The immortality of Smash Mouth’s “All Star” began with “Shrek,” the 2001 animated film in which the song plays in the opening credits.

There are many, many YouTube videos of Smash Mouth performing their hit single "All Star," but one that stands out is a live performance from June 1999, a month after the song's release. During a ...

Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell, who died Monday at 56, predicted that “All Star” would be popular for years. “Shrek” helped make it the earworm and meme it became.

’Shrek’ songs turned Smash Mouth into a meme In 2001, Smash Mouth put their own spin on the Neil Diamond/Monkees tune “I’m a Believer,” earning the band another Top 25 hit.

Immortalised by Shrek and internet culture, Smash Mouth had a complex relationship with their success. The death of their frontman casts a not-so-fairytale ending to their legacy.

The song became a meme sensation that has never stopped coming (and it don't stop coming), and Smash Mouth singer Zack Goode even performed at a Shrek Rave in Anaheim, California in 2024.

On a recent Friday night at the Brooklyn Monarch, a music venue in East Williamsburg, the 1999 Smash Mouth hit “All Star” rang through the speakers to kick the party off around 10 p.m ...

In my own life, Smash Mouth is shorthand for childlike joy. Their music is an invitation to see life through Harwell’s boxy, rose-colored sunglasses — the Capri-Sun-in-hand anthems of suburbia.