Smash Mouth are an American rock band whose upbeat, radio-friendly sound became a staple of late 1990s and early 2000s pop culture, and short clips of their music now circulate widely as meme audio. The band's instantly familiar style makes even a few seconds recognisable, which helps the clip travel across short-form videos, reaction edits and shared audio messages. Its appeal is less about a single scene and more about the feeling it triggers: bright, confident and slightly self-aware nostalgia that fits ironic edits as easily as sincere throwbacks.