Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

And when they finally made her . . . They saw . . . birthmarks all over her bo-d-iee.

Also, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" is pretty remarkable for being a top-40 pop song that's entirely in the third person.

― Eazy, Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:49 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i came here just to post this!

JUST KIDDING. what's remarkable is that poll result.

once there was this kid who
had something really weird wrong with hi-um

It was really poor planning on the part of the crash test dummies because if they're at a concert its really hard for fans to yell WE WANNA HEAR MM MM MM MM!

mrs_orlando_bloom droppin a truth bomb. How did this work? It hurts my teeth even to hum along to the song itself.

The wordless bridge/coda is stuck in my head today. Kinda good, kinda bad.

love this version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IhhdsKXAQ

^^^

First time I heard it, I thought it was Iggy Pop

lol

That version's halfway to Giant Sand.

(Record produced by Jerry Harrison btw)

ew ew ew ew

Surely one of the weirdest 90s hit singles (though still not any good).

I’ve never actually heard this song (it came out during the year of the ’90s that I “missed”)... I’ve heard maybe a few seconds of the chorus, as part of video montages.

My first few years of college, I had no access to MTV; wasn’t listening to the radio or reading about new music; and basically spent my time making cassettes for friends with Portishead on one side and Massive Attack on the other (“you’re gonna love this!”).

I love this song

I remember having a very strong emotional reaction to this track as a kid. It reminds me of being 9 and being driven to soccer practice on a winter night. It’d be played regularly on a rock radio station that cycled through all the other generic 90s crap rock, and this always stood out to my childish ears as being particularly sad and beautiful. I also kinda felt this way about What It’s Like by Everlast though, so...

Winter Song is nice

https://youtu.be/5UUQOw-reV4

This song brings to mind XTC's "Dear God" in its earnestness and oddness. No wonder they covered "Peter Pumpkinhead".

I listened to the source album recently and still mostly like it, though the debut is better what with a great cover of The Replacements "Androgynous".

If you hate Brad's voice, none of it will work of course.

What is this song saying? I always assumed it was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek or absurd. The earnestness in the message of "Dear God" is really obvious to me.

fun fact: in canada crash test dummies had 6 top 10 hits, this wasn't one of them

I am more familiar with Superman Song than I am with this.

Weird al version ftw

In case anyone missed it, Brad tried falsetto later on.

I am very familiar with at least two CTD albums. This is not one of their best songs

I think I disagree with virtually all of Alfred's opinions on music.

*raises glass*

Best songs these guys did - I'm thinking "2 Knights And Maidens", "An Old Scab", "My Own Sunrise", "Swatting Flies", "God Shuffled His Feet", "I Think I'll Disappear Now", "A Worm's Life", "How Does A Duck Know" (that's a controversial one but I <3 it) etc - are genuinely very, very good imo and there isn't MUCH filler on those two main albums

― Young Chizzy (country matters), Friday, 17 April 2009 02:35 (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

would I stand by this now? yeah mostly. surprised I didn't mention I'm A Dog either

I vote "They shook and lurched all over the church floor."