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Smash Mouth All Star

You might remember it as All Star, All Star remix, All Star Shrek meme and 1 more

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2014·The social era

A 1999 song that became the most remixed piece of music on the internet.

At a glanceThe facts

Remembered as
All Star
Spread in
2014
Format
Sound
Era
The social era
Performed by
Smash Mouth
Taken from
A 1999 single, used over the opening of the film Shrek in 2001
Origin
No single original
Available
Playable from the source

TimelineIn order

  1. Made

    The single is released.1

  2. Picked up

    Shrek opens with it.1

  3. Remixed

    The earliest known YouTube parody is posted.1

  4. Remixed

    Neil Cicierega’s album Mouth Sounds, built largely on the song, renews interest in it as a meme.1

  5. Record

    It reaches number three on Billboard’s rock streaming chart, twenty years after release.1

LegacyWhat it left behind

Why it is here: it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later

The version shown here is an official copy on YouTube, published by a rights holder.

Where it came fromWhat we know

This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. The example shown is one surviving copy and is not claimed as the first.

View the official copy on YouTube

Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.

Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.

SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — All Star (song)

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