Dumb Things
| "Dumb Things" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls | ||||
| from the album Under the Sun | ||||
| B-side | "Deportees" | |||
| Released | January 1989 | |||
| Studio | Trafalgar, Sydney | |||
| Genre | Rock, ska | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | White Label | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Kelly | |||
| Producer(s) | Martin Armiger, Paul Kelly | |||
| Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Audio sample | ||||
| ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
"Dumb Things" or "I've Done all the Dumb Things" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, released as the fourth single from their second album, Under the Sun. It was released by Mushroom Records imprint White Label Records in January 1989 and reached No. 36 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart. In the US, it was released under the band name, Paul Kelly and the Messengers, which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. A music video, directed by Larry Williams, was provided for the single – a still from the clip is used as the single's cover.