Crash Test Dummies released “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” as their lead single in October 1993. The song achieved commercial success in Canada and worldwide. Besides, reaching #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 it entered the 1993 Canadian rock charts, reaching #12 and staying on the charts for twelve consecutive weeks.

Song Facts: 

• “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” is on the same album as “Swimming in Your Ocean,” the song that peaked at # 6 on the Canadian rock charts.
• The song is also a single with “The First Noel” in the group’s second album, God Shuffled His Feet.
• The song received a gold certification in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany for sales of 50,000 units.
• “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm’s” success led to the group’s nomination for the 1994 Best New Artist Grammy. However, The Crash Test Dummies lost to Sheryl Crow.
• VH1 named “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” among the “Top 50 worst songs of the ’90s,” a fact that angered fans.
• Crash Test Dummies used the song to gain popularity in the United States.
• “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” is a creation of Brad Roberts.

Lyrics 

Once there was this kid who

Got into an accident and couldn’t come to school

But when he finally came back

His hair had turned from black into bright white

He said that it was from when

The cars had smashed so hard

Once there was this girl who

Wouldn’t go and change with the girls in the change room

And when they finally made her

They saw birthmarks all over her body

She couldn’t quite explain it

They’d always just been there

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

But both girl and boy were glad

‘Cause one kid had it worse than that

‘Cause then there was this boy whose

Parents made him come directly home right after school

And when they went to their church

They shook and lurched all over the church floor

He couldn’t quite explain it

They’d always just gone there

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

Ah

Ah

Ah

Ah