Synopsis
Smash Mouth perform "Come On, Come On" in a playful, performance-driven video built around the song's restless energy. The band appears amid colorful, offbeat imagery and comic visual moments, while Steve Harwell delivers the lyric's stream of questions and observations directly to camera. Rather than following a conventional storyline, the clip emphasizes attitude, movement, and the group's breezy pop-rock personality, matching the song's theme of feeling watched, confused, and out of place.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Come On, Come On" comes from Smash Mouth's second album, *Astro Lounge*, released on June 8, 1999.
- The song was written by Greg Camp and Steve Harwell and produced by Eric Valentine.
- The track had an earlier life as a recording for *The East Bay Sessions*, a demo collection made before the band's debut album.
- Its sound reflects the broad stylistic mix associated with *Astro Lounge*, combining pop-punk, ska, surf rock, psychedelic pop, and new wave touches.
- "Come On, Come On" appeared in the films *Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo*, *Dude, Where's My Car?*, *Snow Day*, *Big Fat Liar*, and *Zoom*.
- The song was also used in the "Queen Bebe" episode of *Kim Possible*, a Gap commercial, and a trailer for *Drowning Mona*.
- Smash Mouth later included the track on the 2005 compilation *All Star Smash Hits*.