Synopsis
Soul Coughing perform "Super Bon Bon" in a series of comically surreal settings that feel increasingly strange and slightly nightmarish. Mike Doughty and the band appear amid stylized spaces and exaggerated visual effects, with the imagery matching the song's clipped rhythms and eccentric spoken-word delivery. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the video presents the group as an offbeat performance act moving through a fragmented, dreamlike world.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Super Bon Bon" was released in 1996 as the second single from Soul Coughing's second album, "Irresistible Bliss."
- The video is listed as a 1996 production with an approximately four-minute runtime.
- The song became one of Soul Coughing's best-known tracks and reached No. 27 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
- The single included remixes by the Propellerheads, extending the track's connection to the breakbeat and dance-oriented sounds that shaped Soul Coughing's mid-1990s style.
- "Super Bon Bon" appeared in the 1999 racing game "Gran Turismo 2," helping introduce the song to an audience beyond alternative-rock radio and MTV.
- The song was also used as entrance music by the professional wrestling tag team Danny Doring and Roadkill in Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1998 to 2001.