Smile (Scarface song)

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"Smile"
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Single by Scarface featuring 2Pac and Johnny P
from the album The Untouchable
B-side "Untouchable"
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1997
RecordedAugust 1996
Genre
Length5:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Brad Jordan
  • Tupac Shakur
  • Mike Dean
Producer(s) Scarface, Mike Dean, Tone Capone
Scarface Singlessingles chronology
"Among the Walking Dead"
(1995)
"Smile"
(1997)
"Mary Jane"
(1997)
Music video
"Smile" on YouTube

"Smile" is the lead single released from Scarface's fourth album, The Untouchable . The song features 2Pac and R&B singer, Johnny P. "Smile" is a remix of the 2Pac song "Smile For Me Now", which was produced by 2Pac and Damon Thomas and was released prior on the Death Row Records compilation album, Death Row Greatest Hits . [1] "Smile" was produced by Scarface, Mike Dean and Tone Capone. The song became Scarface's most successful single to date, making it to number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Music executive J Prince, in a 2018 interview with Rap Radar, stated that he asked Puff Daddy if the Notorious B.I.G. would also like to feature on the song, but after discovering that 2Pac would feature, he declined. The chorus contains an interpolation of "Tell Me If You Still Care" by The S.O.S. Band.

Single track listing

B-Side

  1. "Untouchable" (Radio Edit)- 3:38
  2. "Untouchable" (Instrumental)- 3:59

Music video

The music video was released for the week ending on April 27, 1997.

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 12
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 4
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [5] 19

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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