2006Released
3:16

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Interesting facts and trivia about Smile. By Songfacts®.

In this song Lily laughs at her ex-boyfriend, DJ Lester Lloyd, as he attempts to win her back after the terrible way he treated her in their relationship and the negative impact this subsequently had on her.In the Sun newspaper of September 19, 2006 she describes performing the song at the Secret Garden Party: "The festival was well good, particularly as Lester (my ex, who I wrote Smile about, and subsequently sold his story to the papers) had a tent positioned directly opposite the main stage. So he and his new girlfriend had no option but to watch me perform to a couple of thousand people singing Smile back to me. Oh, it's the little things eh!"

The organ part was sampled from the song "Free Soul" by the '60s reggae group The Soul Brothers.

This was Allen's first single, and it was an instant hit in her native England. She performed the song on several TV appearances and other promotional events, including Top of the Pops and Saturday Night Live. At the 2007 South By Southwest (SXSW) music fest in Austin, Texas, Allen declared that she was "So sick of this song" before performing it.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Smile.
FKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
96BPM

Album

The album Smile is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Smile.
Parlophone UK
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd
℗ 2007 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd

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