In January 1995, the band released ” The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead ” (a cover of XTC ‘s 1992 track) as a single and on the soundtrack of the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels comedy Dumb and Dumber . The single, credited to “The Crash Test Dummies and Ellen Reid”, charted at No. 30 on the UK singles chart and was a No. 4 hit in Canada.
Release of The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
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