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Crash Test Dummies

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With their clever lyrics and folk-tinged melodies, the Crash Test Dummies were a perfect rock band for affluent '90s college students and yuppies. Their first album was a multi-platinum hit in their native Canada, but only gained a small cult following in other parts of the world. Thanks to former Talking Head Jerry Harrison's clean, radio-friendly production, the follow-up album, God Shuffled His Feet (1993), broke big in the States and, in turn, Europe. The first single from the record, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm," became a worldwide Top Ten hit, making the group a minor sensation with their self-consciously bizarre lyrics and singer/songwriter Brad Roberts' deep baritone. A Worm's Life followed in 1996, and three years later the Crash Test Dummies returned with Give Yourself a Hand, which found Roberts sharing vocal duties with bandmate Ellen Reid.

Frontman Brad Roberts resurfaced in fall 2000 with a solo album, Crash Test Dude, a collection of acoustic hits from the Crash Test Dummies and eclectic covers. It was also during this time that Roberts suffered a serious car crash, almost losing his arm. Seven months later, however, he returned to the Crash Test Dummies circuit to issue I Don't Care That You Don't Mind, a brand-new batch of songs written with lobster fishermen/musicians whom Roberts met during his rehabilitation. Late 2001 and early 2002 saw more solo albums from the band's members (Ellen Reid's Cinderellen and Mitch Dorge's As Trees Walking), and the Dummies gradually became more Brad Roberts' project than a traditional band. A new three-piece unit consisting of Reid, Brad Roberts and original bassist Dan Roberts released the Christmas album Jingle All the Way in late 2002, but limited distribution made the album hard to find. The album was reissued in late 2003 along with a new album, Puss 'n' Boots, with Reid and Dan Roberts adding to what was originally planned as a Brad Roberts solo album. The trio embraced a more stripped-down acoustic sound on their next album, 2004's Songs of the Unforgiven, while 2010's Oooh La-La! proved to be more symphonic. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Total plays

