Just One Smile

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"Just One Smile"
Single by Gene Pitney
from the album I Must Be Seeing Things
B-side "Innamorata"
Released1965
Recorded1965 (1965)
Genre Pop
Length2:37
Label Musicor Records (US)
Stateside Records (UK)
Songwriter(s) A-side : Randy Newman
B-side : Mimo Del Sud
Producer(s) Gene Pitney
Gene Pitney singles chronology
"(In the) Cold Light of Day"
(1966)		"Just One Smile"
(1965)		"I'm Gonna Listen to Me"
(1967)

"Just One Smile" is a pop song written by Randy Newman in 1960. [1] An early version was recorded by Gene Pitney in 1965. [2] [3] It appeared on his 1965 album, I Must Be Seeing Things, and AllMusic noted that it "allowed Pitney to explore the extent of his dramatic range with its tale of the giddy highs and painful lows of a love affair". [4]

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The song became a Top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, [5] although it failed to register in the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 64. [6] "Just One Smile" was Pitney's seventh consecutive Top Ten hit single in the UK. [5]

"Just One Smile" was covered by Blood, Sweat & Tears on their 1968 album, Child Is Father to the Man . [1] [7] That version was just one of a number of covers of the song, which have been recorded by Dusty Springfield, Eternity's Children, Walter Jackson, Sheena Easton, and the Sensations, amongst others. [8] For example, Marcia Hines covered the song on her Ladies and Gentlemen album (1977). [9]

The original version of the song was recorded by the Tokens in 1965, on the B-side to their single, "The Bells of St. Mary's". [10]

Chart performance

MonthYearTitleChart positions
AU CA [11] UK [5] US [6]
November1966"Just One Smile" (A-side)5551864
"Innamorata" (B-side)

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  2. ↑ "Gene Pitney - Just One Smile (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  3. ↑ Richie Unterberger (2008-04-01). "On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  4. ↑ Donald A. Guarisco. "Looking Through the Eyes of Love - Gene Pitney | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-10-09.
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