
Zach Braff directed the song's music video. "Superman" samples the drum track of "Impeach The President" by '70s soul group The Honey Drippers. The last episode of the eighth season of Scrubs " My Finale" features a portion of the acoustic instrumental version of "Superman". The single version of the song also doesn't have the count-in, but it is 5 seconds shorter than the soundtrack version due to slightly faster speed. The soundtrack version of "Superman", both Scrubs' and The Tao of Steve, has duration 3:38 and omits the intro count-in which is present on the album All the Time in the World, making the duration of the latter 3:43. The song was later included on the Lazlo Bane 2021 album Someday We'll Be Together. In 2020 the band reunited to record a video for the new version of the song featuring many guest appearances of fellow musicians and friends, including the members of Scrubs cast Zach Braff and Neil Flynn. Around the same time, in September 2002, the song was released on Lazlo Bane's second studio album All the Time in the World.

Scrubs proved to be successful and "Superman" was later issued on the first show soundtrack and as a promotional single.

Zach Braff, the star of Scrubs, was impressed by the song and suggested the use of the song as the theme to executive producer Bill Lawrence. "Superman" was first released on the soundtrack album for the film The Tao of Steve in 2000, a year prior to its first appearance in Scrubs, though it was not featured in the film itself.
