Smash Mouth's 'All Star' has been transformed into an extremely catchy polka

Ellie Houghtaling

29 August 2019 at 10:49 am

Even after all these years, people are still finding inventive ways to make Smash Mouth's "All Star" new again.

YouTuber Frank Beams posted a new remix this morning where the second half of every beat is missing from the iconic song, finally bridging the gap between the needlessly separated polka and ska genres.

But experiencing only half the track is still pretty catchy, even if the majority of it doesn't make any sense. The new hook, "All that glit is gold," is one of the only coherent lines in the entirety of the remix.

But gibberish songs can still bop, like this 1973 Italian take on what English sounds like. If you're into manically side-stepping your way through pop classics, this "All Star" remix might be just the thing for you.

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