This was an anthem for all of us who felt like outsiders. I have a deep love of Crash Test Dummies.

What a fucking brilliant song, and is still so relevant and still sounds so good to this today. A true classic 👏

You can't imagine how difficult it is to ask Alexa to play this song 😅😅😅 Greetings and kisses from Hamburg ❤️

I'll never forget the first time I heard this. I was around 12 and I was BLOWN AWAY. 30 years later, it still gives me chills

The first boy that got into a car accident - he was so traumatized that his hzir turned white. The girl with birthmsrks all over her body - the humiliation and shame she endured because no one else had those ‘defects’ and dhe was embarassed. The last boy with his strict parents going berserk in church - not only was he embarassed by their behavior, but he discovered they were hypocrates because they wouldn’t let him have any outside actuvities (come home after school), yet they were ‘free’ to let loose in church.

To me, this song is about how being different can set you apart and make you a target of misunderstanding or ridicule. I saw these guys a couple of times live--great shows. You might also like God Shuffled His Feet.

Good Canadian band!! Gotta listen to the super man song

Loved your reaction to this song! The Crash Test Dummies have been one of my favorite bands for a long time and not a lot of people appreciate the song for what it is! Excellent video! 👍

When this song came out we were just kids ourselves. Everybody just laughed at the "chorus" but we missed the entire meaning. Many years later I would go back and learn how powerful this song is.

Love his voice. Also loved Supermans Song and Afternoons and Coffeespoons.

Weird Al does a hilarious parity of this, using famous news stories from the 90s.

Still one of the prettiest songs ever. Up there with Comfortably Numb.

The Weird Al Yankovic parody is really great fun to listen to also 🤣🤣

Thank you for the reaction Jayy!! This is another relatively unknown but very cool Canadian band. Their song and video of "Superman's Song" is legendary and well worth your time. Keep on putting out these great videos!

Great Canadian group. Top Ten Hit for them. 🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

Great song, but I can't listen to this without hearing the lyrics from Weird Al's "Headline News" - a must watch!

I remember when this song came out I was a child. And I remember relating to it because I feel like it’s about that time in your life at about 7 to 9 years old where you start to question why things are the way they are, but don’t quite have the intellectual and emotional maturity explain things, so you just sit there, confused not knowing what to do.

Absolutely magnificent song and the bridge is like a flood of bright light. So awesome! Three scenarios in this song but all about the same person, the writer. The smirk says it all. The car accident (s) in his past also gave the name... The birthmark on his back And the Pentecostal Church... Look at the people in the pews "lurching" and etc. the kid doesn't understand, but maybe he really does Getting it out in the air until the bridge and all that light comes down and the freedom that comes with it. So simple yet so brilliant!

Ok- I gotta admit- even I’m still learning- I was a teen when this came out- all we did was listen to the humming part and liked the rhythm- but mostly took it in a joking, light hearted way- never realized the lyrics were so serious- we had SO MUCH we listened to in the 80’s- so we (myself and a lot of others around me) liked this song but never really paid attention to all the words- Decades later..the more you know- 👍❤️✌️

I love your takes on these different songs. As a musician myself, I have a tendency to listen to the lyrics and the stories they tell as well. I would love to talk music with you one day.

Check the song God Shuffled his Feet by them too.

To me the children being on stage portrays how the children perceived their flaws. It gives the feeling of everyone around them focusing on them which adds to the emotional stress

Superman's Song is a fantastic song, and is what got me interested in these guys. I think the voice is what draws people in, and the subtle humor, but then makes them more one dimensional than they should be in the end. Always liked this song. Thanks Jayy!

Esta cancion me produce lo mismo que cuando escucho broken arrow de Rod stewart... No importa los problemas quiero afrontarlos igual y nunca bajar los brazos ❤

The ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead is a good one by them.

Do "Dear God " by XTC...man, it's a deep thinker. TY...hugs

They had limited success with three songs one of which was a cover version. The two of their own were like nothing else with this strange deep vocal and a curious writing style. The cover was a glossier version of XTC's "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead", which is probably worth a listen in itself (as is the original XTC version).

You should hear Kensington- sorry. That singer is AMAZING. i bet you will cry

Your reaction at the end of the song was "Mmm". Sometimes a story is so different or disturbing that the only reaction one can muster is "Mmm". I believe that's the meaning of the title of the song.

React to Toad The Wet Sprocket

This song always reminds me of Bruce McCullough's Gavin character from Kids in the Hall.

One of the most gorgeous songs IMO.

Being transgender with Catholic parents,I can relate to three of those kids.A beautiful song in every way!😢😢😢

One of the perfect fade-outs. I feel so bad for the girl in the second verse, like she didn't have enough problems, they had to cruelly humiliate her.

This is Deep. Into a can of Campbell's Soup!

Magníficos lo mejor. Una de las voces mas hermosas de todos los tiempos grande saludos desde Chile

Hey JAYY. Good tune. I remember it well back in the day. Curious song. It’s cool.

