Smile Like You Mean It

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“Smile Like You Mean It”
Single by The Killers from the album Hot Fuss
Released	May 2, 2005
Format	CD
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	3:55
Label	Island/Lizard King
Producer	???
The Killers singles chronology
"All These Things That I've Done" 2005 "Smile Like You Mean It" 2005 "When You Were Young" 2006

Smile Like You Mean It is a synth rock song by Las Vegas rock band The Killers. The song is featured on their debut album Hot Fuss and is the fourth single from it in the United Kingdom and the third single in United States. It reached #11 in the UK single chart and #15 in the Billboard U.S. Modern Rock Chart. It also received substantial radioplay in Australia.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK Translucent Pink 7" 1.2 UK CD 1.3 UK 12" 1.4 UK Digital Single 1.5 Australian CD 2 Music video 3 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK Translucent Pink 7"

1. "Smile Like You Mean It"
2. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (Zane Lowe Radio 1 Session)"

[edit] UK CD

1. "Smile Like You Mean It"
2. "Get Trashed"

[edit] UK 12"

1. "Smile Like You Mean It (Ruff & Jam Eastside Mix)"
2. "Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub Mix)"

[edit] UK Digital Single

1. "Smile Like You Mean It (Fischerspooner Remix)"
2. "Smile Like You Mean It (Zip Remix)"

[edit] Australian CD

1. "Smile Like You Mean It"
2. "Change Your Mind"
3. "Mr Brightside" (The Lindbergh Palace Radio Remix)"

[edit] Music video

The music video for this song shows ghostly figures of the band wandering around a house that the characters of the song presumably used to live in. Various party-goers dance and old memories are recalled while Brandon Flowers sings to the camera. While these extras are oblivious to being watched throughout the video, at the end they turn to the camera to look at the viewer while the band fades away.

This video fits in with the suggested meaning of the song where one recalls better times, although others have suggested the song is about suicide or looking back after death. A more literal interpretation is that the song describes an empty relationship.

[edit] External links

• MusicOMH Song Review

v • d • e The Killers Brandon Flowers • Dave Keuning • Mark Stoermer • Ronnie Vannucci Jr. Albums Hot Fuss • Sam's Town • Third studio album Compilations Sawdust Singles "Somebody Told Me" • "Mr. Brightside" • "All These Things That I've Done" • "Smile Like You Mean It" • "When You Were Young" • "Bones" • "A Great Big Sled" • "Read My Mind" • "For Reasons Unknown" • "Shadowplay" • "Tranquilize" • "Don't Shoot Me Santa" Related Discography • Awards and nominations • Marrakesh Records (Lizard King Records) • Island Records • "Crystal"