. Williams eventually crashes his car, makes a surprise recovery, and ultimately loses the title when he gets diarrhea before a race and is unable to line up on the starting grid due to getting locked into his caravan when the manager thought there was no one in the caravan. An epilogue reveals that Bob Williams went on to become a celebrated blues guitarist while Jackie Stewart won the 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 technique as it is often seen in movies from the 1960s and 70s (for instance in the 1970 feature racing movie Le Mans), 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 footage with Jackie Stewart. As yet another movie clich, fake newspaper headlines are shown intermittently to help narrate the story.
Track listings
'UK CD1 and cassette single'
# "Supreme" 4:15
# "Don't Do Love" 4:56
# "Come Take Me Over" 4:13
'UK CD2'
# "Supreme" 4:15
# "United" 5:56
# "Supreme" (recorded live at the Manchester Arena) 4:18
# "Supreme" (filmed live at the Manchester Arena) 4:08
'Australasian CD single'
# "Supreme" 4:15
# "United" 5:56
# "Supreme" (live from Manchester) 4:18
# "Don't Do Love" 4:57
# "Come Take Me Over" 4:11
Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the 'Sing When You're Winning' album booklet.
'Studios'
* Recorded at Master Rock Studios (North London, England) and Sarm Hook End (Reading, England)
* Mixed at Battery Studios (London, England)
* Mastered at Metropolis Mastering (London, England)
'Personnel'
* Robbie Williams writing, lead vocals
* Guy Chambers writing, all keyboards, production, arrangement
* Freddie Perren writing
* Dino Fekaris writing
* Claire Worrall backing vocals
* Crystal Adams backing vocals
* Marielle Herv backing vocals
* Neil Taylor acoustic and electric guitars
* Phil Spalding bass guitar
* Chris Sharrock ambient drum kit
* Andy Duncan drum programming
* Richard Flack drum programming, Pro Tools
* Tony Pleeth string loop
* Paul Kegg string loop
* Richard Boothby string loop
* Richard Campbell string loop
* London Session Orchestra orchestra
* Gavyn Wright concertmaster
* Nick Ingman orchestration
* Isobel Griffiths orchestral contractor
* Steve Price orchestral engineering
* Steve Power production, mixing
* Tony Cousins mastering
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"!Chart (2001)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)
|85
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
|28
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
|30
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)
|27
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)
|42
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)
|88
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
|55
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
|35
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
|45
|}
Certifications
Samples and cover versions
The McFly song "I Need a Woman" from 2010's 'Above the Noise' album samples the riff from "Supreme". The Turkish band Dolapdere Big Gang recorded a version for their 2010 album Art-Ist. Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester made a cover in their 2001 album 'Superhits'.
In popular culture
The song is the title theme for the Polish TV drama series 'Londyczycy' (Polish for 'The Londoners') aired on TVP 1 since late 2008.
References
Category:2000 singles
Category:2000 songs
Category:Chrysalis Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Vaughan Arnell
Category:Number-one singles in Hungary
Category:Number-one singles in Poland
Category:Robbie Williams songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Guy Chambers
Category:Song recordings produced by Steve Power
Category:Songs written by Dino Fekaris
Category:Songs written by Freddie Perren
Category:Songs written by Guy Chambers
Category:Songs written by Robbie Williams
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