Smash Mouth All Star
You might remember it as All Star, All Star remix, All Star Shrek meme and 1 more
Latest viral24 of 24
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
- 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
- Made
The single is released.1
- Picked up
Shrek opens with it.1
- Remixed
The earliest known YouTube parody is posted.1
- Remixed
Neil Cicierega’s album Mouth Sounds, built largely on the song, renews interest in it as a meme.1
- Record
It reaches number three on Billboard’s rock streaming chart, twenty years after release.1
LegacyWhat it left behind
- The band’s singer said they considered themselves to have invented the meme, having released ten remixes of their own.1
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.
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Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
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SourcesWhat was read
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