B-side "Innamorata" Format 7" single Genre Pop | Released 1966 Recorded 1966 (1966) Length 2:37 | |
"Just One Smile" is a pop song written by Randy Newman in 1960. An early version was recorded by Gene Pitney in 1966. It appeared on his album Looking Through the Eyes of Love, and AllMusic noted that it "allowed Pitney to explore the extent of his dramatic range with its tale of the giddy highs and painful lows of a love affair".
The song became a Top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, although it failed to register in the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 64. "Just One Smile" was Pitney's seventh consecutive Top Ten hit single in the UK.
"Just One Smile" was covered by Blood, Sweat & Tears on their 1968 album, Child Is Father to the Man. That version was just one of a number of covers of the song recorded by Dusty Springfield, Eternity's Children, Walter Jackson, Sheena Easton, and the Sensations, amongst others. The original version was recorded by the Tokens in 1965, on the B-side to their single "The Bells Of St. Mary".