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1993 studio album by Crash Test Dummies

God Shuffled His Feet

Studio album by

Crash Test Dummies

Released

October 15, 1993

Recorded

1993

Studio

DV Productions,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Music Head Recording,Lake Geneva,Wisconsin

Genre

Length

44:45

Label

Producer

Jerry Harrison
Crash Test Dummies

Crash Test Dummies chronology

The Ghosts That Haunt Me
(1991)

God Shuffled His Feet
(1993)

A Worm's Life
(1996)

Singles from God Shuffled His Feet

"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
Released: October 1993
"Swimming in Your Ocean"
Released: January 1994
"Afternoons & Coffeespoons"
Released: June 1994
"God Shuffled His Feet"
Released: October 1994

God Shuffled His Feet is the second album by Canadian bandCrash Test Dummies, released in 1993. It features their most popular single, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". The cover art superimposes the band members' faces over the figures ofTitian's paintingBacchus and Ariadne. It was their most successful album commercially, as it sold over eight million copies worldwide.^[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	^[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[5]
Music Week	^[6]
Smash Hits	^[7]

The album was the band's biggest mainstream hit.AllMusic writerStephen Thomas Erlewine attributes the album's success to "Jerry Harrison's remarkably clear and focused production" and that "apart from the relatively concise pop smarts of the singles "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and "Afternoons and Coffeespoons,"God Shuffled His Feet isn't all that different from the band's first album."^[2]

Commercial performance

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God Shuffled His Feet was a number-one album in Austria and New Zealand, and also reached the top five in the national albums charts of numerous countries such as Australia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. In addition, the album reached number six in the Netherlands national albums chart,^[8] number two in theUK Albums Chart, and number nine in the United StatesBillboard 200 albums chart.^[9] In their native Canada, it never reached higher than number 11 on the national charts, but fueled by the success of its four singles (all Top 20 hits there) the album eventually reached triple platinum status.

Track listing

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All tracks are written byBrad Roberts.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"God Shuffled His Feet"	5:10
2.	"Afternoons & Coffeespoons"	3:56
3.	"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"	3:55
4.	"In the Days of the Caveman"	3:41
5.	"Swimming in Your Ocean"	3:49
6.	"Here I Stand Before Me"	3:07
7.	"I Think I'll Disappear Now"	4:52
8.	"How Does a Duck Know?"	3:42
9.	"When I Go Out with Artists"	3:44
10.	"The Psychic"	3:48
11.	"Two Knights and Maidens"	3:25
12.	"Untitled"	1:43

Personnel

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Crash Test Dummies

Benjamin Darvill –harmonicas,mandolin,acoustic guitar
Michel Dorge –drums,percussion
Ellen Reid –piano,keyboards,accordion,backing vocals
Brad Roberts –lead vocals,acoustic andelectric guitars,piano on "Untitled"
Dan Roberts –bass guitars,synth bass,backing vocals

Additional musicians

Larry Beers –drums on "Afternoons & Coffeespoons", "In the Days of the Caveman", and "When I Go out with Artists"
Adrian Belew –synthesized guitars on "God Shuffled His Feet"
Kerry Nation –backing vocals on "Afternoons & Coffeespoons"

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance forGod Shuffled His Feet
Chart (1993–94)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[10]	5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[11]	1
Canadian Albums (The Record)^[12]	11
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[13]	17
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[14]	6
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)^[15]	2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[16]	1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[17]	1
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)^[18]	15
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[19]	39
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[20]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[21]	3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[22]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[23]	4
UK Albums (OCC)^[24]	2
USBillboard 200^[25]	9

Year-end charts

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1994 year-end chart performance forGod Shuffled His Feet
Chart (1994)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[26]	38
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[27]	8
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[28]	94
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[29]	31
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)^[30]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[31]	4
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)^[32]	20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[33]	11
Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)^[34]	22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[35]	7
UK Albums (OCC)^[36]	50
USBillboard 200^[37]	53

