During a 2021 interview with The Ringer, Shrek co-director Andrew Adamson said he loved The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” He tried to convince Smash Mouth to contribute a cover of the song to the movie.
Smash Mouth liked their cover of The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer” that appeared in Shrek. Members of the band were concerned about the film’s quality. Both the original song and the cover were huge hits.
Audiences at Shrek are now getting an extra bonus: a curtain call performance of "I'm a Believer," the Monkees song that helped make the film version of the fairy tale a smash. The stars of the show, ...
Twenty years ago today, thousands of millennials across the country were having their world rocked by the now-iconic sound of Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell singing “SomeBODY once told me,” perfectly ...
The years really do start coming and they don't stop coming – Tuesday marks 20 years since "Shrek" hit movie theaters across the US. The groundbreaking animated film about the titular ogre (Mike Myers ...
Arguably the only thing more culturally significant than Shrek is the Shrek soundtrack. That’s thanks to Smash Mouth. From the 2001 film’s opening (set to the band’s quintessential track, “All Star”) ...
During the development of “Shrek,” the creators did not consider what might appeal to children. “Andrew [Adamson, co-director] and I, we didn’t have kids,” co-director Vicky Jenson says. “We were ...