"Accidentally in Love" is a pop song performed by Counting Crows that is used in the opening honeymoon montage in Shrek 2. In 2004, it was among the top rated and most popular songs of the year, thanks to both the marketing and huge success of the film's sequel. It was nominated for both the Academy and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. It was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Media.
Lyrics[]
So she said, "What's the problem baby?"
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love, think about it every time
I think about it, can't stop thinking 'bout it
How much longer will it take to cure this
Just to cure it 'cause I can't ignore it if it's love
Makes me wanna turn around and face me
But I don't know nothing about love
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Because everybody's after love
So I said, "I'm a snowball running"
Running down into the spring
That's coming all this love melting under
Blue skies belting out sunlight, shimmering love
Well baby I surrender to the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love
These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone
Never alone, no, no
Come on, come on
Move a little closer
Come on, come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, come on
Settle down inside my love
Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once upon a time in love
We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
Accidentally
Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her
Love, I'm in love
Trivia[]
- She was initially planned to appear in Shrek during the opening sequence, being scared away by the ogre. This gag would ultimately be realized in Shrek 2.
- In the beginning when Shrek accidentally kissed a red-haired mermaid (resembling Ariel from the Disney 1989 animated feature The Little Mermaid), Fiona drags Ariel and throws her back in the ocean, then two sharks instantly go to eat her (it's not shown if she survived), keeping in with the franchise's anti-Disney humor.
- It is also debatably a Jaws reference with the devouring of someone in the ocean by a shark (which vaguely resembles "Bruce").
- When Shrek tries to get the ring this was a reference to the Lord of the Rings saga. The first live-action film of which, The Fellowship Of The Ring, was released in the same year as the first Shrek movie.
- After Fiona fights the ambushing villagers while Shrek is hanging upside down with mud on his face, Fiona wipes away the mud around his mouth and they share a kiss. This scene is a reference to the famous scene in Spider-Man (2002) where Mary Jane kisses Spider-Man as he hangs upside down.
- A short edit version of the song is played in the film, but it never saw release in any soundtracks.
- The appearance of this mermaid in the film is similar to that of Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid.
- Her tail can be spotted in the credits of Shrek Forever After when Shrek and Fiona are on the same beach.
- Though it is generally assumed that she died at the beginning of the film, it is unclear if she actually died, since it is unclear what happened after she landed back in the ocean next to the sharks, other than that the sharks dived in on her.
