Smash Mouth liked their cover of The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer” that appeared in Shrek. Members of the band were concerned about the film’s quality. Both the original song and the cover were huge hits.

During a 2021 interview with The Ringer, Shrek co-director Andrew Adamson said he loved The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” He tried to convince Smash Mouth to contribute a cover of the song to the movie.

Has it really been 24 years since the advent of the "greatest fairy tale never told"? Shrek kickstarted a lot of things — a ...

"I'm in love....oooooh!" The 1966 Monkees hit “I'm a Believer” has been added to Shrek the Musical. A popular element in the first Shrek feature film (in which it was sung by Smash Mouth and Eddie ...

Audiences at Shrek are now getting an extra bonus: a curtain call performance of "I'm a Believer," the Monkees song that helped make the film version of the fairy tale a smash. The stars of the show, ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Tony Award-winning musical based on the 2001 Dreamworks film, SHREK THE ...

I would go on the record to say Shrek is one of my favourite films of all time. I firmly believe that 2001’s Shrek and its 2004 sequel, Shrek 2, are up there with the greats of cinema, twinkling in ...