Dumb Ways to Die (song)

The official album artwork of Dumb Ways to Die by Tangerine Kitty

3:00 (audio only)

3:01 (the parody party only)

***Dumb Ways to Die*** is a song that was published in November 14, 2012 by the Australian company Metro Trains Melbourne.

***Dumb Ways to Die*** is a song commercial for train safety that was meant to be cute and funny. Since people find it adorable, humorous, and catchy it became viral. The main message of the video is that people should be careful around trains because it surely would be a very dumb way to die.

## Characters featured in the video

* Numpty
* Hapless
* Pillock
* Dippy
* Dummkopf
* Dimwit
* Stupe
* Lax
* Clod
* Doomed
* Bungle
* Mishap
* Dunce
* Calamity
* Ninny
* Botch
* Doofus
* Stumble
* Bonehead
* Putz
* Wednesday Addam

## Deaths in the video

* Numpty burnt and died by putting his hair on fire
* Hapless died by poking at a grizzly bear with a stick
* Pillock died by taking expired medicine
* Dippy died by using his privates for piranhas
* Dummkopf electrocuted and died by getting the toast out with a fork
* Dimwit burnt and died by doing his own electrical work
* Stupe crash landed and died by teaching himself how to fly on his plane
* Lax vomited and died by eating an expired pie
* An unseen character is killed by Clod who invited him (death is shown off screen)
* Doomed died by getting hit by a baseball bat
* Numskull died by taking her helmet off in outer space
* Bungle used a clothes-dryer as his own hiding place (death is shown off-screen)
* Mishap died by getting bitten by his pet rattlesnake
* Dunce sold both his kidneys on the internet (his death is shown off-screen)
* Calamity died by eating a tube off superglue
* Ninny curiously says *"I wonder what's this red button do?"*, then presses the red button, causing the Earth to blow up

* Botch died by getting shot by a hunter while dressing up as a moose in hunting season
* Doofus died by disturbing a nest of wasps
* Stumble died by falling off the edge of the platform and got ran over by a train
* Bonehead died by attempting to drive around the boom gates which he got ran over by the same train then it used to run over Stumble
* Putz died by running across the tracks between the platforms, while getting his balloon back and then got hit by a train

## Lyrics

### Video version

*Set fire to your hair*

*Poke a stick at a grizzly bear*

*Eat medicine that's out of date*

*Use your private parts as Piranha bait*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Get your toast out with a fork*

*Do your own electrical work*

*Teach your self how to fly*

*Eat a two-week-old unrefridgerated pie*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Invite a psycho killer inside*

*Scratch a drug dealer's brand new ride*

*Take your helmet off in outer space*

*Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Keep a rattle snake as a pet*

*Sell both your kidneys on the internet*

*Eat a tube of super glue*

*I wonder, what's this red button do?*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie-ie~*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dress up like a moose during hunting season*

*Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason*

*Stand on the edge of a train station platform*

*Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing*

*Run across the tracks between the platforms*

*They may not rhyme, but they're quite possibly*

*Dumbest ways to die*

*The dumbest ways to die*

*Dumbest ways to die-ie-ie-ie~*

*So many dumb*

*So many dumb ways to die*

Be Safe Around Trains, a message from Metro.

### Audio version

*Set fire to your hair*

*Poke a stick at a grizzly bear*

*Eat medicine that's out of date*

*Use your private parts as Piranha bait*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Get your toast out with a fork*

*Do your own electrical work*

*Teach your self how to fly*

*Eat a two-week-old unrefridgerated pie*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Invite a psycho killer inside*

*Scratch a drug dealer's brand new ride*

*Take your helmet off in outer space*

*Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Keep a rattle snake as a pet*

*Sell both your kidneys on the internet*

*Eat a tube of super glue*

*I wonder, what's this red button do?*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie-ie~*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dress up like a moose during hunting season*

*Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason*

*Stand on the edge of a train station platform*

*Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing*

*Run across the tracks between the platforms*

*They may not rhyme, but they're quite possibly*

*Dumbest ways to die*

*The dumbest ways to die*

*Dumbest ways to die-ie-ie-ie~*

*So many dumb*

*So many dumb ways to die*

### The Parody Party version

*Get sprinked with you colors*

*Get jacket off in the freeze*

*Eat medicine in breath in out*

*Use your blood it out something left in out*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Get your kitchen, with you hammer*

*Now you can get trash away*

*Get glitter, on the floor*

*Get children hospital, go to surgery*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Call my name to your doctor*

*Get paste the glue, your take it out*

*Princess dressing up with the hundred time because to something waiting I didn’t it shades of pink*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Time for hotdog with the buns*

*He just wants a viral on the internet*

*Running out, falling down*

*I wonder, what's this red button do?*

*Dumb ways to die*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dumb ways to die-ie-ie-ie~*

*So many dumb ways to die*

*Dressing up my chocolate hunting season*

*You can tell us slide down no good reason*

*Jump on fall when lose you break*

*You didn't know cause why i did it*

*I lost my magic reason*

*They may not rhyme, but they're quite possibly*

*Dumbest ways to die*

*The dumbest ways to die*

*Dumbest ways to die-ie-ie-ie~*

*You don’t want,*

*You don’t want gift to die*

## Gallery

The dandelion at the beginningNumpty running towards the cameraHapless poking at a grizzly bearThe bear eating himPillock took the expired medicineDippy full of piranhasCharacters swayingDummkopf electrocutedDummkopf now a skeletonDimwit in the houseCaught on fireStupe starts flyingCrash landedLax grossed outPuked all over screenGroup 2 singingClod at a doorClod waves friendlyDoomed got hit by a baseball batNumskull's head explodeClothes-dryer starts spinningSpinning rapidly (death is shown off-screen)Group 3 singing (Clod shows up for short amount of time)Snake bit Mishap's eyeDunce shaking with his money (Death is shown-off screen)Calamity holding a tube of superglueAte the superglueSuperglue dropped on the floor"I wonder what's this red button do?"An explosion is seenGroup 4 singing alongBotch getting shot by hunterDoofus tossing a nest of waspsCovered in waspsStumble on the edge of a platformFalling off the edgeRan over by a trainBonehead driving around the boomgatesBonehead sees trainHit by the trainPutz on the platformBalloon floating awayPutz hops off the platformPutz got hit by a trainThe dumbest ways to die, the dumbest ways to dieThe dumbest ways to dieWaiting until the final words of the songSwaying along to the end of the songThe message at the end of the song
## Trivia

* Normally one would expect an I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V (C-G-Am-Em-F-C-F-G) progression in the bass, but in this song, it is done in the other parts of the harmony, with the bass being: I-VII-VI-III-IV-#IV-V-IV-I-VII-VI-III-IV-V-I (that is, C-B-A-E-F-F#-G-F-C-B-A-E-F-G-C).
* This song was censored in Russia due to various reasons, like Dippy getting his lower half bitten off by some piranhas, Stupe getting decapitated after failing to fly his plane, and Numskull's head exploding after she took off her space helmet.
* The song also appeared for a split second near the end of YouTube Rewind Style 2012 due to the popularity of it at the time.
* This song was originally preformed by Emily Lubitz with Tinpan Orange, but it was sung by The Dumb Ways to Die Fan Sisters.