OMG thank you for uploading this !! Immediately find myself back in HS in the 1990's and being the outcast wow 🌹🌹🌹

The 3 children in the song stood out; they didn't conform. Other kids would say they were 'weird', and so likely targets of bullying from those other kids. So this is a song about being 'different' and the isolation that comes from being different, even if it wasn't due to anything you had control over. The video portrayed a play within a song performance. Kids who are different live their life on display, like they're on stage, and other kids act like they have the right to critique the 'different kids'. So this 'school performance' was of the lives of these 'different' kids. I believe the parents of the Accident Kid cringe briefly in the audience, but there is worse response of the Holy Roller Kid's parents, who react with disapproval & displeasure, maybe that their 'secret' is now openly public. The Holy Roller Kid certainly looked nervous seeing his parents in the audience. And that's how it is when your life is a public story, when others thoughtlessly and insensitively discuss what is for you your life. To backtrack a bit, there was the Birthmark Girl; did you notice the girls who came after her were all dressed like Sherlock Holms? They came at her with magnifying glasses. They were INTENT on knowing why she was so secretive. No respect for her or her wishes. Some people have no qualms about being invasive in other people's lives. The video is an interesting interpretation of the song. Not an exact factual representation, but artistically metaphoric.

You have a new 🎶fa-aaaan🎶 ! from France 🇫🇷😀 !

I LOVE THIS GROUP ! BRILLIANT SONG WRITERS / LISTEN TO THE SUPERMAN SONG

No mistaking Brad Robert's voice ever that is for sure. Was so unique and amazing song. Thanks.

I think, in my not-so-professional opinion, this song is about people who have unique or stigmatized involuntary qualities about them as it pertains to the judgement and ridicule of peers. But that's just me.

From Winnipeg, my home town and a fellow university of winnipeg grad. Listen to the superman song!!

Classic 90's.

Love the song and band. I enjoy their music a lot.

Now you’re ready for Weird Al’s parody of this song titled Headline News! BTW, this song was in Dumb n’ Dumber!

Respect, gentleness and empathy ...

gave you a thumbs up. i really like the song too.

I like how you just listened to the song first and then shared your reaction, rather then pausing the song multiple times and talking. I think you absorb it much better that way.

This song is so beautiful.

Yeah, you absolutely get it.

Saw them live a few months back! My favorite band!! 😍 love him

Love your reactions you should check out The Animals "Bring It On Home To Me", which is a tribute to Sam Cooke whom had just been killed.

Отличный выбор! И спасибо за твою искренность!

Great Band. One of my favorite albums "God Shuffled his Feet"

This is the song that pops up when you try typing in a song you can’t remember but you know how it goes 😂

LOVE. thank you

I had a crush on the pianist.

They also have a song called Superman that is really good. I love his voice too.

That whole album was just .. perfect.

É uma música que descreve o espancamento de crianças. O bordão mmmm mmm MMM MMM descreve a descrença dele na história contada.

"Afternoons and Coffeespoons" and "In the Days of the Caveman". You're welcome :)

Jayy you should watch Weird Al Yankovic sing this. I think that you would really like it.

What a treatise on child abuse and how religious zealots can do such damage.

His voice rules ! addictive. Great tune. HARRRRRRY LOL DUMB AND DUMBER

Im not crying......😭😭😭😭💔

Please check out Warrant song Heaven.

"Weird" Al Yankovic did a great parody of this song called, "Headline News." ✌❤🌹

I'm really late to this one but finally, someone who gets this song in a reaction video. Nice.

listen to: Avi Kaplan - Change on the Rise Or All is well

Being a bass in music, i love this song

Yo creo que está canción trata de maltrato y abuso infantil. Primer caso un niño que se le privó de la educación. Segundo caso una niña golpeada. Tercer caso quizá abuso sexual o algún culto secta extraña. En cuanto a lo de: Mmm mmm mmm. Es como decir ¿De verdad? Dudando.

I love this song … always have … but never really “ got it “ … if you know what I mean

This takes me back 😰😶

You should react to Chase Holfelder, check out some of his Major to Minor videos, it completely changes the feel of tye song from the original. Be sure to either know the original or listen to the original first so you can see the difference.

Mágic song❤️🚬

I love this song so much

this is an odd song. like nothing is really scandalous but would raise eyebrows. but then those who were kind of quasi judgy curious would feel bad to know the back story. kind of like - none of this matters so why are we all weird about it.

Hi Jayy, I'm pretty new to your channel but I have to say your reactions to the videos I've watched so far are brilliant. The shock, surprise and emotion is so raw and so very real. Your honest reactions are wonderfully engaging. I have some suggestions for you that I think would bring some great reactions. Adele at the Grammys, Someone Like You. Eva Cassidy, Fields of Gold. Lily Allen, Somewhere Only We Know. Ashley Campbell (Glen Campbell's daughter) Remembering. Sammy Copley(youtuber), Ozymandias(original song). Sammy Copley, Alone Again(Gilbert O'Sullivan cover) Grace Davies goes back to her roots (X factor audition) love this girl, she is brilliant. Be sure to watch full video with judges comments.

React to KEEP A LID ON THINGS by them!!!!!!!!!!!!

Convoy by CW McCall

Love your videos and honest reactions. Love from Israel 😍

Jeremy Renner did a cover of this song I believe.

I was about ten when this came out.

Try "wiser times" by the black crows

Jayy you need to watch The Pusher by Steppenwolf

What is the name of the deep voice?

"I gotta say.." You just paused at the wrong time

I liked the melody as well but didn’t care for it overall.

Black people react. cool story.

Please react to "My immortal" by Evanescence. Thank you

Please god can we put a ban on reaction videos

The second you paused it was the second I stopped watching! Watch the whole video and then discuss afterwards, not during! Sure way to out viewers off!

I was alive when this came out I was a teen and I was unimpressed then and I still am I just don't like this song... I respect the talent but.. it's not a song for me!