Today in Smash Mouth: Now there are even more ways to mess with “All Star”

Those who thought Neil Cicierega’s Mouth Sounds album had exhausted the comedic possibilities of Smash Mouth’s “All Star” thought wrong. Make no mistake: “All Star” will always be funny. Even after 17 years of burrowing its way into the collective subconscious, that ubiquitous, late ’90s radio smash is an inexhaustible source of mirth. “All Star” by Smash Mouth may well be the internet’s greatest renewable resource. It will always be there, ready to inspire another parody, mashup, or remix. Just this week, an off-tempo version of the song with the vocals a beat ahead of the music tickled the web’s fancy. And now, musical funster Erik Helwig, a.k.a. Hot Dad, has gifted the world with his version: an “inverted cover” of “All Star” that simply takes each line of the song and rearranges the words in reverse order.