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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song is featured at the end of the film ''[[Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture|Shrek Forever After]]''. The original ''Shrek'' film ended with a cover of the same song performed by the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Mouth Smash Mouth]. The track is preceded on the soundtrack CD by a short interstitial track titled "Wheezer Wig", featuring the character from the film, Rumpelstiltskin (voiced by actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Dohrn Walt Dohrn]). | The song is featured at the end of the film ''[[Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture|Shrek Forever After]]''. The original ''Shrek'' film ended with a cover of the same song performed by the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Mouth Smash Mouth]. The track is preceded on the soundtrack CD by a short interstitial track titled "Wheezer Wig", featuring the character from the film, Rumpelstiltskin (voiced by actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Dohrn Walt Dohrn]). | ||
Weezer's cover of "I'm a Believer" was recorded after [[Rivers Cuomo]] was involved in a bus crash in December of [[2009]], leading to uncertainty as to whether the band would be able to record the cover. The supervisor in charge of the ''Shrek'' soundtrack then reached out to the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Weekend Vampire Weekend], but frontman Ezra Koenig "refused to capitalize on Weezer's misfortune."<ref>Strauss, Matthew. "Vampire Weekend "Refused to Capitalize on Weezer's Misfortune" by Replacing Them on Shrek Soundtrack" ''Pitchfork'' https://pitchfork.com/news/64667-vampire-weekend-refused-to-capitalize-on-weezers-misfortune-by-replacing-them-on-shrek-soundtrack/</ref> | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube> | <youtube>zvHItTQKIoY</youtube> <youtube>17z7_WNMjSQ</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>I thought love was only true in fairy tales | <poem>I thought love was only true in fairy tales | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer cover songs]] | *[[List of Weezer cover songs]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Cover songs]] | [[Category:Cover songs]] | ||
[[Category:Compilation/soundtrack appearances]] | [[Category:Compilation/soundtrack appearances]] | ||