Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

[@JibberLang]

i love this song even more now....

[@bungasujatmo1439]

It's now March 2024 and listening to this song still gives me goosebumps, that's the definition of a timeless masterpiece

[@hollyperrin7353]

Their Superman song is worth a listen. I appreciate it even more than Mmmmmmmm.

[@chrismarek7864]

This classic just turned 30 years old this year. Thank you Brad.

[@2degucitas]

Is it really that old? Wow.

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

No way wow it makes sense though my wife turned 41 in January and i turned 40 valentines day

[@marshac1479]

Good God no.

[@bartmix8994]

Possibly the worst song ever recorded.

[@brad2751]

You're welcome.

[@eggman1978]

Fantastic song beautiful with sadness. True to life you could say

[@safespacebear]

Gosh he really comes off as a very open, humble and genuine fellow. I wish this interview was an hour or so longer

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Seems like a regular Canadian guy for me.

[@suedeciviii7142]

Yeah so many of these the artist hardly talks about the song at all. He's really well spoken and has a lot to say about the song he's famous for.

[@eriomnyc6073]

When I first moved to New York City I went to a yoga class which started with a Om satsang - I said to myself he sounds like the lead singer of crash test dummies , and I was right ! It was him :) He’s a super nice yogi

[@zhulza]

@@shizuokaBLUES I didn't think Canada still had guys?

[@shizuokaBLUES]

@@zhulza haven't watched a game of hockey in your life?

[@tractorp2255]

And 30 years later it is still stuck in my head. The song is really genius

[@leas.5596]

Same here. I recently looked it up, and dived into all the music they made. Brad Roberts' voice is so electric, it's unbelievable.

[@baileyward1]

I'm just seeing this interview for the first time. I think the song is brilliant, and the story sung with that vocal range is refreshing to hear. I just like it still to this day. You created a classic! Thank you!

[@HANSMKAMP]

The song is really awesome. Most songs I like very much, I try to play on a musical instruments. That means: also this song!

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic low-fi piano & vocal YT performances of "Mmm Mmm Mmm" by the CRASH TEST DUMMIES and "1979" by the SMASHING PUMPKINS in tribute to 2 great standards of the era. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Peace out & stay safe in the '020s.

[@tomcoryell]

I was tired of screaming high vocals that are out of the natural male range just shortly after Led Zeppelin became popular. I loved this song immediately partially because of the pitch range.

[@jrjubach]

He's quoted as saying, "I could perform that song anywhere in the world, and anywhere in the world people will sing along with the chorus."

[@MrEmreWawa]

he's not wrong

[@chrisdayplays]

no lies told

[@marktownsend1982]

Hmm 🤔

[@jrjubach]

@@marktownsend1982 because the chorus is just "mmm mmm mmm mmm"

[@N3G4T1V3_]

The ending of the song with the band harmonizing sounds heavenly, always loved that part.

[@tregibbs]

dito. I made a clip in garage band where it's just the final ending chorus and piano. It goes on for almost 2 minutes..

[@SirG145]

@@tregibbs that in itself as apotheosis to this song was indeed maybe even better than the mmm-mm part.. nevertheless it wouldn't be as cool when the estranged mm-mm part would've been left out however.. Wonderful crafted song, thematically in its time, lyrically, as well as by chord structure.

[@frankhassett2496]

This is one of my favorite songs.

[@RichM0410]

Have ALWAYS felt that as well…just gives me chills😊

[@butterflygirl22]

That’s exactly how I felt! I would sometimes close my eyes with my palms up and just look up and feel that part of the music. What a great ending to a great song.

[@leafbelly]

That entire "God Shuffled His Feet" album is brilliant, not only lyrically, but musically as well. And the production is wonderful. Hands down my favorite album from the '90s. Sorry, "OK Computer" ... you're No. 2.

[@baskruitnl]

I agree, it's a great album.

[@LuckyFlesh]

@@return2sender791 Stop embarrassing yourself.

