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Revision as of 15:22, 17 May 2019

Not to be confused with All Stars (song).
"All Star/Shrek"
Single by Smash Mouth
from the album Astro Lounge and Mystery Men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side"Then The Morning Comes" (45, U.S.)[1]
ReleasedMay 4, 1999 (1999-05-04)
Recorded1999 (1999)
Genre
Length3:21
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)Greg Camp
Producer(s)Eric Valentine
Smash Mouth singles chronology
"Can't Get Enough of You Baby"
(1998) 		"All Star/Shrek"
(1999) 		"Then the Morning Comes"
(1999)
Music video
"All Star" on YouTube

"All Star" is a song by American rock band Smash Mouth. It was released on May 4, 1999, as the second single from their album Astro Lounge, and it is one of the group's most successful songs, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Composition

"All Star" is set in the key of F# major with a tempo of 104 beats per minute.[4] According to an interview in 2017, songwriter Greg Camp was interested in exploring several layers of meaning with the stripped-down song: the social battle cry, the sports anthem, the fanbase affirmation, the poetic lyricism, the sweeping melody, the inclusion, the artistic music videos, and more.[5]

Music video

The music video (directed by McG) features cameos by William H. Macy, Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Diane Rehm, Paul Reubens, Kel Mitchell, Janeane Garofalo, Doug Jones, and Dane Cook from the film Mystery Men (1999), which prominently featured the song. As of May 2019, the video has received over 220 million views on Smash Mouth's YouTube channel.[6]

The video begins with the group of men at a super hero team audition for unusual superheroes as each of them states their names and unusual powers. However, they all don't make the cut for the team. When the man dressed as Elvis is about to introduce himself, Harwell steps in and throws him out.

The auditioners become very shocked and impressed and immediately accept him into the club. Then, Harwell begins singing the song while walking down a sidewalk path. After that, he stops by two kids, a boy and girl. The boy gives Harwell the big "L", when the lyrics, "In the shape of an L on her forehead" are sung.

Harwell then jumps on top of a limousine as the other band members perform in front of a house. However, a fire breaks out at the house on the top floor that the band is performing at as two ladies scream for help. Then, Harwell notices a dog trapped in the burning house. While the other band members perform, he rushes into the house and saves the dog just in time.

The ladies become relieved that the dog is safe. Two girls are standing near a three-wheeled motorcycle as Harwell sings and approaches them. He then takes them for a joyride through the neighborhood. We then see the band perform in a parking garage, while intervals of the limousine and a 1950s car race around the garage. Shortly after, the motorcycle catches up. The old car whizzes by through a construction area, where it crashes into a trailer.

The nerd club angrily attacks the limousine. Thankfully, Harwell saves his bandmates by picking them up on his motorcycle, leaving the two girls angry. When the band arrives back at the neighborhood, they see an overturned school bus on the ground with someone under it as two cheerleaders cheer and dance in the distance. They pull the bus up back on the road and see that the woman is "Miss All Star", who waves to the band. Afterwards, a group of schoolgirls and their teacher, who are on the school bus, wave to the band as well.

The scene then transitions to the band performing the final parts of the song in a garage. At the end of the music video, the nerds from the nerd club applaud the band.

Commercial performance

The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart[7] and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] In Canada, it peaked at No. 2 on the RPM singles chart.[8]

Personnel

Musicians
Production

Usage in media

In Mystery Men, "All Star" is played during a scene in which the titular superhero team holds auditions to recruit new members.[10][11] The final scene of Rat Race (2001) revolves around Smash Mouth performing the song at a charity concert.[12][13]

The song is heavily used in the Shrek franchise, both to promote it and within the series itself, especially during the first film's opening credits introducing the title character.[14] Devotion towards the song has been considered a factor in the intense interest towards the series and titular character observed on the internet.[15] In turn, it has been noted as a popular internet meme, resurfacing on the internet and becoming prevalent in media in 2017, usually focused on remixes and edits of the song and its music video.[16][17][18]

Track listing

CD1

  1. "All Star"
  2. "Walkin' On the Star" (Sun E Delight Remix)
  3. "The Fonz"

CD2

  1. "All Star"
  2. "Walkin' On the Sun"
  3. "Can't Get Enough of You Baby"
  4. "Walkin' on the Sun" (Video)

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Smash Mouth - All Star" – via www.45cat.com.
  2. ^ Michaels, Sean (April 8, 2016). "Two songs you need to hear: Sean Michaels's playlist of the week". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ Mortimer, Frank (May 16, 2013). "Making of Lip Dub: FHS 2013". Foxboro Reporter. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Smash Mouth "All Star" Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com.
  5. ^ "Songfacts Interview: Smash Mouth Songwriter Greg Camp".
  6. ^ "Smash Mouth - All Star". YouTube. Interscope Records. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Billboard, Charts for All Star, retrieved November 6, 2009
  8. ^ a b "Top Singles - Volume 69, No. 13, July 19, 1999". RPM. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Eric Valentine (May 14, 2019), Making Records with Eric Valentine "All Star", retrieved May 15, 2019
  10. ^ Blevins, Joe. "Smash Mouth meets The Larry Sanders Show in a Brilliant Minimalist Mashup". A.V. News. Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Preira, Matt. "A People's History of the Internet Campaign to Get Smash Mouth to Eat 24 Eggs". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Schonfeld, Zach. "We Interviewed the Shit out of the Dude from Smash Mouth". Noisey. VICE Media. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Semley, John. "Smash Mouth, Guy Fieri, and Sammy Hagar Team Up for Awful Cookbook". A.V. News. Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Harrison, Mark. "The Pop Culture Phenomenon of Smash Mouth's All Star". Den of Geek. Dennis Publishing. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Sims, David (May 19, 2014). "Why Is the Internet So Obsessed With Shrek?". The Wire (The Atlantic). Retrieved January 24, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  16. ^ "What Smash Mouth really thinks of all your 'All Star' memes". Daily Dot. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  17. ^ "Smash Mouth: We 'fully embrace the meme'". The Verge and the Inverse Team. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  18. ^ "The Internet's Endless Obsession With Smash Mouth's "All Star"". GQ. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  19. ^ "Smash Mouth – All Star". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  20. ^ "Smash Mouth – All Star" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  21. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 69, No. 15, August 02 1999". RPM. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Smash Mouth: All Star" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  23. ^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: P". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  24. ^ "Smash Mouth – All Star" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  25. ^ "Smash Mouth – All Star". Top 40 Singles.
  26. ^ "Smash Mouth – All Star". Singles Top 100.
  27. ^ "Smash Mouth: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  28. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  29. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  30. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.
  31. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  32. ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 1999". Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  33. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. Retrieved February 16, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  34. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  35. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  36. ^ "Italian single certifications – Smash Mouth – All Star" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select "2018" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "All Star" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
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