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“Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” by Crash Test Dummies

From the album God Shuffled His Feet (1993)

“Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” by Crash Test Dummies appears on 44 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1994 and 2025. It was first released in 1993 on the album God Shuffled His Feet. Its best result is #6 on the Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #26 alternative song of 1994, #1,091 alternative song of all time and #379 of the '90s.

44countdowns
19stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1994–2025years charted

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Crash Test Dummies led off their second album, God Shuffled His Feet, with "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", out as the lead single in October 1993: a folk-rock oddity with a title you hum rather than say, written entirely by singer Brad Roberts. Jerry Harrison produced it with the band, Tom Lord-Alge mixed it, and Ellen Reid's piano, accordion and backing vocals wrap around Roberts' guitars and his deep, rumbling lead.

In America it climbed as high as four on the Billboard Hot 100, and it went all the way in Australia and a string of European countries, though back home in Canada it stalled at 14. Critics liked it at the time and have cooled on it since. "Weird Al" Yankovic turned it into "Headline News" in 1994, and Roberts enjoyed the parody enough to perform it with him.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 28 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 54 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 51 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 46 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 52 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 69 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 100
1994 6 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 165 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 440 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 453 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1996 482 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1999 351 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 342 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 435 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1120 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 665 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 463 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1122 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 462 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1126 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 1376 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 1125 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1068 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1110 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1110 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 466 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1110 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 756 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 1267 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1269 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1294 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 657 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 1335 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1389 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1447 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1504 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 932 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 932 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 347 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 673 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 366 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 500 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 263 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2025 441 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Also listed as: MMM, MMM, MMM, MMM; MMM MMM MMM MMM; Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm.

Charting alongside it in 1994

Best songs of 1994 →
  1. 1Black Hole SunSoundgarden
  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
  4. 4Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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