Batman Superman Spiderman

Album: Another Country (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was written about bedtime stories that Rod Stewart would tell his youngest son, Aiden, based around the three fictional superheroes. He told Uncut: "That's for my three - year - old. He goes to bed and I'll say, 'What do you want? A story? Who shall I make it up about? ' He goes, 'Oh, Batman, Superman or Spider-Man.'"

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