Dummy Crusher is a song by Kerbdog

Kerbdog

Kerbdog was an alternative rock band from Kilkenny, Ireland who formed in 1991. Following two albums released on Mercury Records, the band split up in 1998...

 and a single

Single (music)

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 released in July 1994, taken from their self titled debut album

Kerbdog (album)

Kerbdog is Kerbdog's eponymous debut album. The album was recorded in 1993 at Rockfield studios in Wales and released in 1994 through Vertigo...

. The single was released on four different formats, two CDs

Compact Disc

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, 7" vinyl and 12" vinyl. The 12" single was a limited edition picture disc

Picture disc

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Most of the B-sides over the 4 discs are covers. "Kennedy" was originally by The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms...

, "Debaser" is a cover of the song by the Pixies from their 1989 album Doolittle

Doolittle (album)

Doolittle features an eclectic mix of musical styles. While tracks such as "Tame" and "Crackity Jones" are fast and aggressive, and incorporate the band's trademark loud–quiet dynamic, other songs such as "Silver", "I Bleed", and "Here Comes Your Man" reveal a quieter, slower and more melodic...

, "Mildred Pierce" is a cover of the song by Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

 from their 1990 album Goo

Goo (album)

Goo is the sixth album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records.-Background and recording:...

, "This Is Not a Love Song" was originally by Public Image Ltd, "Mr. Clean" was originally by The Jam

The Jam

The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...

 on their 1978 album All Mod Cons

All Mod Cons

All Mod Cons is a 1978 album by the British band The Jam, their third full-length LP. The title, a British idiom one might find in housing advertisements, is short for "all modern conveniences" and is a pun on the band's association with the mod revival.The album was more commercially successful...

, "Don't Stand in Line" is a cover of the song by Pailhead

Pailhead

Pailhead was a short-lived side project of the industrial metal band Ministry, which featured Ian MacKaye on vocals...

, and "Too Much Too Young" was originally a number-one hit for The Specials

The Specials

The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...

 in 1980.

CD2 and the 7" feature the "Kaliphz Mix" of "Dummy Crusher", which is a faster dancier mix with heavy breakbeat

Breakbeat

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s. This mix also features on both sides of a 10" green-coloured vinyl promo issued to DJs only. There were also two CD promos. These featured a "Clean Mix" of "Dummy Crusher" which had bad language featured in the lyrics edited out, as this is not considered suitable for daytime radio play. "The Funk Regulators Clean Mix" is the "Kaliphz Mix" edited in the same way.

When played live the band jokingly said that the song was about Battle's Dad's taxi or 'a very famous car'.

"Dummy Crusher" is the only Kerbdog single to have reached the UK's Top 40 singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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, peaking at number 37.

The "Dummy Crusher" track was featured on the Highlander 3 soundtrack.

Chart performance

"Dummy Crusher" entered the UK singles charts on 6 August 1994 and peaked after two weeks.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Music Week Music Week Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.Founded in 1959 as Record Retailer, it was relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Music Week . On 17 January 1981 the title was again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to Music & Video Week... Top 75 Singles	37