| Just One Smile | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gene Pitney |
| Album: | I Must Be Seeing Things |
| B-Side: | Innamorata |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 2:37 |
| Label: | Musicor Records (US) Stateside Records (UK) |
| Producer: | Gene Pitney |
| Prev Title: | (In the) Cold Light of Day |
| Prev Year: | 1966 |
| Next Title: | I'm Gonna Listen to Me |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
"Just One Smile" is a pop song written by Randy Newman in 1960.[1] An early version was recorded by Gene Pitney in 1965.[2] [3] It appeared on his 1965 album, I Must Be Seeing Things, and AllMusic noted that it "allowed Pitney to explore the extent of his dramatic range with its tale of the giddy highs and painful lows of a love affair".[4]
The song became a Top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, although it failed to register in the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 64.[5] "Just One Smile" was Pitney's seventh consecutive Top Ten hit single in the UK.
"Just One Smile" was covered by Blood, Sweat & Tears on their 1968 album, Child Is Father to the Man.[1] [6] That version was just one of a number of covers of the song, which have been recorded by Dusty Springfield, Eternity's Children, Walter Jackson, Sheena Easton, and the Sensations, amongst others.[7] For example, Marcia Hines covered the song on her Ladies and Gentlemen album (1977).[8]
The original version of the song was recorded by the Tokens in 1965, on the B-side to their single, "The Bells of St. Mary's".[9]
| Month | Year | Title | Chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU | CA[10] | UK[11] | US | |||
| November | 1966 | "Just One Smile" (A-side) | 55 | 51 | 8 | 64 |
| "Innamorata" (B-side)< | -- | 55--> | ||||