“Laurie Anderson became widely known outside the art world in 1981 with the single “O Superman”, originally released in a limited quantity by B. George’s One Ten Records. The song reached number two on the national pop charts in Britain after the sudden influx of orders from the UK (prompted by British radio station BBC Radio 1 playlisting the record) and led to Anderson’s signing a 7-album deal with Warner Bros. Records, which re-released the single. “O Superman” was part of a larger stage work titled United States and was included on the album Big Science” – Wikipedia.