301.5 million
Updated on 2024-12-09

Monthly listeners

1,262,235

Followers

329,386

Top Cities

  1. Brazil
    26,924 listeners
  2. Australia
    24,337 listeners
  3. Chile
    18,065 listeners
  4. Australia
    20,999 listeners
  5. Australia
    20,663 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
221,247,172 3:55 1993-04-05
Afternoons & Coffeespoons
Afternoons & Coffeespoons
12,773,012 3:56 1993-04-05
Superman's Song
Superman's Song
12,580,724 4:32 1991-04-05
God Shuffled His Feet
God Shuffled His Feet
6,802,571 5:10 1993-04-05
The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (feat. Ellen Reid)
The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (feat. Ellen Reid)
6,176,179 3:45 1994-11-22
In The Days Of The Caveman
In The Days Of The Caveman
4,266,413 3:40 1993-04-05
Swimming In Your Ocean
Swimming In Your Ocean
3,326,087 3:49 1993-04-05
I Think I'll Disappear Now
I Think I'll Disappear Now
2,283,666 4:52 1993-04-05
How Does A Duck Know?
How Does A Duck Know?
2,030,532 3:42 1993-04-05
The Ghosts That Haunt Me
The Ghosts That Haunt Me
1,600,145 3:45 1991-04-05
Here I Stand Before Me
Here I Stand Before Me
1,521,209 3:07 1993-04-05
The First Noel
The First Noel
1,422,509 3:40 2000-01-01
The Psychic
The Psychic
1,365,446 3:50 1993-04-05
When I Go Out With Artists
When I Go Out With Artists
1,302,573 3:41 1993-04-05
Two Knights & Maidens
Two Knights & Maidens
1,255,371 3:24 1993-04-05
At My Funeral
At My Funeral
1,143,755 4:03 1991-04-05
Keep A Lid On Things
Keep A Lid On Things
1,080,835 2:46 1999-03-20
Untitled
Untitled
952,191 1:43 1993-04-05
Comin' Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song)
Comin' Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song)
755,578 4:28 1991-04-05
Androgynous
Androgynous
751,729 2:37 1991-04-05
He Liked To Feel It
He Liked To Feel It
711,869 3:55 1996-01-01
Winter Song
Winter Song
537,472 4:02 1991-04-05
The Unforgiven Ones
The Unforgiven Ones
532,606 2:54 2007-09-01
Betty Davis Eyes (Live)
Betty Davis Eyes (Live)
496,187 2:53 2018-03-29
The Country Life
The Country Life
475,560 4:02 1991-04-05
Mmm Mmm Mmm (Live)
Mmm Mmm Mmm (Live)
456,644 5:27 2018-03-29
Songbird
Songbird
422,088 3:46 2010-05-28
The Voyage
The Voyage
387,255 3:14 1991-04-05
I'll Be Peaceful Then (feat. Brad Roberts)
I'll Be Peaceful Then (feat. Brad Roberts)
359,216 2:45 2016-05-26
Flying Feeling
Flying Feeling
352,966 3:24 2003-10-21
And It's Beautiful
And It's Beautiful
338,768 3:25 2010-05-28
Thick-Necked Man
Thick-Necked Man
321,547 3:20 1991-04-05
The Day We Never Met
The Day We Never Met
320,187 4:22 2001-05-01
You Won't Run Out
You Won't Run Out
315,468 4:13 2011-04-08
Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone
312,441 4:52 2010-05-28
Here On Earth (I'll Have My Cake)
Here On Earth (I'll Have My Cake)
307,821 3:04 1991-04-05
Every Morning
Every Morning
302,043 2:52 2001-05-01
Afternoon and Coffeespoons (Live)
Afternoon and Coffeespoons (Live)
296,076 4:19 2018-03-29
I'm Outlived By "That" Thing?
I'm Outlived By "That" Thing?
267,447 3:13 1996-01-01
Get You In The Morning (feat. Ellen Reid)
Get You In The Morning (feat. Ellen Reid)
265,364 2:58 1999-03-20
Just Chillin' (feat. Ellen Reid)
Just Chillin' (feat. Ellen Reid)
256,493 3:32 1999-03-20
Paralyzed
Paralyzed
256,035 3:32 2010-05-28
My Pussycat and Me
My Pussycat and Me
254,561 2:37 2011-04-08
Understand Your Man (Live)
Understand Your Man (Live)
241,995 3:05 2018-03-29
Just Shoot Me, Baby
Just Shoot Me, Baby
241,721 3:35 1999-03-20
You Said You'd Meet Me (In California)
You Said You'd Meet Me (In California)
241,062 3:25 2010-05-28
The in-Between Place
The in-Between Place
237,020 2:50 2010-05-28
Our Driver Gestures
Our Driver Gestures
236,570 3:37 1996-01-01
Black Ice
Black Ice
233,113 2:42 2011-04-08
Cocaine (Live)
Cocaine (Live)
231,212 4:14 2018-03-29
A Worm's Life
A Worm's Life
229,730 2:56 1996-01-01
It'll Never Leave You Alone
It'll Never Leave You Alone
217,671 3:18 2003-10-21
Overachievers
Overachievers
210,052 3:44 1996-01-01
My Own Sunrise
My Own Sunrise
198,548 3:35 1996-01-01
A Hilariously Derisive Account of My Heritage Ensues, as I Banter on, Ever More Wittily, the Scotch Now Coursing Through My Body as I Experience an Ever-Increasing Alcohol-Induced Euphoria (Live)
