All Star By Smash Mouth Analysis

“All Star” by Smash Mouth is encouraging song about choosing to be spectacular at what you do. The tone of the song is quite casual, written in first person and as if it was a conversation between the listener and the singer. It starts off with the singer admitting that “somebody once told me that the world is going to roll me”, and that he “ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed”. Clearly he doesn’t think that he amounts to much in the long run when it comes to following the rules and book smarts. This is furthered by him going to say that “it didn’t make sense not to live for fun, your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb”. Being smart never seemed like a real priority for the singer, but the song doesn’t focus on that for very long.
The chorus encourages the listener to “get your game on, go play” or to “get the show on, get paid”. This can be interpreted as the singer telling his audience to find what they’re good at. Once they’ve done that they need to being working at it, hoping to reap the benefits of their dedication. The other half of the chorus preaches that “all that glitters is gold”, which is a play on the popular …show more content…
It implies that in order to make a difference and to break out of your expectations that you need to be a shooting star, or be amazing at what you’ve chosen to do. When put together, both lines complement each other, the entire message being that you should see things in a positive light and that you have the potential to make your mark in the world. The entire chorus put together is rather inspirational, as if the singer has put his faith in his listener that they are capable of great things in their life as long as they choose to apply themselves. Even if the listener identifies with the singer in the sense that they think they are rather unremarkable, they still have the faith put in them that they will amount to something