All Star (song)

"All Star"
Single by Smash Mouth
from the album Astro Lounge
B-side
ReleasedMay 4, 1999 (1999-05-04)
Recorded1998 (1998)
StudioH.O.S. (Redwood City, California)
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"
(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. It was the second single off their album Astro Lounge.

"All Star" hit #2 on the Billboard Modern Tracks Chart and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song got positive reviews from the critics. It lasts three minutes and twenty one seconds.

Composition

"All Star" is written in the key of F major, with a tempo of 104 beats per minute.[1]

In other media

The song has been used in the 1999 movies Mystery Men and Inspector Gadget.

Shrek

The song was most notably used in the beginning of the first Shrek movie where Shrek relaxes at his swamp with the song playing.

References

  1. "Smash Mouth 'All Star' Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. December 15, 1999. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2025.