[@mikearchibald744]

Actually a lot of 90s stuff really was meh. Except Kid A, which I liked better than OK Computer. But I always associated this band with the 80's for some reason. This is their second album isn't it? But yeah, I can't think of any music from the 90's that I listen to now. I guess those were the Spice GIrls years?

[@adamruhnke7048]

The album was one of my favorites. Lyrically and musically very amazingly done. Not many people listened to it and I felt it was one of my many special little gems. I'm glad I am not the only one.

[@dtower1825]

@@mikearchibald744 Hmm I don’t know. A lot of my favourite albums come from the 90s - stuff by Wilco, Grandaddy, No Doubt, Faith No More, Weezer, Neutral Milk Hotel, blink 182, Cardigans, Third Eye Blind… I think there was a lot of great stuff in the 90s

[@mxm6809]

Always thought the chorus was brilliant. Took it to another level, suggesting it was all beyond words and evoking a sense of the profound. Very beautiful song.

[@Dan23_7]

Yep, “why is it just mmmm? ” A mystery now explained

[@ResidentRob]

I always thought 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' was meant to represent what couldn't be said because it was too horrible.

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic low-fi piano & vocal YT performances of "Mmm Mmm Mmm" by the CRASH TEST DUMMIES and "1979" by the SMASHING PUMPKINS in tribute to 2 great standards of the era. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Peace out & stay safe in the '020s.

[@garyfallows1123]

Such an underrated band, the whole God Shuffled His Feet album is lyrically and musically is amazing, still listening in 2024

[@mlc4050]

Summer of 94, mowing lawn while humming this song over and over

[@bigbasil1908]

I was hanging around at Clacton Aero club, learning about light aircraft and flying in cessna's lol

[@iambiggus]

I have a deep voice, and I thank them for making a song that I could reliably karaoke too.

[@leas.5596]

I just reminded a friend of this song last week - he's got a wonderful bass voice and struggles to find songs. I said....remember the Crash Test Dummies...look them up.

[@redballoonluke]

I'll never forget the first time I heard this song. I was 13 and it came on the radio as I lay in bed resisting getting up to go to school. I was transfixed by the sounds and the voice. It was so different and fresh and catchy and deep and dark and funny all at the same time. I couldn't wait to hear it again and getting out of bed to go to school wasn't an issue when it was over.

[@Robcobes]

I recently caught covid and my voice got so deep I finally could sing this song.

[@rfdsrfds]

For me, one of the greatest songs ever

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

We need way more than a 6 minute video about this masterpiece.

[@johnadair4693]

Thank you Brad for getting me through some of the best and worst times of my life.

[@crinklecut3790]

I was not expecting the Crash Test Dummies to be the intellectual type. I really enjoyed this interview.

[@paulschilling2996]

Your Top 2000 series is seriously one of the greatest things that’s ever happened to KZbin. Your love of the music is palpable in every interview you do. And the musical breadth is wonderful too!

[@LordLuc94]

It's from a public national Dutch radiostation (Radio 2).

[@Top2000agogo]

Thank you so much! Spread the word :-)

[@mattlawson714]

A perfect song. Especially the bridge and the ending.

[@mcc3374]

Countless times over the past 30 years I've gotten this song stuck in my head. Of course, here we are again lol. Awesome to hear such a genuine explanation of the lyrics. Many thanks.

[@sufianansari4923]

I saw the Crash Test Dummies at the 1865 in Southampton (15/11/24), Brad's voice and the whole band is still amazing. Spot on! Well worth going to see live. Highly recommended

[@Marie-gt3sw]

Beautifully written and marvelous song. ❤ Thanks , Brad!

[@tomlingafelter2866]

Mmmm will live forever as one of the most brilliant, simple and pacifying "lyrics" to accompany what a song like this meant. The real children needed this hum.

