He then stops at a party where the girl is and goes into a tent (the same tent where the band's performance takes place). While driving, he throws the jacket up and into the street. Then, Harwell winks at the camera as the chase begins. Hoping to catch up, he sneakily takes a red jacket and borrows a silver Lexus car driven by a costumed gingerbread man who is injured on crutches. With no luck, Harwell walks out of the hotel, but the girl speeds off in her red convertible. However, it is a blond-haired chimpanzee, who dances with a girl dressed as a banana. Finally, he tries one more door and thinks it is the girl.
However, there are short clips from Shrek each time he opens the door. Once in the hotel, Harwell tries to find the girl by looking through different rooms. Harwell continues to follow the girl into the hotel. Afterwards, the girl walks into a "fairy tale convention" at a hotel. However, a man with blond hair comes up as Harwell freaks out and screams. Then, lead vocalist Steve Harwell bumps into a blond-haired girl by accident and then tries to catch up with her.
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It at first depicts the band performing in a tent then, the scene switches to them walking out of a movie theater, complete with cardboard advertisements of Shrek and the characters. The music video for Smash Mouth's version was directed by Scott Marshall. 9 on the ARIA Singles Chart, received a Platinum certification for sales exceeding 70,000, and came in at number 36 on ARIA's year-end chart for 2001. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 20 in New Zealand and Spain. ( Weezer also had a version of the song at the end of Shrek 's 2010 sequel Shrek Forever After, which was inserted into the musical's finale a year into its run.) The Smash Mouth version hit No. Subsequently, the song was played as exit music for the Broadway musical adaptation of the film, for comic effect. The song was chosen for its opening line, "I thought love was only true in fairy tales", which matched the fairy tale theme of the film. Eddie Murphy, portraying the character Donkey, also performed a rendition of the song in the film. The band also released the song on its self-titled album. ( July 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įrom the album Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Pictureand Smash MouthĪmerican pop rock band Smash Mouth covered the song in 2001 as part of the soundtrack to the movie Shrek, along with " All Star". Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. Al Gorgoni, Sal DiTroia – electric guitars.Davy Jones and Peter Tork – backing vocals.341 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"
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Other personnel on the record include Sal DiTroia on rhythm guitar, Neil Diamond on acoustic guitar, Russ Savakus on bass, George Butcher on piano, Stan Free on Vox Continental organ, George Devens on tambourine, and Buddy Saltzman on drums. Session guitarist Al Gorgoni (who played on " The Sound of Silence" and later on " Brown Eyed Girl") had worked on Diamond's " Cherry, Cherry" and also contributed to "I'm a Believer". Diamond also performed it in a duet with Linda Ronstadt as part of a medley of his songs on an episode of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour in 1970.Ĭharts Neil Diamond Chart (1971) ĭiamond also suggested the song to the Fifth Estate, who recorded it as a 1967 album cut to follow up their hit " Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead".Ī recording by Diamond, featuring additional lyrics, appears on his 1979 album September Morn. The Monkees principals later played it for themselves in live appearances, on overseas tours, and at reunion concerts.
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The song appeared in four consecutive episodes of the television series The Monkees in December 1966.
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Cash Box said the single is a "medium-paced rocker is full of the group's top notch harmonies and is laced with infectious sounds." īillboard described the song as 'an easy-go dance mover' that 'will hit with immediate impact'. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in January and February 1967 and reached the top spot in numerous countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Ireland. While originally published by Screen Gems-Columbia Music (BMI), it is now published by Stonebridge Music/EMI Foray Music ( SESAC), with administration passed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group. 1 hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling single for all of 1967. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the last No. The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. " I'm a Believer" is a song written by Neil Diamond and recorded by the Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz. Problems playing this file? See media help.
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