Open the door and let your love come down
Over the wall you're spinning 'round and 'round
'Cause you're wanting some love
I'll make it happen
'Cause I don't want to break
Your fine face I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up inside your smile
Open your heart and let the good stuff out
Water me girl and let me ease the drought
'Cause you're wanting some love
I'll make it happen
'Cause I don't want to break
Your fine face I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up inside your smile
I can't be gone, darling
For very long, no
Never know what you're gonna do
Standing there deep in front of you
Take a look in between my eyes
Because I'm back, yeah
'Cause I don't want to break
Your fine face I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up inside your smile
I can't be gone, darling
For very long, no
Never know what you're gonna do
Standing there deep in front of you
Take a look in between my eyes
Because I'm back, yeah
Give me a chance if you could force yourself
Look at me girl and get up off your shelf
'Cause you're wanting some love
I'll make it happen
Smile
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Album track by Weezer | |||||
Album | Weezer (The Green Album) | ||||
Released | May 15, 2001 | ||||
Recorded | December 2000, Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California | ||||
Length | 2:39 | ||||
Label | Geffen | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
RC# | 530 | ||||
COR# | 223 | ||||
Producer(s) | Ric Ocasek | ||||
Status | Officially released | ||||
Live debut | July 4, 2001 in London, United Kingdom | ||||
Last played | October 11, 2005 in Bridgeport, CT | ||||
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"Smile" (originally titled "Inside a Smile" and "Make It Happen") is the seventh song from The Green Album.
Appearances
- Weezer (The Green Album) (2001)
Overview
"Smile" was written by Rivers Cuomo in 2000, and is first known to have been demoed (under the title "Inside a Smile") as a band at Cuomo's garage studio in Los Angeles that November. The band continued rehearsing it up until production began on The Green Album in late December.
"Smile" was one of fourteen unmastered Green session tracks leaked online prior to the album's release. The leaked version contains some repeated sections with some different lyrics to those found on the album. "Smile" was performed numerous times during the band's subsequent tours for the Green album in 2001. The song was performed six times in 2002 wherein it featured a new solo. In 2005, a piano-driven arrangement of the song was played live twice, featuring Brian Bell on lead vocals. Aside from a Snapchat video of the band rehearsing the song acoustically in 2019,[1] the song has not been performed live since 2005.
Reception
The song received a positive review from the Weezer songblog Teenage Victory Songs. It was included in the site's "Grand Playlist," a collection of songs that include Weezer's just-below-best material.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Mikey Welsh – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Ric Ocasek – producer
Audio
Lyrics
Open the door and let your love come down
Over the wall you're spinning 'round and 'round
'Cause you're wanting some love
I'll make it happen
'Cause I don't want to break
Your fine face I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up inside your smile
Open your heart and let the good stuff out
Water me girl and let me ease the drought
'Cause you're wanting some love
I'll make it happen
'Cause I don't want to break
Your fine face I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up inside your smile
I can't be gone, darling
For very long, no
Never know what you're gonna do
Standing there in the ocean blue
Take a look deep within my eyes
Because I'm back, yeah
Give me a chance if you could force yourself
Look at me girl and get up off your shelf
'Cause you're wanting some love
I'll make it happen
'Cause I don't want to break
Your fine face I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up inside your smile
I can't be gone, darling
For very long
Never know what you're gonna do
Standing there in the ocean blue
Take a look deep within my eyes
Because I'm back, yeah
'Cause I don't want to break
Your fine face I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up inside your smile
I can't be gone, darling
For very long
Never know what you're gonna do
Standing there in the ocean blue
Take a look deep within my eyes
Because I'm back, yeah
Give me a chance if you could force yourself
Look at me girl and get up off your shelf
'Cause you're wanting some love
I'll make it happen
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Weezer | Inside a Smile | October 27, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | ||||
Weezer | Inside a Smile | October 28, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | ||||
Weezer | Inside a Smile | October 30, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | ||||
Weezer | Inside a Smile | December 7, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | ||||
Weezer | Inside a Smile | December 21, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | ||||
Weezer | Smile | December 30, 2000—February 10, 2001[3] | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:39 | Weezer (The Green Album) | ||
Weezer | Smile | October 24, 2001 | The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA | 2:34 | Reverb (TV series) | Live performance | |
Weezer | Smile | WEEZER-2001-12-02-Madison10_Smile_223.mp3 | December 2, 2001 | Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI | 3:23 | Released on weezer.com | Soundboard recording |
See also
References
- ↑ Scott Heisel. "Weezer - Smile / King (acoustic 2019)" YouTube 8 February 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMIlEqk_2rM
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Weezer Recording History - Page 12
- ↑ Weezer Recording History - Page 13