[@paulelverstone8677]

So hard to believe that this is nearly 30yrs old, as I remember hearing this for the first time like it was last week. So entirely different to everything else on the radio at the time; I would listen in part with incredulity and part curious humour. Love the story, love the song, love this channel... :o)

[@conorsmith8551]

Dumb and dumber was where I heard it first . WELL PARDON ME MR PERFECT!!

[@mikearchibald744]

I didn't even know anybody outside of canada even heard of this band let alone this song.

[@moonsammy42]

@@mikearchibald744 It was a substantial hit in the US, tons of play on alternative radio stations. The video was in pretty solid rotation on MTV as well, at least for a while.

[@whythatspreposterous]

@@mikearchibald744 It was big in Australia. I remember it hanging round the charts for many weeks and the words and melody never left me. Also, the Weird Al version helped cement it in there as well. Weird seeing this guy so much older, as, like the OP said, feels like last week it came out.

[@Dhardy316]

I made a music video with my buddy at Hampton Beach, NH when this first came out. He showed me it about 10 years later when I was not in a good place in life(like pills, cocaine, alcohol, not good), and it really struck me in that moment how much I missed the innocence of life and how corrupted my souls became.

[@evanfiore9594]

great piece, great record. I only wish this interview was longer and went through that record song for song.

[@IamMagPie]

Great interview. I could have listened to Roberts talking for hours. Crash Test Dummies have given me so much happiness through their wonderful music. Every time I have moved (11 so far), the first album I put on the stereo to test it after having set it up, is "God Shuffled His Feet".

[@RichM0410]

Mr Roberts your voice is one of the most compelling in music….just superb!👍

[@metafuel]

This was really excellent. Add others have said. I could watch an hour of this gentleman talking.

[@imsooffended6860]

I remember when that song came out. It was presently different from all the other stuff on the radio…and memorable to say the least.

[@haroldgillette7157]

I'm 70 years old and my music likes are various from Chopin to novelty songs,and I discovered this group from my sons albums,and fell in love with this man's unique voice.i went out and got their whole repertoire of albums.

[@mikearchibald744]

If you like novelty songs and 'off the beaten path' songs, check out the Rheostatics as well.

[@james-p]

Me too... because I can sing along with him! (my voice is low too and I can't sing along to the Stones either!)

[@loverboy3788]

@@mikearchibald744 not everyone is a ball watcher like you I'll Bill

[@tecdesigns8183]

This song gets better with time and brings back great memories of the 90s

[@handznet]

Always loved this song. Sad that they didn’t had more big hits, his voice is amazing

[@raithrover1976]

Afternoons and Coffee Spoons was also quite a big hit here in the UK. If my memory serves me well, they also charted with a cover of XTC's The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead.

[@flurkin]

The Crash Test Dummies were such a formative band in the days of my youth. I was born in 1979. I remember so well when i first heard supermans song off their first album and i was hooked...the whole cd was just amazing...Then i remember how much i loved their second album as well. Such a great band. And even to this day, their first two albums are my favorite cds of all time. I still listen to them regularly.

[@rickytimmons5294]

Agreed…that first album is fantastic … My favorite summer drive thru the winding country album of all time

[@kjdtm]

I immediately loved that song when i first heard it back in the 90's

[@americanpancakelive]

Wish this was longer-- first time I heard this man speak but I sure remember that impactful song.

[@MsGeekomatic]

This is the best album. Thank you, Brad, for your less is more. Amazing. xx

[@AL-grhvc]

one of the best songs of all times..Thank you sir for the timeless masterpiece.

[@Zenlife1132]

Love this!! Thank you! He is awaken . Never would have known who they were if it weren't for my dad's bff Dave gitto!! R.i.P Dave ♡♡♡

[@Zen36977]

One of my favorite albums of all time. I still listen to it all the time Such deep lyrics. Great vocal blends. Great instrumentals. Completely unique sound. Thank you Brad. ❤

[@rightuppercut1426]

Love this song, his voice and the entire album

[@turtleblazer3310]

I still love this song 💘

[@smilinacha]

The fact that he was more transparent about the song being in part about his own life was insightful and helps to make somewhat of a connection between the overall mood of the music and the lyrics. To MY ears, the words and the music seem mismatched. Like the words did not fit with the music which is beautifully bittersweet, sentimental and melancholic. Definitely one of my favorite songs from the 90s.

