Sara Smile
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| Single by Hall & Oates | ||||
| from the album Daryl Hall & John Oates | ||||
| B-side | "Soldering" | |||
| Released | 31 January 1976 | |||
| Format | 7″, 12″ | |||
| Recorded | 12 June 1975 | |||
| Genre | Blue-eyed soul, soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:07 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Daryl Hall, John Oates | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Bond, Daryl Hall, John Oates | |||
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| Single by After 7 | |
| from the album The Very Best of After 7 | |
| Released | March 11, 1997 |
| Format | CD, Music download |
| Recorded | 1997 |
| Genre | R&B, soul |
| Length | 4:32 |
| Label | Virgin |
| Producer(s) | Babyface, L.A. Reid |
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| Single by Boyz II Men | |
| from the album Throwback, Vol. 1 | |
| Released | August 24, 2004 (Japan) |
| Format | Music download |
| Recorded | 2004 |
| Genre | R&B, soul |
| Length | 3:40 |
| Label | MSM / Koch, Pony Canyon |
| Producer(s) | Boyz II Men and Johnny Wright (executive) |
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| Single by Jimmy Wayne with Daryl Hall and John Oates | ||||
| from the album Sara Smile | ||||
| Released | October 3, 2009 | |||
| Format | Music download | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Valory Music Group | |||
| Producer(s) | Dann Huff | |||
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| Single by Rumer | ||||
| from the album Boys Don't Cry | ||||
| Released | July 8, 2012 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening, jazz | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Atlantic Records | |||
| Producer(s) | Geoff Foster | |||
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"Sara Smile" is a song written and recorded by the American musical duo Hall & Oates. It was released in January 1976 as the second single from their album Daryl Hall & John Oates. The song was the group's first Top 10 hit in the US, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Sara Smile" was the second single released from Hall & Oates' 1975 self-titled album for RCA Records. Co-written by both halves of the duo, it was Hall & Oates's breakthrough single, with a #4 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1976. It was written about Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen. The couple was together for almost 30 years before breaking up in 2001.
Nathan Brackett and Christian Hoard, in the Rolling Stone album guide, referred to the song as a "love bead ballad," and Steve Pond of the Los Angeles Times cited it as an example of the duo's R&B influences. Following the success of "Sara Smile," the Atlantic Records label re-released the duo's previous single, "She's Gone."
"Sara Smile" was the duo's first Top Ten hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at #23 on Hot Soul Singles (now Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) and #18 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. Billboard ranked it as the No. 11 song of 1976. On the R&R Airplay chart the song debuted at #38 on April 2, 1976, after seven weeks it reached and peaked at #7 staying there for two weeks, it was on the top 10 of the chart for four weeks and remained on it for 17 weeks. The song also earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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