Summer Girl

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Summer Girl
Studio album by Smash Mouth
Released	September 19, 2006
Studio	Interscope Studios, Santa Monica, California
Genre	Surf rock, pop punk, psychedelic rock
Length	31:21
Label	Beautiful Bomb Records
Producer	Jeffrey Saltzman
Smash Mouth chronology
The Gift of Rock (2005) Summer Girl (2006) Magic (2012)
Singles from Summer Girl
"Story of My Life" Released: 2006 "So Insane" Released: 2006 "Getaway Car" Released: 2006

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.

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.

Credits[]

Smash Mouth[]

• Steve Harwell – lead vocals
• Greg Camp – guitars, backing vocals
• Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
• Jason Sutter – drums (tracks 3, 4, 7)

Additional musicians[]

• Michael Klooster – keyboards, melodica (track 7)
• Michael Urbano – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• RV – keyboards (tracks 1, 5)
• Mark Cervantes – percussion (track 4)
• Moushumi Motor Wilson – backing vocals (track 5)
• Leslie Lala Damage Stevens – backing vocals (track 5)

Production[]

• Michael Urbano – producer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Jeff Saltzman – producer (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Greg Camp – producer (tracks 3, 4, 7)
• Eric Valentine – producer (track 3, 6, 7); lead vocals producer (track 10); drums producer (track 4)
• Paul De Lisle – producer (track 4)
• Matthew Gerrard – lead vocals producer (tracks 2, 6)
• Michael Perfitt – additional production (track 2)
• Chris Bellman – mastering (at Bernie Grundman Mastering)
• Kelly Castro – art direction, photography, design

Engineers[]

• Eric Valentine – producer, mixing, engineer
• Marco Martin – engineer
• Michael Perfitt – producer, engineer, mixing
• Mikael Johnston – assistant engineer
• Steve Beacham – assistant engineer
• Chris Roach – assistant engineer, engineer
• Chris Dugan – mixer

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