"Secret Smile" | ||||
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Single by Semisonic | ||||
from the album Feeling Strangely Fine | ||||
Released | January 11, 1999 | |||
Studio | Seedy Underbelly (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | |||
Genre | Alternative rock [1] | |||
Length | 4:37 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dan Wilson | |||
Producer(s) | Nick Launay | |||
Semisonic singles chronology | ||||
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"Secret Smile" is a song by American rock band Semisonic. The single, released to American radio on January 11, 1999, gained the band brief international popularity. A live version of the song recorded at The Gorge Amphitheatre, as well as a mix by the Orb had previously been released as a B-side to "Singing in My Sleep". The song was featured in the film Simply Irresistible and in the TV series Charmed and Dawson's Creek .
Songwriter Dan Wilson has said that the melody for the song came to him in a dream, and he woke up in the middle of the night, rushed to a piano, and wrote it down. [2]
"...Secret Smile, the first half of it came to me in a dream. I woke up in very early morning hours with this song playing in my head. I got up, ran to a piano, and I wrote down the words that I heard in my mind and I played the chords on the piano and wrote down the names of the chords. Then I went back to sleep. And then the next day when I woke up, I remembered the song from the dream. I went to the piano and I saw my notes. I played the song and I thought, Well, this is great. It must be some song that I've heard before. Then I asked all my friends about it, and they all said, 'No, that sounds like a song of yours.'" [3]
The music video was shot in Los Angeles in January 1999 and was directed by British music video director Sophie Muller. [4] Paul Rudd and Laura Prepon both appear.
UK CD1 [5]
UK CD2 [6]
UK cassette single [7]
| European CD single [8]
Australasian CD single [9]
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Credits are lifted from the US promo CD liner notes and the Feeling Strangely Fine album notes. [10] [11]
Studios
Personnel
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [12] | 30 |
Canada Rock/Alternative ( RPM ) [13] | 30 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [14] | 47 |
Ireland (IRMA) [15] | 26 |
Scotland (OCC) [16] | 11 |
UK Singles (OCC) [17] | 12 |
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [18] | 17 |
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [19] | 35 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [20] | 21 |
US CHR/Pop ( Radio & Records ) [21] | 42 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [22] | Silver | 200,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | January 11, 1999 | Active rock radio | MCA | [23] |
January 12, 1999 | Contemporary hit radio | [24] | ||
United Kingdom | June 28, 1999 |
| [25] |
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