[@newsviewstoday5689]

Such AMAZING TALENT ! Thank you guys !. God bless ! Your concert in NYC in that small theatre for SONY /BMG & media was THE best concert ever.....Such creativity, such great talent. Such great people. Well done !

[@hksoundpro]

"The Ghosts That Haunt Me" remains a favorite, for lyrics, musical content and recording quality. One of the great Canadian bands!

[@arhamdad4788]

this song wil live on for centuries

[@fanofhifi]

First CD I ever bought. What a great album and what a great artist. Thanks for the video!

[@justingutube]

man I hear these guys and it's like im back in college many years ago, music is a time machine...loved this

[@gergonikk]

Oh this is just fabulous. I have to listen to that album now!

[@tomomalley8674]

As a die-hard 1980's Van Halen fan, this song grew on me slowly. I hated it at first, but now I love it.

[@intertubicular]

Love this song and love the writing insight. I find the song quite beautifully written and very haunting. It's perfect!

[@mcleverm01]

Great song! Good listening to it again!

[@ontheroadwithyode390]

That entire album is one of my all time favorites. Great driving tunes to sing along with.

[@thepontiff6031]

Still listen to it at least 2 to 3 times a week, just love it

[@se7encureton]

If I remember right, this gentleman is a college professor and that shows a lot. Thanks for the behind the song/story All these years later.

[@jaotree]

The CTDs are criminally underrated appreciated. Their lyrics are phenomenal, the musical composure is beautifully amazing, and their willingness to experiment with genre and stylings is unlike any other band I know of. They’re amazing live, too, btw

[@grendlsma]

I dunno about under appreciated. For a band with a baritone singer, and weird introspective lyrics, they got their time at the top of the top. In 1994 they were the biggest band on the planet. They spent a year being on every big show just about every week. Leno, Letterman, Conan, SNL..... I'm surprised a band that eclectic managed to get noticed at all. But I completely agree....absolutely one of the best bands out there hitting on all cylinders....

[@Totem2583]

Great song!!! Perfect as it is!

[@Tom.Livanos]

Gosh... this one was a beauty 'Top 2000 a gogo'. Thank-you.

[@lotusshakespeare3389]

Always loved his voice and mimicked it when I was a teenager

[@sushifornico]

The choir at the very end (Or is it harmony) just sound soooo beautiful! Thanks for the video!!!

[@markusmittwoch1398]

One of the best Songs of the 90s.

[@pickyperson9318]

Brilliant song. I had a friend at school similar to the third child. Sons going to see u tonight in Dublin.

[@ronjohnson-ph9ld]

Saw them a couple years back at tupelo in New Hampshire,been collecting record albums for 58 years and been to so many concerts thru the years, but it was one of the best concerts I've ever went to,and my wife and I went to the 50th anniversary of Woodstock,great time and the crash test dummies are great

[@robsonf6683]

This song changed many million of lives. Thank you

[@micki_06]

I've red somewhere he almost died after a car accident and now seeing this interview ,I saw a beautiful person and soul , thank you for your music ,all the best to this guy

[@TheBarneytoo]

I actually got Brad's autograpgh on April 15th, 23 at the Derrfoot Mall! He didn't 'brush' me away, and we talked for about 5 minutes.

[@PrankZabba]

I havent thought of that song in years. Or maybe it's been decades. Never thought itd make me cry. It's nice to hear this story. And that albums brilliant. Just been a very long time since I heard it.

