Smile (David Gilmour song)
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| Single by David Gilmour | ||||
| from the album On an Island | ||||
| B-side | "Island Jam" | |||
| Released | 13 June 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
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"Smile" is a single by guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour, released on 13 June 2006. The song was on the UK charts for 1 week and peaked at 72.[1]
Live
[edit]The song was first performed at Gilmour's 2001 and 2002 live shows[2][3] (and also on the accompanying DVD) where Gilmour introduced it as: "This is a new one so if you are bootlegging, start your machines now." It was eventually recorded at his houseboat studio, the Astoria, for the 2006 album On an Island.[4] The song is in 3/4 time.
During the three nights at the Royal Albert Hall during his On an Island Tour in 2006, empty CD wallets bearing the Smile single cover, and a CD-sticker were left on seats of audience members who would discover them on arrival, each one bearing a unique number. The idea was to download the single from iTunes, burn it to a CD-R, place the CD-shaped sticker onto the burnt CD and keep it in the wallet.[original research?]
"Island Jam" was initially available via Gilmour's website before being made more widely available.
An unmastered form of "Smile" can be heard briefly on the BBC2 show Three Men in a Boat which retraced a trip on the River Thames, and visited the houseboat.
Track list
[edit]- "Smile" (David Gilmour/Polly Samson) – 4:03
- "Island Jam" (Gilmour) - 6:33
Personnel
[edit]"Smile"
- David Gilmour - guitars, vocals, bass guitar, piano, slide guitar, percussion, Hammond organ
- Polly Samson - backing vocals
- Willie Wilson - drums
- Zbigniew Preisner - orchestration
"Island Jam"
References
[edit]- ^ "David Gilmour | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Manning, Toby (2006). "Which One's Pink?". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 146. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
- ^ Schaffner, Nicholas (2005). "Afterword – High Hopes". Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (New ed.). London: Helter Skelter. p. 326. ISBN 1-905139-09-8.
- ^ Andy Mabbett (2010), Chris Charlesworth (ed.), Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery, Omnibus Press, OCLC 762731304, OL 16228023W, Wikidata Q25766745
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