Smile
"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 | ||||
Stream | Spotify | ||||
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- This page is for the Weezer song. For the song by The Relationship, see Smile (The Relationship)
"Smile" (originally titled "Inside a Smile" and "Make It Happen") is the seventh song from The Green Album.
Contents
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
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 |
Audio
Lyrics
Album versionOpen the door and let your love come down |
Leaked mixOpen the door and let your love come down |
See also
References[edit]
- ↑ 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