Crash Test Dummies - Get You In the Morning (Remix - Official Video) ft. Ellen Reid

What this video is

Released as the second and final single from Give Yourself a Hand (March 23, 1999), this video represents Crash Test Dummies at a transitional creative juncture. Brad Roberts had relocated to Harlem and was absorbing soul and hip-hop influences, resulting in an album with a markedly more electronic and trip-hop-inflected sound than their earlier folk-alternative work. Ellen Reid, normally a backing vocalist and…

Why it matters

Represents a rare mainstream Canadian alternative band successfully integrating trip-hop textures and electronic production into their songcraft during the genre's late-90s commercial peak. Ellen Reid's lead vocal spotlight marked a meaningful shift in the band's gender dynamic and internal…