[@stuffandnonsense8528]

A truly moving and deeply beautiful song. To my mind, it is not just about kids who are outsiders, it is also about the way in which hugely impactful moments in our lives can shape us both physically and emotionally in dramatic and lasting ways, particularly in our childhood.

[@kellyelrington5663]

I still have their CD which I won off of a radio competition in Perth W.A. They were very very different to what I was (& still) listen to but they're pretty cool. Nice bloke.

[@Rimpelmans]

A great song, but what made it even greater is that it was accompanied by one of my most favorite videos of all time. I watched MTV every day back then and they played this song a lot luckily.

[@mikeandersonwa]

He seems like honestly such a lovely dude. Also, that song is seriously amazing

[@herbjergens6350]

Thank you. I loved hearing this song come on the radio when I was in High School!! Great artistic ability and talent. Thank you and the band for sharing your talents with all of us!!

[@49Roadmaster]

A real fantastic interview where the interviewer allows the interviewee to shine.

[@BowlingGreenTampaMan]

I saw CTD at an out door show , at Western Kentucky University , just before this song hit big . What a great band to see LIVE . They are pretty good with a frisbee too.

[@rajajesson]

I still remember buying this cassette some 25 years back ❤

[@kreigalm7381]

That album is actually very good. Quite underrated.

[@steevidrums]

The words to this song always intrigued me back then. It seemed they were actual accounts of real events, turns out, they were mostly true events. This song was one of the time that stood out, the chord structure always moved me and the subtle synth work and the bvs of Ellen (I think that's her name, the keyboard player) was always a great contrast to Brad's deep tone.

[@jayargo2109]

What a really enjoyable interview 👍🏻

[@2Sweeet]

The God Shuffled His Feet album has been part of my life since it released when I was 8 years old, and there are various songs from it still on my digital playlist today. How Does A Duck Know also comes to my mind. :)

[@UAPReportingCenter]

One of the most underrated bands/singers of all time. So many good songs

[@ricardoardiano1550]

Really enjoyed this.

[@KOOLDAVE1953]

Melodically I think this song is just beautiful. The chord structure is brilliant. When I talk to my fellow musicians...we discuss this tune and I've come to the conclusion that even though they are incredibly talented, they just can"t seem to wrap their heads around the arrangement. I...on the other hand really embraced this tune and listen to it often...two thumbs way the hell up.

[@lomarsweed6604]

When you say "they can't seem to wrap their heads around the arrangement" are you saying that they are in complete awe of it, or that they're not that fond of it, as in it doesn't hit them in the same way it does you?

[@carriejmichael9377]

I love this guys voice ,could listen to him tlk /sing all day .Im besotted ❤❤❤❤

[@rene4278]

Good story about the penthouse nearly 30 years ago time flies but standing still in this video. Make's my Day.

[@rapierstorm213]

One of the songs that marked my childhood and strikes a deep note. Thank you

[@jamesmitchell7419]

I love this song my childhood favourite thanks man x

[@edwinreid8355]

As I got older, the more I heard this on stations like Absolute 90's here in the UK the more it occurred to me the Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm was the singer just reflecting on the story & the events.

[@OptimusWrex]

Brad is so great! I went to the same high school as him!

[@robotone2812]

This song scares me. I can't quite explain it. It always just has.

[@musicgodess80s]

Great interview!!! Very down to earth guy !! I love hearing the backstories to songs and such

[@whowho8470]

Such a beautiful song and the way it was recorded, sounds very warm and natural.

[@Zenlife1132]

Love him so much

[@ravenhill_TimesOfLore_1968]

aaahh! the great brad roberts, i still have the album 'god shuffled his feet' on cd and tape cassette.

[@Jabberstax]

I've loved this song since I was 8 years old.

[@deaneawilliams2272]

Brilliant ❤

[@sticksman1979]

Everything about this tune is great storytelling.

[@koreybercaw8694]

I love the song. I play it for my grandkids

[@jenpierce2385]

I absolutely love the chorus of the song as well as the rest of the song 🥰