| Smile | |
| Cover: | R5-smile.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | R5 |
| Album: | Sometime Last Night |
| Released: | November 14, 2014 |
| Recorded: | 2014 |
| Length: | 3:21 |
| Label: | Hollywood |
| Chronology: | R5 |
| Prev Title: | Heart Made Up on You |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Let's Not Be Alone Tonight |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
"Smile" is a song by American pop rock band R5. It had its radio premiere on November 14, 2014, as the lead single from their second studio album, Sometime Last Night.[1]
The song was written by Leah Haywood, Daniel James, Brian Lee and Matt Thiessen and produced by Dreamlab and Randall Bobbitt.[2] The band's frontman, Ross Lynch, told Teen Magazine that the song was about "doing ridiculous things in order to make someone else smile" and "the simplicity of just happiness."[3] [4] "Smile" has a length of three minutes and twenty one seconds and sonically, "classic rock and roll" was the main inspiration of its sound.[5] "Smile" was compared to Maroon 5 and Bruno Mars.[6]
"Smile" has received generally positive reviews. Bop and Tiger Beat magazine said the song was "sweet, catchy and great".[7] Vivan Pham of Pop Dust noted that the band's sound has changed, no longer teen to become something more mature. She was positive and said it was "great".[8] Raffy Ermac to Teen Magazine said "Smile" was the band's best song so far and they were "playing better than ever".[3]
The first "Smile" performance was in the Family Channel special Family Day, in Canada, on November 16, 2014.[9] On November 23, the band performed at the American Music Awards.[10] On November 28, they performed on Good Morning America.[11]
On November 14, 2014, the band released a live video in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to promote the song.[12] The official music video was premiered on MTV on December 23, 2014.[13] MTV also released an exclusive interview and behind-the-scenes, entitled "What Makes R5 Smile?".[13] The video shows the band backwards in a wooded park in four different scenes, like the four seasons. In the summer the band plays with water guns shirtless, in the spring they're on a picnic, in the autumn they dance in the rain among the dry leaves, in the winter they cut firewood in the snow.[14]
| Country | Date | Format(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States[15] | November 14, 2014 | Radio premiere | Hollywood |
| Canada[16] | November 14, 2014 | Digital download | |
| United States[17] | |||
| Australia[18] | December 23, 2014 | ||
| Brazil[19] | |||
| Europe[20] | |||
| New Zealand[21] | |||