A Hilariously Derisive Account of My Heritage Ensues, as I Banter on, Ever More Wittily, the Scotch Now Coursing Through My Body as I Experience an Ever-Increasing Alcohol-Induced Euphoria (Live)
178,940 1:01 2018-03-29
A Little Something (feat. Ellen Reid)
A Little Something (feat. Ellen Reid)
173,619 4:36 1999-03-20
A Cigarette Is All You Get
A Cigarette Is All You Get
171,542 2:27 1999-03-20
It Might Be Rather Nice
It Might Be Rather Nice
160,554 3:40 2011-04-08
My Enemies
My Enemies
153,884 3:14 1996-01-01
Laid Back
Laid Back
151,710 3:53 2008-01-01
Much Better
Much Better
150,473 3:12 2011-04-08
Not Today Baby
Not Today Baby
150,058 3:10 2010-05-28
An Old Scab
An Old Scab
148,309 3:51 1996-01-01
Aching to Sneeze
Aching to Sneeze
147,132 3:23 1999-03-20
Da Do Ron Ron (Live)
Da Do Ron Ron (Live)
145,934 3:49 2018-03-29
Digestive Process
Digestive Process
140,971 2:22 2011-04-08
I Want To Par-tay!
I Want To Par-tay!
120,586 2:29 1999-03-20
I'm A Dog
I'm A Dog
116,317 3:48 1996-01-01
Give Yourself A Hand
Give Yourself A Hand
115,204 2:59 1999-03-20
You See That House?
You See That House?
112,141 2:22 2011-04-08
Mercy Kill Me
Mercy Kill Me
111,498 2:44 2011-04-08
What I'm Famous For
What I'm Famous For
110,671 2:58 2010-05-28
All Of This Ugly
All Of This Ugly
109,583 3:20 1996-01-01
Lake Bras D'or
Lake Bras D'or
109,537 2:26 2010-05-28
Now You See Her
Now You See Her
102,551 4:07 2010-05-28
I Love Your Goo
I Love Your Goo
100,445 3:31 1999-03-20
Put a Face
Put a Face
99,989 2:07 2010-05-28
There Are Many Dangers
There Are Many Dangers
98,561 3:45 1996-01-01
Superman's Song (Live)
Superman's Song (Live)
96,558 5:00 2018-03-29
It's Not That I Don't Feel Sorry
It's Not That I Don't Feel Sorry
94,528 3:17 2011-04-08
Hold It Like An Egg
Hold It Like An Egg
93,770 3:06 2011-04-08
Androgynous (Live)
Androgynous (Live)
93,204 3:38 2018-03-29
Introductory Remarks (Live)
Introductory Remarks (Live)
92,014 1:52 2018-03-29
Pissed With Me
Pissed With Me
91,681 3:09 1999-03-20
When The Old Man Comes
When The Old Man Comes
88,830 2:45 2011-04-08
Oral Sex Is Proffered by in Order to Compensate a Customer for the High Ticket Price (Live)
Oral Sex Is Proffered by in Order to Compensate a Customer for the High Ticket Price (Live)
84,511 0:35 2018-03-29
Playing Dead
Playing Dead
83,345 3:16 1999-03-20
Satellites Pass Over
Satellites Pass Over
82,085 2:37 2011-04-08
Swatting Flies
Swatting Flies
80,057 2:51 1996-01-01
You Said You'd Meet Me (In California)
You Said You'd Meet Me (In California)
79,374 3:14 2008-01-01
Sacred Alphabet
Sacred Alphabet
78,044 4:12 2023-03-10
After My Dinner
After My Dinner
77,104 3:29 2011-04-08
An Aside Regarding Prostitution (Live)
An Aside Regarding Prostitution (Live)
77,058 1:09 2018-03-29
I Want to Par-Tay (Live)
I Want to Par-Tay (Live)
74,614 2:52 2018-03-29
God Shuffled His Feet (Live)
God Shuffled His Feet (Live)
67,455 3:52 2018-03-29
Give Yourself a Hand (Live)
Give Yourself a Hand (Live)
62,979 3:28 2018-03-29
La Grange (Live)
La Grange (Live)
57,543 2:54 2018-03-29
Unbreak My Heart (Live)
Unbreak My Heart (Live)
54,824 4:36 2018-03-29
Trident Gum Theme (Live)
Trident Gum Theme (Live)
54,711 1:33 2018-03-29
Baby One More Time (Live)
Baby One More Time (Live)
54,617 3:29 2018-03-29
Keep a Lid on Things (Live)
Keep a Lid on Things (Live)
53,221 2:43 2018-03-29
A Discussion of Bowel Difficulties During the Performance (Live)
A Discussion of Bowel Difficulties During the Performance (Live)
50,576 1:06 2018-03-29
A Poem, "Scientific Management" Is Read (Live)
A Poem, "Scientific Management" Is Read (Live)
49,866 3:09 2018-03-29
Delilah (Live)
Delilah (Live)
49,554 4:33 2018-03-29
Relation Between Bass Baritone Guitar and the Penis Is Discussed (Live)
Relation Between Bass Baritone Guitar and the Penis Is Discussed (Live)
45,622 1:23 2018-03-29
A Cigarette Is All You Get (Live)
A Cigarette Is All You Get (Live)
43,870 3:13 2018-03-29
He Liked to Feel It (Live)
He Liked to Feel It (Live)
43,245 4:09 2018-03-29
My Freedom from All Std's Is Firmly and Self-Servingly Established (Live)
My Freedom from All Std's Is Firmly and Self-Servingly Established (Live)
41,666 1:04 2018-03-29
The String Change Song (Live)
The String Change Song (Live)
35,680 2:32 2018-03-29
Encore (Live)
