Androgynous (song)

"Androgynous"
Single by Crash Test Dummies
from the album The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Released	December 1991
Format	CD single
Genre	Rock, Honky Tonk
Length	2:36
Label	BMG/Arista
Writer(s)	Paul Westerberg
Producer	Steve Berlin
Crash Test Dummies singles chronology
"The Ghosts That Haunt Me" (1991) "Androgynous" (1991) "The First Noel" (1992)

"Androgynous" is a song by The Replacements featured on their album Let It Be.

The song was covered by Crash Test Dummies and released as the third and final single from their 1991 debut album The Ghosts That Haunt Me. Joan Jett also covered the song on her 2006 album Sinner.

Towards the end of the song, you can hear Paul Westerberg sing the words "Jefferson's Cock". Occasionally, The Replacements would play gigs in Minneapolis under this name, with the band members wearing dresses.

Music videos

Crash Test Dummies' music video for Androgynous features the band performing at a fair attended by many gender bending individuals. Joan Jett's music video features Jett singing the song as a story from a book in front of a grade school classroom, with the characters and details of the song portrayed in video.

Charts

Chart (Crash Test Dummies version)	Peak Position
Canadian Singles Chart	73