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2006 single by David Gilmour From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"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]
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"Smile" | ||||
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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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David Gilmour singles chronology | ||||
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On an Island track listing | ||||
10 tracks
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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.
"Smile"
"Island Jam"
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