"Smile" | ||||
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Single by Vitamin C featuring Lady Saw | ||||
from the album Vitamin C | ||||
Released | June 29, 1999 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | Pop, ska, reggae fusion | |||
Length | 3:58 | |||
Label | Elektra/Warner Music Group | |||
Writer(s) | Josh Deutsch, Colleen Fitzpatrick | |||
Producer(s) | Josh Deutsch, Garry Hughes | |||
Vitamin C singles chronology | ||||
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"Smile" is the debut single by Vitamin C released in 1999. It was the first single released from her eponymous debut solo album. The song features vocals from reggae singer Lady Saw.
"Smile" became Vitamin C's highest charting single to date, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart, #21 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and #18 on the Hot 100, becoming her only single to reach the Top 20 and her first single to reach the Top 40. "Smile" peaked at #13 in New Zealand on the RIANZ Charts.
The single went Gold in the U.S., as certified by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000. The song became her first hit off her platinum-selling debut album.
The song was also frequently used in advertising for Hershey's chocolate.
The music video takes place in a multi-colored Sam Goody CD store which has several motifs from the album art. Lady Saw plays a DJ in the video, while Vitamin C dances with a few backup dancers to the song ("Smile") that Lady Saw is playing. The video was directed by Christopher Erskin.
Limited Edition US Promo CD
US Promo CD #2
US Single
US Maxi-CD
US Vinyl, 12", Promo
Europe CD
Europe CD 2
A 2005 remix "Smile 2005" featured in film Aquamarine (2006).