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===Mainstream success: 1991–1999===
The band first began to achieve commercial success in Canada with the release of ''[[The Ghosts that Haunt Me]]'' in 1991. The album eventually reached sales of 400,000 in Canada, largely due to the popularity of the hit single "[[Superman's Song]]", which appeared on the [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] Top Singles chart that year,<ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1086& "Top Singles"].. ''RPM'', Volume 54, No. 16 Sep 21, 1991</ref> featured on the soundtrack of an episode of the TV series "Due South" and earned the band the 1992 [[Juno Award]] for Group of the Year.<ref>[http://uniter.ca/view/winnipegs-one-hit-wonders "Winnipeg’s one-hit wonders. They were supposed to be the next big thing. Where did they go?"]. ''The Uniter'', Catherine van Reenen, March 31, 2011</ref>

The band did not receive much international recognition until the 1993 release of their second album, ''[[God Shuffled His Feet]]''.<ref name="Inc.1994">{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=A Breakthrough Year for Canadian Acts|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|date=24 December 1994|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=53–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref>[http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4729/reviews/334- "Crash Test Dummies God Shuffled His Feet:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611204250/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4729/reviews/334- |date=2017-06-11 }}. ''Drowned in Sound'', by Colin Weston, January 7, 2001</ref>
Particularly instrumental in increasing the band's exposure in the American market was the appearance of a new type of radio format, [[Adult album alternative|adult album-oriented alternative rock]] (AAA). These stations put the first single, "[[Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm]]", in high rotation and the song peaked at No.&nbsp;4 on the US Hot 100. "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" did even better in the United Kingdom, where it was a No.&nbsp;2 hit, and Australia where it peaked at No.&nbsp;1. Popular parodist [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] parodied the song under the title "[[Headline News ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)|Headline News]]" in 1994.

In their native Canada, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" was a comparative disappointment on the charts, only peaking at No.&nbsp;14. Two other songs from the album went top 10 in Canada: "Swimming In Your Ocean" and "[[Afternoons & Coffeespoons]]". This latter song was also a top 40 hit in Australia and the United Kingdom and hit the lower portion of the US Hot 100. The result was that by mid-1994 the album had passed the platinum sales mark (one million) in the United States and had also earned the band three [[Grammy]] nominations and three more [[Juno Awards|Juno]] nominations. To date,{{when|date=July 2022}} ''[[God Shuffled His Feet]]'' has sold more than five and a half million copies worldwide.

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.&nbsp;30 in the UK singles chart and was a No.&nbsp;4 hit in Canada.

In 1996, the Dummies' third album, ''[[A Worm's Life]]'', was released to mixed critical and moderate commercial success. The guitar-heavy singles were warmly received in some markets. Lead single "[[He Liked to Feel It]]" hit No. 2 in Canada, becoming the band's highest-charting single in their home country, but internationally nothing matched the runaway success of either "Superman's Song" or "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". Regardless, the album went platinum in Canada in less than one month. 

''[[Give Yourself A Hand]]'', the Dummies' fourth album, was released March 23, 1999. The album was recorded in Nassau, Bahamas, at Compass Point Studios and produced by Greg Wells. It showcased a new sound for the Dummies, as it featured Ellen Reid singing lead vocals on three tracks, and Brad Roberts singing in a falsetto on several others. The whole sound of the album was much more electronic than the previous recordings. Once again, the lead single ("Keep A Lid On Things") was a top 10 hit in Canada.

During a hiatus between albums, [[Benjamin Darvill]] became the first Dummy to release solo material. Under the name [[Son Of Dave]], Darvill first brought out the album ''[[B. Darvill's Wild West Show]]'', followed with ''[[O1 (Son of Dave album)|O1]]'', both released on his own label, Husky Records.<ref name="OfficialSite">{{cite web |url= http://www.crashtestdummies.com/faq/index.html |title= Crash Test Dummies FAQ |publisher= Crash Test Dummies |access-date= 17 March 2010 |date= July 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100808192340/http://www.crashtestdummies.com/faq/index.html |archive-date= 8 August 2010 }}</ref>