Dumb Ways to Die (Song)

**"Dumb Ways to Die"** is a song preformed by Emily Lubitz as the lead singer and with Ollie McGill providing the backing vocals of this song. It was first written by John Mescall, and co-created with Patrick Baron, and music and produced by Ollie McGill.

The song also first appeared in music streaming services, with the animated music video uploaded to YouTube on November 14th, 2012, featuring all 21 beans, with the first four beans who died in the beginning of the video with the first verse with their lines of how they died, Numpty, Hapless, Pillock and Dippy, while the rest of the other beans are from the song are Dummkopf, Dimwit, Stupe, Lax, and etc. The animated music video was art directed by Patrick Baron, animated by Julian Frost, and produced by Cinnamon Darvall.

## Lyrics

*♫ 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*♫ Eat medicine that's out of date ♫*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 yourself how to fly ♫*

*♫ Eat a two-week-old unrefrigerated 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 rattlesnake as a pet ♫*

*♫ Sell both your kidneys on the internet ♫*

*♫ Eat a tube of superglue ♫*

"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 on 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 ♫*

*♫ The 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 ♫*

## Trivia

* By the results of more than 200 million views, the Dumb Ways to Die music video became viral as of 2012 after the video was uploaded. And in 2023, Dumb Ways to Die became viral once again, this time on TikTok where people injure themselves while doing a performance or something using a template from CapCut.
* However, the animated music video is still available on YouTube and will continue to have more views after PlaySide Studios acquired the DWtD franchise in 2021.
* This song is composed in many versions, and the song is used in parodies, covers and remixes.
	+ This song is also used for the Dumb Ways to Die 4 title screen.
* While the official instrumental of the song is used for parodies and covers, the acapella version is used for remixes.
* An studio acapella version of this song is reused for the Dumb Ways to Die Shorts intro, while a piano version of the song is used, only the first part of the chorus.
	+ Many versions of the song for the intro are used for seasonal holidays, such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays.