TinPan Orange perform Dumb Ways to Die at TEDxMelbourne 2013

In 2012, critically acclaimed Australian folk-pop darlings, Tinpan Orange released Over the Sun, an album singer-songwriter Emily Lubitz refers to as "the greatest album of my life". Months later, just to pay the bills, Lubitz sang the anonymous lead vocal on the Metro Trains campaign that became the viral internet sensation -- Dumb Ways To Die -- also one of TED's ten 'Ads Worth Spreading' in 2013. Forty-five million YouTube hits later, Tinpan Orange is touring the world, slightly bewildered and keen to set their creative record straight. Imagine Edith Piaf in the body of Mrs Jessica Rabbit, twirling her hair out across a complex and original musical creation, in which virtuosic instrumental performances and intimate songwriting merge to form a wholly unique sound.

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[EaseJoy]

She forgot to say: "Be safe around trains, message from Metro".

[bigmanstv]

This shows how she didn't autotune the song!
Amazing one!

[asianbutstupid]

anyone when she said the first dumb ways to die
it sounded like Some ways to die?

[janetforster]

beautiful voice, my granddaughter loves this song. it was stuck in her head for days..

[jocelynecupcake]

I would cry *happy tears* if they performed this live anywhere (especially at the pancake festival where I live).

[youlooktired]

Good highschool years with this mobile game

[HappyBear]

She is delightful and this song makes one ever so happy.

[honmanlamman]

Love this song & lyric. Good performance.

[Nick-wpld]

Wow, what a beautiful soothing voice.

[gregfox]

Such a great voice, seems effortless, true talent.

[keriddunk]

The song, her smile ..she is so cute singing a song about ways to die ..the irony

[AP_]

It will be in my last will and testament that if I was to die in any fashion mentioned in this song she will perform at my eulogy.

[bruh_fresh]

I am old I remember playing this when I was 7 Its Soo nostalgic

[ivanyunadi]

she's saying thank you in the beginning of the video, she's confident we are all gonna play this video on loop.
So she thank us in advance. hm hm

[hitchchristos]

Rent free for three years and couldn’t be happier