Encore (Live)
32,546 0:51 2018-03-29
Torontonian's: Pro's and Con's (Live)
Torontonian's: Pro's and Con's (Live)
31,719 1:10 2018-03-29
Another Poem, Entitled "Circumcision", Is Read (Live)
Another Poem, Entitled "Circumcision", Is Read (Live)
31,411 3:33 2018-03-29
My Reputation in the Politically Correct Press as "Crash Test Drunkard" (Live)
My Reputation in the Politically Correct Press as "Crash Test Drunkard" (Live)
31,279 1:31 2018-03-29
Come Down to the Sinkhole
Come Down to the Sinkhole
30,405 2:35 2018-03-08
Superman's Song (Live)
Superman's Song (Live)
29,935 4:35 1992-01-01
Is the Spell Really Broken?
Is the Spell Really Broken?
18,537 3:53 2018-03-08
All You Pretty Girls
All You Pretty Girls
15,787 4:15 1995-10-17
Beginning of the End
Beginning of the End
14,931 3:00 2018-03-08
Interlude 2
Interlude 2
14,454 0:37 2018-03-08
You've Had Your Run
You've Had Your Run
14,314 3:22 2018-03-08
Little Secret
Little Secret
13,512 2:27 2001-05-01
Sonnet I (And When the Sun Goes Down)
Sonnet I (And When the Sun Goes Down)
13,308 2:32 2018-03-08
And so Will Always Be
And so Will Always Be
12,976 3:17 2018-03-08
The First Noel (feat. Ellen Reid)
The First Noel (feat. Ellen Reid)
11,111 3:43 1991-10-08
On and On
On and On
9,984 2:19 2001-05-01
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
8,836 4:04 2001-05-01
Silent Night
Silent Night
8,487 3:16 2002-10-08
Everlasting Peace
Everlasting Peace
7,129 2:39 2018-03-08
There Is No Final Winner
There Is No Final Winner
7,071 2:13 2018-03-08
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
6,764 1:38 2002-10-08
Sonnet 2 (And Back in Ages Past)
Sonnet 2 (And Back in Ages Past)
6,694 2:41 2018-03-08
Sittin' on a Tree Stump
Sittin' on a Tree Stump
6,548 2:06 2001-05-01
Sonnet 3 (The Cold Is Here)
Sonnet 3 (The Cold Is Here)
6,477 2:04 2018-03-08
White Christmas
White Christmas
6,016 3:15 2002-10-08
It's a Shame
It's a Shame
5,128 4:14 2003-10-21
You've Done It Once Again
You've Done It Once Again
4,955 3:46 2018-03-08
The Wicked and the Evil
The Wicked and the Evil
4,912 3:03 2018-03-08
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
4,345 2:50 2002-10-08
We Three Kings
We Three Kings
4,339 3:60 2002-10-08
Triple Master Blaster
Triple Master Blaster
4,290 2:51 2003-10-21
First Noel
First Noel
4,218 4:24 2002-10-08
Everything Is Better With Me
Everything Is Better With Me
4,116 3:33 2003-10-21
Good King Wenceslas
Good King Wenceslas
4,083 2:31 2002-10-08
Yer Devil Ways
Yer Devil Ways
4,019 4:41 2001-05-01
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of Bethlehem
4,019 4:13 2002-10-08
In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter
3,967 3:54 2002-10-08
The Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy
3,941 4:05 2002-10-08
Shoot 'em up, Shoot 'em Down
Shoot 'em up, Shoot 'em Down
3,878 4:54 2001-05-01
Buzzin' flies
Buzzin' flies
3,852 3:20 2001-05-01
I Never Fall Asleep at Night
I Never Fall Asleep at Night
3,827 2:25 2001-05-01
Let It Feel Like Something Else
Let It Feel Like Something Else
3,822 3:06 2001-05-01
Put Me in a Corner of Your Mind
Put Me in a Corner of Your Mind
3,667 4:46 2001-05-01
The Huron Carol
The Huron Carol
3,627 3:20 2002-10-08
If Ya Wanna Know
If Ya Wanna Know
3,552 3:53 2003-10-21
Postlude
Postlude
3,543 1:17 2018-03-08
I'm the Man (That You Are Not)
I'm the Man (That You Are Not)
3,462 3:33 2003-10-21
Stupid Same
Stupid Same
3,342 2:59 2003-10-21
Hangin' tree
Hangin' tree
3,234 2:52 2001-05-01
I'll See What I Can Do
I'll See What I Can Do
3,146 3:19 2003-10-21
Bye Bye Baby. Goodbye
Bye Bye Baby. Goodbye
3,137 3:01 2003-10-21
I Never Try That Hard
I Never Try That Hard
2,981 4:47 2003-10-21
Your Gun Won't Fire (Remix)
Your Gun Won't Fire (Remix)
2,893 3:51 2003-10-21
Never Bother Looking Back
Never Bother Looking Back
2,809 2:58 2003-10-21
Never Comin' back
Never Comin' back
2,742 2:36 2001-05-01
Gus the Grasshopper
Gus the Grasshopper
< 1000 3:15 2013-08-06
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Marc Mysterio Vs. Crash Test Dummies) - Teenage Mutants Remix
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Marc Mysterio Vs. Crash Test Dummies) - Teenage Mutants Remix
< 1000 3:22 2015-05-21
Prelude
Prelude
< 1000 0:19 2018-03-08
Interlude 1
Interlude 1
< 1000 0:23 2018-03-08

