But the song, by the band Smash Mouth, had been all over radio and television since its release two years prior. It had the feeling they wanted: fun, and edgy yet not too edgy.
It was 2001, and the creators of Shrek, an upcoming animated film about a foul-tempered ogre, had slotted it in as a placeholder track over the opening sequence. They really didn’t want to use “All Star.”
