| "Smile" | ||||
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| Single by The Emotions | ||||
| from the album Sunbeam | ||||
| B-side | "Changes" | |||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Maurice White, Al McKay | |||
| Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
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| "Smile" on YouTube | ||||
"Smile" is a song recorded by R&B group the Emotions released as a single in 1978 on Columbia Records. [1] The single reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart. [2]
Smile was produced by Maurice White who also composed the song with Al McKay. The single's b-side was a song called Changes. Both Smile and Changes came from The Emotions 1978 studio album Sunbeam. [1]
Craig Lytle of Allmusic called the song an "aggressively paced number, from the simmering verses to the spellbinding change-up," which "bounces with effervescence." [3] John Storm Roberts of High Fidelity also described Smile as a "tight, unfussy" tune. [4] [5]
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