New releases

Sacred Alphabet
Sacred Alphabet
2023-03-10
[turtlemusik]
Oooh La La!
Oooh La La!
2018-03-29
[Crash Test Dummies]
Crash Test Dude (Live)
Crash Test Dude (Live)
2018-03-29
[Deep Fried Records]
Songs of the Unforgiven
Songs of the Unforgiven
2018-03-08
[Crash Test Dummies]
Still Life With Trouble
Still Life With Trouble
2017-03-17
[Thirsty Ear Recordings]
I'll Be Peaceful Then (feat. Brad Roberts)
I'll Be Peaceful Then (feat. Brad Roberts)
2016-05-26
[Deep Fried Records]
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Marc Mysterio Vs. Crash Test Dummies) [Teenage Mutants Remix]
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Marc Mysterio Vs. Crash Test Dummies) [Teenage Mutants Remix]
2015-05-21
[Minos - EMI SA]
Demo-Litions
Demo-Litions
2011-04-08
[Deep Fried Records]
Oooh La La!
Oooh La La!
2010-05-28
[earMUSIC]
Playlist: The Very Best Of Crash Test Dummies
Playlist: The Very Best Of Crash Test Dummies
2010-02-10
[Arista/Legacy]
Playlist: The Very Best Of Crash Test Dummies
Playlist: The Very Best Of Crash Test Dummies
2008-08-06
[Arista/Legacy]
The Best Of
The Best Of
2008-03-18
[SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.]
Collections
Collections
2008-01-01
[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]
The Best Of Crash Test Dummies
The Best Of Crash Test Dummies
2007-09-01
[SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.]
Puss 'n' boots
Puss 'n' boots
2003-10-21
[Deep Fried Records]
Silent Night
Silent Night
2002-10-08
[Deep Fried Records]
Jingle All the Way
Jingle All the Way
2002-10-08
[Deep Fried Records]
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
2001-05-01
[Cha-]
Give Yourself A Hand
Give Yourself A Hand
1999-03-22
[Arista]
Give Yourself A Hand
Give Yourself A Hand
1999-03-20
[Arista]
A Worm's Life
A Worm's Life
1996-10-01
[Arista]
A Worm's Life
A Worm's Life
1996-01-01
[Arista]
God Shuffled His Feet
God Shuffled His Feet
1993-04-05
[Arista]
God Shuffled His Feet
God Shuffled His Feet
1993-04-05
[Arista]
God Shuffled His Feet
God Shuffled His Feet
1993-04-05
[Arista]
The First Noel (feat. Ellen Reid)
The First Noel (feat. Ellen Reid)
1991-10-08
[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]
The Ghosts That Haunt Me
The Ghosts That Haunt Me
1991-04-05
[Arista]
The Ghosts That Haunt Me
The Ghosts That Haunt Me
1991-04-05
[Arista]