"Just One Smile" | ||||
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Single by Gene Pitney | ||||
from the album I Must Be Seeing Things | ||||
B-side | "Innamorata" | |||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | 1965 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:37 | |||
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 | ||||
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"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]
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]
Month | Year | Title | Chart positions | |||
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AU | CA [11] | UK [5] | US [6] | |||
November | 1966 | "Just One Smile" (A-side) | 55 | 51 | 8 | 64 |
"Innamorata" (B-side) |