music.wikisort.org - Composition"Smile a Little Smile for Me" is the debut single by the Flying Machine. The song was written by Geoff Stephens and Tony Macaulay.[5]
1969 single by The Flying Machine
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B-side | "Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long" |
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Released | April 11, 1969 (UK)[1] June 1969 (US)[2] |
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Genre | Bubblegum pop,[3] pop rock[4] |
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Length | 2:55 |
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Label | Pye (UK) Congress (US) |
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Songwriter(s) |
- Geoff Stephens
- Tony Macaulay
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Producer(s) | Tony Macaulay |
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"Smile a Little Smile for Me" on YouTube |
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Lyrical content
The song concerns a woman having difficulty coming to terms with the final ending of a rocky relationship with a man she loved. The singer encourages "Rosemarie" to smile in spite of her pain and tears, because she will soon see that her prospects for a future relationship are bright.
Chart history
It reached No. 5 in the U.S. during the fall of the year. It also hit No. 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[6]
"Smile a Little Smile for Me" was a bigger hit in Canada. It reached No. 4 on the pop singles chart[7] and No. 6 AC.[8]
Weekly charts
Chart (1969–70) |
Peak position |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] |
51 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles[7] |
4 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[8] |
6 |
South Africa (Springbok)[10] |
18 |
US Billboard Hot 100[11] |
5 |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] |
6 |
US Cash Box Top 100[12] |
5 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1969) |
Rank |
Canada RPM Top Singles[13] |
64 |
US Billboard Hot 100[14] |
76 |
US Cash Box [15] |
68 |
References
- "The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me". 45cat.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- "Top 11 Bubblegum Pop Songs".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Smile a Little Smile for Me at AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 88.
- "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada – Top Singles, November 22, 1969". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.fc.ca.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 114. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- "Cash Box Top 100 11/29/69". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca.
- "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1969". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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