He Liked to Feel It

"He Liked to Feel It" is a song by Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies that was released as the first single from their 1996 album, A Worm's Life. The song and subsequent video generated some controversy for the band due to the subject matter about a boy, who experimented with different ways of pulling out his tooth. To date, it is the band's highest-peaking single in their native Canada, reaching number two in November 1996. However, it failed to chart elsewhere except on the US Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart, peaking at number 18.

"He Liked to Feel It"
Single by Crash Test Dummies
from the album A Worm's Life
ReleasedSeptember 1996
RecordedCompass Point Studios, The Bahamas
GenreAlternative rock
Label
Songwriter(s)Brad Roberts
Producer(s)
Crash Test Dummies singles chronology
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
(1995)		 "He Liked to Feel It"
(1996)		 "My Own Sunrise"
(1997)

Music video

The music video for the song was the band's most controversial. The video featured the band performing on a New York City rooftop interspersed with scenes of a boy pulling his tooth out in various ways, including tying the tooth to a taxicab, tying the tooth to a steak and throwing it to a dog on the other side of a fence, and tying the tooth to a crane. At the end of the video his dad pulls it out with pliers.

As a result of the graphic footage, the video was banned from being played on YTV in Canada and eight shots had to be removed before the video could be shown on MTV.[1]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 2
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[3] 7
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[4] 21
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 18

Year-end charts
Chart (1996) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 23
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] 55
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References
  1. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/Crash_Test_Dummies.html
  2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9930." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9934." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  4. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9896." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  5. "Crash Test Dummies Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  6. "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  7. "RPM Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
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