Keep a Lid on Things

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"Keep a Lid on Things"

Single by Crash Test Dummies

from the album Give Yourself a Hand

Released

January 1999

Recorded

Rocket Carousel Studios, One on One South and David Abell Piano Studio, Los Angeles

Genre

Length

2:44

Label

Songwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Greg Wells

Crash Test Dummies singles chronology

"My Own Sunrise"
(1997)

"Keep a Lid on Things"
(1999)

"Get You in the Morning"
(1999)

"Keep a Lid on Things" is a song by Canadian group Crash Test Dummies and was the first single from their 1999 album Give Yourself a Hand. The song featured a new sound for the group, most notably Brad Roberts using falsetto vocals.

Track listing

Lyrics written by Brad Roberts. Music written by Brad Roberts and Greg Wells.

"Keep a Lid on Things" - 2:44
"Filter Queen" - 2:55
"Handy Candyman" - 3:00

Music video

The music video for the song features Brad Roberts driving robot versions of the band and having to leave on a jetpack to locate a new battery.^[1] The video was filmed in Toronto in December 1998.^[2] The video premiered on MuchMusic on February 8, 1999.^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak Position
RPM Canadian Singles Chart	5
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[4]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[5]	27

References

^ "Keep a Lid on Things (music video)". YouTube.
^ "Crash Test Dummies News". Archived from the original on 2001-01-09. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
^ "Win the CD single: "Keep A Lid on Things"". Archived from the original on 2001-05-28. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
^ "Crash Test Dummies Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. December 13, 1999. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.

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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"
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