"Smile" is a pop song, originally used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, the words were written by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons. In the lyrics, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile.
Apollo Smile (born Paula Apollo Anne Scharf on February 16, 1967 in New York City) is a pop music songwriter, singer and voice actress. Among her earliest efforts was a track on the Tom Cruise film Days of Thunder and a self-titled 1991 album. Later on, she billed herself as "The Live Action Anime Girl" and was invited to several science fiction conventions as a guest. Her convention appearances usually showcased music concerts featuring her original upbeat music and demonstrations of her martial arts abilities. Her typical look during this time was skin-tight spandex clothing, with her blonde hair in pigtails tied off with pink bows.
Smile hosted Sci-Fi Channel's Anime Week in the summer of 1998. Other notable projects included a self-published comic book featuring herself as the central character and the voice of Ulala in the Space Channel 5 video game series.
In more recent years, Apollo Smile has seemingly moved away from the "anime girl" role she created for herself, seeking small but more conventional film and television roles. She also toured for a short while with the Virginia "Atari" band Rockbot.
"Smile" is a the debut single by Vitamin C released in 1999. It became Vitamin C's highest charting single to date, peaking at #7 on the Hot Singles Sales Chart, #21 on the Top 40 Mainstream and #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her only single to reach the Top 20 and her first single to reach the Top 40. It was used in a Hershey's commercial throughout 2000 and 2002. It was recently used in a commercial for Tide.
"Smile" is Lily Allen's first mainstream single release, and was penned by Lily Allen, Iyola Babalola and Darren Lewis (the duo who produced the track as Future Cut). The organ riff is a sample of Jackie Mittoo playing keyboards on "Free Soul" by The Soul Brothers, written by Jackie Mittoo.
"Smile" was a 2004 single from G-Unit's debut album, Beg for Mercy. Lloyd Banks is the main artist on the song, with 50 Cent singing "Be the reason you smile" as a backing on the chorus. The song was released as promotion for Lloyd Banks's debut solo album, The Hunger for More two months before the album was released in June 2004.
"Smile" is a song by David Gilmour which features on his 3rd studio album - On An Island. It was first played at a series of concerts which took place at the royal festival hall.
"Smile" is a song by Pearl Jam that appears on their 1996 album, No Code. Bassist Jeff Ament wrote the song's music and plays guitar on the track. The track also features Eddie Vedder on harmonica. When the song is performed live Ament plays guitar and guitarist Stone Gossard plays bass. The New York Times described the song as starting "out as a straightforward [Neil] Young imitation, complete with harmonica, before shifting into an anthemlike Pearl Jam chorus."
The song was an album track pick at All Music Guide, along with "Sometimes" and "Who You Are".
A montage of outtakes of the band set to "Smile" can be found on the DVD Touring Band 2000.
"Smile" is a single from Jibbs's debut album Jibbs feat. Jibbs. The song features Fabo of D4L.
