I'm a Believer
| "I’m a Believer" | |||||
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| Cover by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
| Released | May 18, 2010 | ||||
| Length | 2:59 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Neil Diamond | ||||
| Producer(s) | Neal Avron | ||||
| Status | Officially released | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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| Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture track listing | |||||
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"I'm a Believer" is a song written by Neil Diamond and originally performed by The Monkees in 1966. Weezer covered the song for the 2010 film Shrek Forever After.
Overview
The song is featured at the end of the film Shrek Forever After. The original Shrek film ended with a cover of the same song performed by the band Smash Mouth. The track is preceded on the soundtrack CD by a short interstitial track titled "Wheezer Wig", featuring the character from the film, Rumpelstiltskin (voiced by actor Walt Dohrn).
Weezer's cover of "I'm a Believer" was recorded after Rivers Cuomo was involved in a bus crash in December of 2009, leading to uncertainty as to whether the band would be able to record the cover. The supervisor in charge of the Shrek soundtrack then reached out to the band Vampire Weekend, but frontman Ezra Koenig "refused to capitalize on Weezer's misfortune."[1]
Audio
Lyrics
I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm in love, I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
I thought love was more or less a givin' thing
Seems the more I gave the less I got
What's the use in tryin'?
All you get is pain
When I needed sunshine I got rain
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm in love, I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm in love, I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
And I'm a believer yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm a believer
See also
References
- ↑ Strauss, Matthew. "Vampire Weekend "Refused to Capitalize on Weezer's Misfortune" by Replacing Them on Shrek Soundtrack" Pitchfork https://pitchfork.com/news/64667-vampire-weekend-refused-to-capitalize-on-weezers-misfortune-by-replacing-them-on-shrek-soundtrack/