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XTC

The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead

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“The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” is a single by XTC from their 1992 album Nonsuch. It was the band’s second #1 hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was covered by Crash Test Dummies in 1994 for the soundtrack to the film Dumb and Dumber. Crash Test Dummies’ version is notable in that it was their first of two singles to feature Ellen Reid on lead vocals; it differs slightly from XTC’s version, omitting the second verse. The song follows the story of Peter Pumpkinhead, a man who comes to an unspecified town, “spreading wisdom and cash around.“ He is extremely popular with the people of the town, but extremely unpopular with government figures. In the end, Peter Pumpkinhead is killed by those he made enemies of, “nailed to a chunk of wood” (probably a... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Hooray for Peter Pumpkin ... Of the people who would keep us on our knees ... But he made too many enemies ♫

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