"You have certain songs that bands make that just don’t go away. We were blessed with that, and it was 'All Star,'" Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell said of the song.

The track, sung by Steve Harwell, took a winding path to evergreen status that illustrates how social media and fan-made content have transformed the music business.

Smash Mouth's All Star challenges the notion of free will, and still gets people riled up at Shrek Raves. But how did it all happen?