All Star was released by American rock band Smash Mouth in 1999 and reached a much wider audience when it opened DreamWorks' Shrek in 2001, playing over the title sequence. The opening line somebody once told me became a long running internet meme, remixed in mashups, parodies and ironic video edits throughout the 2010s. Its link to Shrek made it shorthand for early 2000s nostalgia, and short clips of the intro are still shared whenever creators want that specific all star meme sound effect feeling without using the full song.
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The iconic opening of Somebody Once Told Me from All Star, the Shrek meme song people use for ironic introductions and nostalgic edits online.
This is the instantly recognisable opening of All Star by Smash Mouth, starting with the line somebody once told me over a bouncy pop rock backing. The vocal is cheerful and slightly nasal, delivering a confident, tongue in cheek setup that never quite pays off in this short cut. Because the intro became tied to Shrek and years of internet parodies, hearing just the first seconds triggers expectation and nostalgia. Creators use that familiarity to undercut ordinary moments, turning a simple entrance or statement into a joke the audience understands immediately.
