Summer Girl is the sixth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth, released on September 19, 2006, through the band's own Beautiful Bomb Records. This is the last album featuring original guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp.
Contents
Release
The album was released with the promo single "Story of My Life". It was accompanied by a music video used in the sixth season of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life, featuring all the housemates from that season, like Florence Henderson, Alexis Arquette, Tawny Kitaen, C.C. DeVille and others. The song has been used in promotion of Shrek the Third. This is the third instance of a Smash Mouth song being used in some fashion for the Shrek film series. "All Star" and a cover of The Monkees song "I'm a Believer" were both used in the first Shrek film.
"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.
As of 2026, the album is not available on any music streaming services.
Credits
Smash Mouth
Source:
Steve Harwell – lead vocals, piano, keyboards
Greg Camp – guitars, backing vocals
Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
Jason Sutter – drums (3, 4, 7)
Michael Urbano – drums (1, 2, 5, 6, 8–11)
Additional musicians
Michael Klooster – keyboards; melodica (7)
RV (Hervé Salters) – keyboards (1, 5)
Mark Cervantes – percussion
Leslie Lala Damage Stevens – backing vocals (5)
Moushumi Motor Wilson – backing vocals (5)
Production
Michael Urbano – producer (1, 2, 5, 8–11)
Jeff Saltzman – producer (1, 5, 8–11)
Matthew Gerrard – lead vocal producer (2, 6)
Michael Perfitt – additional production (2)
Greg Camp – producer (tracks 3, 4, 7)
Eric Valentine – producer (3, 6, 7), drum producer (4), lead vocal producer (10)
Paul De Lisle – producer (4)
Karen Sundell – product manager
Kelly Castro – art direction, photography, design
Robert Hayes – management
Technical
Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
Marco Martin – engineer (1, 5, 8–11)
Michael Perfitt – mixing (1, 5, 8–11), engineer (2)
Eric Valentine – mixing (2, 3, 6, 7), engineer (3, 6, 7)
Greg Camp – engineer (4)
Chris Roach – engineer (4), assistant engineer
Chris Dugan – mixing (4)
Steve Beacham – assistant engineer
Mikael Johnston – assistant engineer