Keep On Smilin' (Wet Willie song) explained

Keep On Smilin'
Cover:	Keep_On_Smilin'_-_Wet_Willie.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Wet Willie
Album:	Keep On Smilin'
B-Side:	Soul Jones
Released:	May 1974
Genre:	Southern rock^[1]
Length:	3:25
Label:	Capricorn Records
Producer:	Tom Dowd
Next Title:	Country Side of Life
Next Year:	1974

"Keep On Smilin'" is a 1974 hit song by the American group Wet Willie. It was the title track of their third studio album.

The song was also their first of three top 40 singles and became their greatest hit. "Keep on Smilin' reached No. 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and is ranked as the 66th biggest hit of 1974.^[2] It also charted in Canada.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[3]	21
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	10
US Cash Box Top 100	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Rank
Canada^[5]	181
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	66

External links

• - live at Deeproots Festival

Notes and References

1. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock. 106. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
2. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974.
3. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. . 17 July 2013.
4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 906.

5. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. . 17 July 2013.
6. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974.