| Afternoons & Coffeespoons | |
| Cover: | Crash_Test_Dummies_Aac.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Crash Test Dummies |
| Album: | God Shuffled His Feet |
| Released: | June 1994 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 3:53 |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | Jerry Harrison |
| Prev Title: | Swimming in Your Ocean |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | God Shuffled His Feet |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"Afternoons & Coffeespoons" is a song by Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies, released by Arista in June 1994 as the third single from the band's 1993 album God Shuffled His Feet. "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" has been called the band's most popular song amongst fans.[1] It is also one of their most successful songs commercially, peaking at number two in Iceland, number seven in Canada, number 16 in Finland, and number 66 in the United States.
The title and lyrics of the song reference the 1915 T. S. Eliot poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".[2] Lead vocalist Brad Roberts called it "a song about being afraid of getting old, which is a reflection of my very neurotic character".[3]
Larry Flick of Billboard called "Afternoons & Coffeespoon" "another winner" for the band, writing that although it did not live up to the catchiness of "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", it was a "very hummable" song.[4]
The music video for "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" features Brad Roberts as a patient in a hospital, with the rest of the band playing the doctors operating on him.
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] | 57 |
|---|---|
| Europe (European AC Radio)[6] | 11 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] | 16 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[8] | 2 |
| Netherlands (Single Tip)[9] | 3 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] | 65 | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[11] | 34 | |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[12] | 27 |
