Make Me Smile
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- For the Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel song, see "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)."
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| Single by Chicago from the album Chicago |
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| B-side | "Colour My World" | ||||
| Released | March 1970 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | August 1969 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 2:59 (original single edit) 4:25 (2002 compilation edit) |
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| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | James Pankow | ||||
| Producer | James William Guercio | ||||
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"Make Me Smile" is a song written by James Pankow for the rock band Chicago. Part of Pankow's Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon song cycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album Chicago (1970). Terry Kath sang the lead vocal.
A radio-friendly edit of "Make Me Smile" (incorporating the end of "Now More Than Ever," another track from the Ballet) was released as a single in March of 1970, becoming the band's first Top 10 record, peaking at #9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Since the passing of Terry Kath in 1978, the vocals for live performances of "Make Me Smile" have been handled by Bill Champlin, who joined the band for the recording of Chicago 16. However, on shows that Champlin hasn't attended, Robert Lamm sings the lead vocal. Lamm's raw and hoarse vocals sound more to the original in sound than Champlin's.
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