10 Covers You Keep Mistaking For The Original Song
9. I'm A Believer - Smash Mouth
Original Artist: The Monkees
At the turn of the millennium, Smash Mouth was on top of the pop culture world due to their contributions to the smash-hit animated film, Shrek. The two major songs they provided for the film's soundtrack were the now infamous All Star and I'm A Believer.
While the former was undeniably the more popular of the two, I'm a Believer got a fair amount of traction as well. It was one of those songs you couldn't go much more than a day without hearing on the radio. And thanks to this booming popularity, many simply assumed that it was a Smash Mouth original.
However, the track was, in fact, a cover of a Monkees song. However, that version first came out nearly four whole decades before Shrek hit theaters, meaning that it likely wasn't fresh in a whole lot of people's minds, which left the cover plenty of room to capitalize.