Certifications

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Sale certifications forGod Shuffled His Feet
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[38]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[39]	Gold	25,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[40]	3× Platinum	300,000^{^}
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)^[41]	Gold	37,908^[41]
Germany (BVMI)^[42]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
Netherlands (NVPI)^[43]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[44]	2× Platinum	100,000^*
Sweden (GLF)^[45]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[46]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[47]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[48]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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^Larry LeBlanc (27 February 1999)."Dummies Hand In their Latest Set".Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 18–21.ISSN 0006-2510.
^^a ^bErlewine, Steve."Crash Test Dummies:God Shuffled His Feet > Review".AllMusic. Retrieved29 April 2010.
^Christgau, Robert."CG: Crash Test Dummies". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved29 July 2012.
^Weston, Colin (7 January 2001)."Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet".Drowned in Sound. Archived fromthe original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved4 May 2017.
^Flaherty, Mike (19 November 1993)."God Shuffled His Feet Review".Entertainment Weekly. Archived fromthe original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved29 July 2012.
^Aston, Martin (23 April 1994)."Market Preview: Alternative"(PDF).Music Week. p. 20. Retrieved28 April 2025.
^Kadis, Alex (11 May 1994)."New Albums".Smash Hits. p. 48. Retrieved4 October 2024.
^chart positions - australian-charts.com
^chart positions - allmusic.com
^"Australiancharts.com – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^"Austriancharts.at – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^"Hits Of The World".Billboard. 11 June 1994. Retrieved18 May 2022.
^"Top RPM Albums: Issue 2556".RPM.Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^"Dutchcharts.nl – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^"Eurochart Top 100 Albums - July 23, 1994"(PDF).Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 30. July 23, 2001. p. 12. RetrievedNovember 18, 2021.
^Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Crash Test Dummies".Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021(PDF). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 53. Retrieved18 May 2022.
^"Offiziellecharts.de – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet" (in German).GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^"Classifiche".Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved28 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Crash Test Dummies".
^"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1994. 27. hét" (in Hungarian).MAHASZ. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^"Charts.nz – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^"Norwegiancharts.com – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^"Swedishcharts.com – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^"Swisscharts.com – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^"Crash Test Dummies | Artist | Official Charts".UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^"Crash Test Dummies Chart History (Billboard 200)".Billboard. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^"ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1994". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved1 November 2021.
^"Jahreshitparade Alben 1994".austriancharts.at. Retrieved1 November 2021.
^"Top RPM Albums: Issue 2686".RPM.Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^"Jaaroverzichten – Album 1994".dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved1 November 2021.
^"1994 in Review: Sale Charts"(PDF).Music & Media 1994 In Review. 24 December 1994. p. 12. Retrieved18 May 2022 – via World Radio History.
^"Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts".GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved1 November 2021.
^"Tónlist – Árslisti 1994 - LP/CD".DV (in Icelandic). 5 January 1995. Retrieved19 May 2022.
^"Top Selling Albums of 1994". RIANZ.Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. RetrievedNovember 16, 2021.
^"Årslista Album (inkl samlingar), 1994" (in Swedish).Sverigetopplistan. RetrievedMay 18, 2022.
^"Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994".hitparade.ch. Retrieved1 November 2021.
^"Top 100 Albums 1994"(PDF).Music Week. 14 January 1995. p. 11. Retrieved18 May 2022.
^"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994".Billboard. Archived fromthe original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved18 May 2022.
^"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1994 Albums"(PDF).Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved27 November 2021.
^"Austrian album certifications – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet" (in German).IFPI Austria. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.
^"Canadian album certifications – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet".Music Canada. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.
^^a ^b"Crash Test Dummies" (in Finnish).Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.
^"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Crash Test Dummies; 'God Shuffled His Feet')" (in German).Bundesverband Musikindustrie. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.
^"Dutch album certifications – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet" (in Dutch).Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.EnterGod Shuffled His Feet in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1994in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
^"IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian).IFPI Norway. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.
^"Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998"(PDF) (in Swedish).IFPI Sweden. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2011-05-17. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.
^"The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('God Shuffled His Feet')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. RetrievedJuly 15, 2022.
^"British album certifications – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet".British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved3 February 2021.
^"American album certifications – Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet".Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

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God Shuffled His Feet atDiscogs (list of releases)
God Shuffled His Feet atMusicBrainz (list of releases)

v t e Crash Test Dummies
Brad Roberts Ellen Reid Dan Roberts Mitch Dorge Benjamin Darvill
Studio albums	The Ghosts That Haunt Me God Shuffled His Feet A Worm's Life Give Yourself a Hand I Don't Care That You Don't Mind Puss 'n' Boots Songs of the Unforgiven Oooh La La!
Christmas albums	Jingle All the Way
Compilations	The Best of Crash Test Dummies Demo-litions
Singles	"Superman's Song" "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" "Swimming in Your Ocean" "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" "God Shuffled His Feet" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "He Liked to Feel It" "My Own Sunrise" "Keep a Lid on Things" "Get You in the Morning" "And It's Beautiful" "Now You See Her" "Promised Land"
Related	Discography Crash Test Dude

Authority control databases	MusicBrainz release group

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