I Love Your Smile
"I Love Your Smile" | ||||
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Single by Shanice | ||||
from the album Inner Child | ||||
Released | October 22, 1991 | |||
Recorded | January 1991 | |||
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Label | Motown 2093 | |||
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Producer(s) | Narada Michael Walden | |||
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"I Love Your Smile" is a song by American singer Shanice, released in 1991 as the lead single from her second studio album Inner Child (1991). The song features a saxophone solo by Branford Marsalis as well as laughter from Janet Jackson and René Elizondo Jr. near the end of the song. The track was produced by Louis Biancaniello, with vocals produced by Narada Michael Walden. The radio version of the song removes the rap bridge from the album version.
To date, "I Love Your Smile" is Shanice's best known and most successful hit.[1] It peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 behind "Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael and Elton John and "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred, and it topped the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks for 4 weeks in December 1991 and January 1992. In Europe, "I Love Your Smile" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top of the Dutch Top 40 in the Netherlands. The single also peaked within the top ten on the charts in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Australia and Austria. In 1992, it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Shanice performed this song as the first musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 25, 1992.[2] A music video was made for the song, featuring Shanice in a studio having several pictures taken by a photographer.
Talib Kweli referenced the song in his song "Hot Thing", from his 2007 album Eardrum.
Critical reception
AllMusic editor Tim Griggs picked the song as one of the "standout tracks" on the album Inner Child.[3] Billboard described the song as a "slinky R&B tune". They noted further that Shanice's "matured voice sounds like a cross between Chaka Khan and Janet Jackson, sprawling out comfortably over a subtle and percussive groove that is framed with warm sax lines."[4] The Gavin Report wrote, "Only in her teens, Shanice Wilson is anything but a newcomer, having arrived on the scene in the late eighties and scoring instant airplay. But this should be the effort that really sparks her career."[5] Lakeland Ledger said that on the track, her voice is "playful and spunky".[6] People Magazine noted that "I Love Your Smile" "has risen to the top of the R&B charts on its jaunty, literally bells-and-whistles riff, its jazzy a cappella refrain and a walloping beat."[7]
Track listings
- CD single 1
- "I Love Your Smile" (radio version) — 3:46
- "I Love Your Smile" (extended version) — 4:14
- "I Love Your Smile" (instrumental) — 4:14
- CD single 2
- "I Love Your Smile" (Driza Bone single remix)
- "I Love Your Smile" (Driza Bone club mix)
- "I Love Your Smile" (Driza Bone dub mix)
- "I Love Your Smile" (original single version)
- 7" single
- "I Love Your Smile" (radio version) — 3:46
- "I Love Your Smile" (instrumental) — 4:14
- 7" single - Driza Bone remix
- "I Love Your Smile" (Driza Bone single remix) — 3:50
- "I Love Your Smile" (original version) — 3:46
Personnel
- All vocals and rap by Shanice Wilson
- keyboards, drum programming, programming and synthesized bass by Louis Biancaniello
- drums and programming by Narada Michael Walden
- saxophone solo by Branford Marsalis
- background vocals by Alyssa Lala, Crystal Wilson, David A. Miguel, Jack McAdoo, David Lee, Diamond D, Eric Daniels, Jarvis La Rue Baker, Kathy Horton, Label Atkinson, Lisa Walden, Mike Mani
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Cover versions
- "I Love Your Smile" was covered by Dutch R&B group duo R'n'G in 1998 for a tribute album "Hands on Motown".
- Tiffany Evans covered the song in 2004 for her self-titled first EP.
- Kaori Kobayashi covered the song in 2005 for her debut album Solar, Kaori's Collection.
- Jakob Elvstrøm covered the song in 2009 for his album "SaxClub vol.1".
- The song was sampled by Zimbabwean artist Rockford Josphat 'Roki' in his track "Zuva neZuva" which featured SK and Pauline.
- Sections of the song were interpolated in Chris Brown’s 2019 single "Undecided".
See also
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1991 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1992 (U.S.)
- Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1992
References
- ^ "Shanice - Discography". rnbhaven.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ "New Tonight Show's First Guest Leaks Out". WHUR. January 27, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Shanice - Inner Child". AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. October 19, 1991. p. 77. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ Sholin, Dave (November 8, 1991). "Gavin Picks > Singles" (PDF). Gavin Report. No. 1881. p. 56. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ "NEW POP ALBUMS: SHANICE WILSON "Inner Child"". Lakeland Ledger. January 4, 1992. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Inner Child". People. February 10, 1992. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2078." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ Lwin, Nanda. Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide (2000).
- ^ "Top 10 Denmark" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 11. March 14, 1992. p. 22. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 11. March 14, 1992. p. 23. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Love Your Smile". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 1, 1992" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile". VG-lista. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile". Singles Top 100. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Shanice – I Love Your Smile". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "Shanice Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ "Shanice Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Shanice Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1992" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "1992 Year-End Sales Charts" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 51/52. December 19, 1992. p. 17. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1992" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "Single top 100 over 1992" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1992" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "Swiss Year-End Charts 1992" (in German). Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Year End Charts: Top Singles". Music Week. January 16, 1993. p. 8.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1992". Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
External links
- Single chart usages for Germany2
- 1991 singles
- 1992 singles
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
- Single Top 100 number-one singles
- Shanice songs
- Songs written by Narada Michael Walden
- Song recordings produced by Narada Michael Walden
- 1991 songs
- Motown singles
- Songs written by Shanice