Summer Girl

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Summer Girl
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2006
Length31:21
Label Beautiful Bomb
Producer Jeffrey Saltzman
Smash Mouth chronology
The Gift of Rock
(2005)
Summer Girl
(2006)
Magic
(2012)
Singles from Summer Girl
  1. "Story of My Life"
    Released: 2006
  2. "So Insane"
    Released: 2006
  3. "Getaway Car"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic (favorable) [1]

Summer Girl is the sixth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth, released on September 19, 2006 through Beautiful Bomb Records. This is the last album featuring original guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp.

Contents

The album was released with the promo single "Story of My Life". The "Story of My Life" music video was filmed in an episode in Season 6 of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life .

"So Insane" was featured as the opening theme to the 2006 film Zoom . An instrumental version of "So Insane" was also used in the opening of the infamous ABC series Cavemen , in its unaired pilot. "Everyday Superhero" was used on the soundtrack of The Pacifier and Zoom. It was used to advertise the CBS sitcom, The King of Queens , when the show entered its final season. It was also heard in an America's Funniest Home Videos blooper compilation.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Camp except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Crawl" 3:20
2."Everyday Superhero" Steve Harwell, Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil 3:28
3."So Insane"Camp, Paul De Lisle 2:55
4."Girl Like You"De Lisle2:22
5."Getaway Car" 2:40
6."Story of My Life"Harwell, Gerrard, Nevil3:21
7."Right Side, Wrong Bed" 3:13
8."Summer Girl" 2:28
9."Hey L.A." 2:29
10."Quality Control" 3:17
11."Beautiful Bomb" 1:49

Credits

Smash Mouth [2]

Additional musicians

Production

Technical

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References

  1. Summer Girl at AllMusic
  2. Summer Girl (liner notes). Smash Mouth. Beautiful Bomb Records. 2006. BBR0000002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)