This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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
And then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
And 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 given thing
The more I gave, the less I got, oh yeah
What's the use in trying?
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine, I got rain
And then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
And not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm in love, I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
What's the use in trying?
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine, I got rain
And then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
And 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
Now I'm a believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now I'm a believer
Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm a believer
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
And then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
And 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 given thing
The more I gave, the less I got, oh yeah
What's the use in trying?
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine, I got rain
And then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
And not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm in love, I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
What's the use in trying?
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine, I got rain
And then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
And 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
Now I'm a believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now I'm a believer
Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm a believer
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The one thing people don't know is that smash mouth did two versions for this song. there was the one they did on their album, and the one they did for the movie. i don't really like the one on the movie, but the one on their album is pretty good.
SMASH MOUTH RULES!! such a catchy song i just love it!!!!!!!!
im in happyland everytime i hear this song. Go Smash Mouth!
ovoisly a cover of the monkees song made for shrek i think
alienraven is 100% correct.
This particular cover actually annoys the crap out of me. I suspect it's because everyone got so fscking obsessed with it after Shrek. Smash Mouth is better and above this; Fu Shyu Mang, and Astrolounge both come to mind as more fertile fields.
This has to be one of the crappiest covers of a '60s song EVER. I mean, damn -- Just give it up, guys. I cringed when this song came on as the finale to Shrek.
aaaaahhhhh fucking goooooood shite!
This is the best remake in history!!
alienraven, its the other way around
my bad, misred ur post