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| from the album Sometime Last Night | ||||
| Released | November 14, 2014 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
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| Length | 3:21 | |||
| Label | Hollywood | |||
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"Smile" is a song by American pop rock band R5. It had its radio premiere on November 14, 2014, as the lead single from their second studio album, Sometime Last Night . [2]
The song was written by Leah Haywood, Daniel James, Brian Lee and Matt Thiessen and produced by Dreamlab and Randall Bobbitt. [3] The band's frontman, Ross Lynch, told Teen Magazine that the song was about "doing ridiculous things in order to make someone else smile" and "the simplicity of just happiness." [4] [5] "Smile" has a length of three minutes and twenty one seconds and sonically, "classic rock and roll" was the main inspiration of its sound. [6] "Smile" was compared to Maroon 5 and Bruno Mars. [7]
"Smile" has received generally positive reviews. Bop and Tiger Beat magazine said the song was "sweet, catchy and great". [8] Vivan Pham of Pop Dust noted that the band's sound has changed, no longer teen to become something more mature. She was positive and said it was "great". [9] Raffy Ermac to Teen Magazine said "Smile" was the band's best song so far and they were "playing better than ever". [4]
The first "Smile" performance was in the Family Channel special Family Day, in Canada, on November 16, 2014. [10] On November 23, the band performed at the American Music Awards. [11] On November 28, they performed on Good Morning America . [12]
On November 14, 2014, the band released a live video in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to promote the song. [13] The official music video was premiered on MTV on December 23, 2014. [14] MTV also released an exclusive interview and behind-the-scenes, entitled "What Makes R5 Smile?". [14] The video shows the band backwards in a wooded park in four different scenes, like the four seasons. In the summer the band plays with water guns shirtless, in the spring they're on a picnic, in the autumn they dance in the rain among the dry leaves, in the winter they cut firewood in the snow. [15]
| Country | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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| United States [16] | November 14, 2014 | Radio premiere | Hollywood |
| Canada [17] | November 14, 2014 | Digital download | |
| United States [1] | |||
| Australia [18] | December 23, 2014 | ||
| Brazil [19] | |||
| Europe [20] | |||
| New Zealand [21] | |||
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