Smile (David Gilmour song)

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2006 single by David Gilmour

"Smile"

Single by David Gilmour
from the album  On an Island
B-side| "Island Jam"
Released| 13 June 2006 (2006-06-13)
Recorded| 2001
Genre| Progressive rock, art rock
Length| 4:03
Label|

* EMI (UK)
* Columbia Records (US)

Songwriter(s)|

* David Gilmour
* Polly Samson

Producer(s)|

* David Gilmour (Smile/Island Jam)
* Phil Manzanera (Smile)
* Chris Thomas (Smile)

David Gilmour singles chronology
| "On an Island"
(2006)  | "Smile"
(2006)  | "Arnold Layne"
(2006)

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On an Island track listing

10 tracks

1. "Castellorizon"
2. "On an Island"
3. "The Blue"
4. "Take a Breath"
5. "Red Sky at Night"
6. "This Heaven"
7. "Then I Close My Eyes"
8. "Smile"
9. "A Pocketful of Stones"
10. "Where We Start"

"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]

## Live

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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.

## Track list

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1. "Smile" (David Gilmour/Polly Samson) – 4:03
2. "Island Jam" (Gilmour) \- 6:33

## Personnel

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"Smile"

* David Gilmour - guitars, vocals, bass guitar, piano, slide guitar, percussion, Hammond organ
* Polly Samson \- backing vocals
* Willie Wilson \- drums
* Zbigniew Preisner \- orchestration

"Island Jam"

* David Gilmour - guitar
* Guy Pratt \- bass guitar
* Ged Lynch \- drums
* Paul "Wix" Wickens - Hammond organ

## References

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1. ^ "David Gilmour | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
2. ^ Manning, Toby (2006). "Which One's Pink?". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 146\. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
3. ^ Schaffner, Nicholas (2005). "Afterword – High Hopes". Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (New ed.). London: Helter Skelter. p. 326\. ISBN 1-905139-09-8.
4. ^ Andy Mabbett (2010), Chris Charlesworth (ed.), Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery, London: Omnibus Press, OCLC 762731304, OL 16228023W, Wikidata Q25766745

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David Gilmour

Studio albums|

* David Gilmour (1978)
* About Face (1984)
* On an Island (2006)
* Metallic Spheres (2010, with the Orb)
* Rattle That Lock (2015)
* Luck and Strange (2024)

Live albums|

* Live in Gdańsk (2008)
* Live at Pompeii (2017)

Singles|

* "Love on the Air"
* "Smile"
* "Arnold Layne (live)"
* "Chicago – Change the World"
* "Faces of Stone"
* "One of These Days (live)"
* "Run Like Hell (live)"

Videos and DVDs|

* David Gilmour Live 1984
* David Gilmour in Concert
* Remember That Night
* Live in Gdańsk
* Live at Pompeii

Concert tours|

* On an Island Tour
* Rattle That Lock Tour
* Luck and Strange Tour

Guest appearances|

* Back to the Egg
* Boys and Girls
* Brother Where You Bound
* Count Three & Pray
* The Dreaming
* Flowers in the Dirt
* Headline News
* HQ
* No More Lonely Nights
* Once
* Run Devil Run
* The Sensual World
* So Red the Rose
* The Unknown Soldier
* White City: A Novel

Related articles|

* Discography
* Pink Floyd
* Roger Waters
* Deep End
* Jokers Wild
* The Law
* Ginger Gilmour
* Polly Samson
* Astoria
* Hookend Recording Studios
* Roy Harper
* The Black Strat
* The Madcap Laughs
* Barrett
* Two Weeks in September

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* MusicBrainz release group

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