"I Love Your Smile" is a hit single recorded by American singer Shanice and released in 1991 as the first single from her album Inner Child. The song features a saxophone solo by Branford Marsalis. The radio and video version of the song removes the rap bridge from the album version. Janet Jackson and René Elizondo, Jr. can be heard laughing at the end of the song. The track was produced Louis Biancaniello, and the vocals were produced by Narada Michael Walden.

To date, "I Love Your Smile" is Shanice's best known and most successful hit.Talib Kweli referenced the song in his single "Hot Thing". It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks for 4 weeks in December 1991 and January 1992. In the United Kingdom, "I Love Your Smile" peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart. In the Netherlands, the song peaked at the top of the Dutch Top 40. The song also peaked within the top ten on the charts in France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Australia and Austria. In 1992, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Shanice performed this song as the first musical guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 25, 1992.

A music video was made for the song. It features Shanice in a studio having several pictures taken by a photographer.

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