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in 1980. All b-side tracks recorded by Nick Woolage. CD2 and the 7" feature the "Kaliphz Mix" of "Dummy Crusher", which is a faster dancier mix with heavy breakbeats. This mix also features on both sides of a 10" green-coloured vinyl promo issued to DJs only. There were also two CD promos. These featured a "Clean Mix" of "Dummy Crusher" which had bad language featured in the lyrics edited out, as this is not considered suitable for daytime radio play. "The Funk Regulators Clean Mix" is the "Kaliphz Mix" edited in the same way. When played live the band jokingly said that the song was about Battle's Dad's taxi or 'a very famous car'. "Dummy Crusher" is the only Kerbdog single to have reached the UK's Top 40 singles chart, peaking at number 37. The "Dummy Crusher" track was featured on the Highlander III: The Sorcerer soundtrack.

Track listing of CD1

# "Dummy Crusher" # "Kennedy" # "Debaser"

Track listing of CD2 (Digipack)

# "Dummy Crusher (Kaliphz Mix)" # "Mildred Pierce" # "This Is Not A Love Song"

Track listing of 10"

# "Dummy Crusher" # "Don't Stand In Line" # "Mr. Clean"

Track listing of 7"

# "Dummy Crusher (Kaliphz Mix)" # "Too Much Too Young"

Promos

CD DJ promo (US) # "Dummy Crusher (Clean Version)" # "Dummy Crusher (Album Version)" # "Dummy Crusher (Live From Concrete)" # "Dummy Crusher (Funk Regulators Clean Mix)" # "This Is Not A Love Song" # "Debaser" Green 10" promo (UK) # "Dummy Crusher (Kaliphz Mix)"

Chart performance

"Dummy Crusher" entered the UK singles charts on 6 August 1994 and peaked after two weeks.

References

{{authority control 1994 singles Kerbdog songs 1994 songs Vertigo Records singles Songs written by Cormac Battle