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| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[blue-eyed soul]]
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* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[soft rock]]<ref name= "RS 2004">{{cite book |chapter=Chicago|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages= 161-162}}</ref>
| length = 2:58 (Original [[Radio edit|single edit]])<br/>4:43 (Album version)<br/>4:25 (''[[The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning|Only the Beginning]]'' edit)
| length = 2:58 (Original [[Radio edit|single edit]])<br/>4:43 (Album version)<br/>4:25 (''[[The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning|Only the Beginning]]'' edit)
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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A radio-friendly edit of "Make Me Smile" was released as a single in March 1970, becoming the band's first Top 10 record, peaking at number nine on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chicago-mn0000110161/awards|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref> Pulled from the first movement of the "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" suite, several changes were made in order to make the song more suitable for radio.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Everett|first=Walter|date=May 2010|title='If you're gonna have a hit': intratextual mixes and edits of pop recordings|journal=Popular Music|volume=29|issue=2|pages=244|doi=10.1017/S026114301000005X|jstor=40926920}}</ref> This included a modified introduction and abbreviated guitar solo. Finally, parts of the track "Now More Than Ever" were appended on the end to make a complete, 3-verse song.
A radio-friendly edit of "Make Me Smile" was released as a single in March 1970, becoming the band's first Top 10 record, peaking at number nine on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chicago-mn0000110161/awards|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref> Pulled from the first movement of the "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" suite, several changes were made in order to make the song more suitable for radio.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Everett|first=Walter|date=May 2010|title='If you're gonna have a hit': intratextual mixes and edits of pop recordings|journal=Popular Music|volume=29|issue=2|pages=244|doi=10.1017/S026114301000005X|jstor=40926920}}</ref> This included a modified introduction and abbreviated guitar solo. Finally, parts of the track "Now More Than Ever" were appended on the end to make a complete, 3-verse song.


Reviewing the single, ''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "just a grand song to glide along with, the new Chicago offering comes up with even more audience-shattering magnetism than their two earlier singles" and noted the "brisk motion and a fine instrumental styling."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Cash Box|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=March 21, 1970|accessdate=2023-04-29|page=30|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-03-21.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it a "solid beat rocker" that's "a mover from start to finish, loaded with discotheque appeal. ."<ref name=bb>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=March 21, 1970|access-date=March 11, 2022|page=76|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/BB-1970-03-21.pdf|title=Spotlight Singles}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that the song was "very happening."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=March 21, 1970|page=8|accessdate=2023-04-28|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-03-21.pdf}}</ref>
Reviewing the single, ''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "just a grand song to glide along with, the new Chicago offering comes up with even more audience-shattering magnetism than their two earlier singles" and noted the "brisk motion and a fine instrumental styling."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Cash Box|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=March 21, 1970|accessdate=2023-04-29|page=30|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-03-21.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it a "solid beat rocker" that's "a mover from start to finish, loaded with discotheque appeal."<ref name=bb>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=March 21, 1970|access-date=March 11, 2022|page=76|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/BB-1970-03-21.pdf|title=Spotlight Singles}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that the song was "very happening."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=March 21, 1970|page=8|accessdate=2023-04-28|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-03-21.pdf}}</ref>


When Chicago released their compilation album ''[[The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning]]'' in 2002, they featured a ''new'' edit of the song, with the "Make Me Smile" and "Now More Than Ever" parts segued together again, but without the numerous cuts—the full intro and the guitar solo of the former part, and the full outro of the latter part, were thus included.
When Chicago released their compilation album ''[[The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning]]'' in 2002, they featured a ''new'' edit of the song, with the "Make Me Smile" and "Now More Than Ever" parts segued together again, but without the numerous cuts—the full intro and the guitar solo of the former part, and the full outro of the latter part, were thus included.
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"Make Me Smile" was the group's breakthrough hit,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Street Player: My Chicago Story|last=Seraphine|first=Danny|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|year=2011|isbn=9780470416839|page=120}}</ref> in that its success triggered renewed interest in the group's two prior releases from 1969 which had previously failed to reach the U.S. Top 40. "[[Questions 67 and 68]]" had reached #71 that year, but on re-release in 1971 reached #24. And "[[Beginnings (Chicago song)|Beginnings]]" had failed to chart in 1969, but on re-release in 1971 reached number seven on the Pop chart and #1 on the [[Easy Listening]] chart.
"Make Me Smile" was the group's breakthrough hit,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Street Player: My Chicago Story|last=Seraphine|first=Danny|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|year=2011|isbn=9780470416839|page=120}}</ref> in that its success triggered renewed interest in the group's two prior releases from 1969 which had previously failed to reach the U.S. Top 40. "[[Questions 67 and 68]]" had reached #71 that year, but on re-release in 1971 reached #24. And "[[Beginnings (Chicago song)|Beginnings]]" had failed to chart in 1969, but on re-release in 1971 reached number seven on the Pop chart and #1 on the [[Easy Listening]] chart.


Since the death of Terry Kath in 1978, the vocals for live performances of "Make Me Smile" were handled by [[Bill Champlin]], who joined the band for the recording of ''[[Chicago 16]]'', until he departed the group in August 2009. In shows without Champlin, [[Robert Lamm]] sang the lead vocal. Champlin's replacement [[Lou Pardini]] took over the singing of "Make Me Smile" until his departure in 2022, when keyboardist [[Loren Gold]] sang the song since 2022 alongside his substitute Rob Arthur.
Since the death of Terry Kath in 1978, the vocals for live performances of "Make Me Smile" were handled by [[Bill Champlin]], who joined the band for the recording of ''[[Chicago 16]]'', until he departed the group in August 2009. In shows without Champlin, [[Robert Lamm]] sang the lead vocal. Champlin's replacement [[Lou Pardini]] took over the singing of "Make Me Smile" until his departure in 2022, when Lamm took over lead vocal duties once again and occasionally [[Jason Scheff]], [[Jeff Coffey]], and [[Neil Donell]].


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
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==Personnel==
== Personnel ==
* [[Terry Kath]] - [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[Distortion (music)|fuzzed]] [[electric guitar]]
* [[Terry Kath]] – lead vocals, electric guitar
* [[Robert Lamm]] - [[piano]], [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Robert Lamm]] – acoustic piano, backing vocals
* [[Peter Cetera]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]], backing vocals
* [[Peter Cetera]] – bass, backing vocals
* [[Danny Seraphine]] - [[Drum kit|drums]], [[tambourine]], [[maraca]]s
* [[Danny Seraphine]] – drums, [[tambourine]], [[maraca]]s
* [[Jimmy Pankow]] - [[trombone]]
* [[Jimmy Pankow]] – trombone
* [[Lee Loughnane]] - [[trumpet]]
* [[Lee Loughnane]] – trumpet
* [[Walt Parazaider]] - [[tenor saxophone]]
* [[Walt Parazaider]] – tenor saxophone


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==

Latest revision as of 19:42, 28 August 2024

For another song, see Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me).
"Make Me Smile"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago
B-side"Colour My World"
ReleasedMarch 1970
RecordedAugust 1969
Genre
Length2:58 (Original single edit)
4:43 (Album version)
4:25 (Only the Beginning edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)James Pankow
Producer(s)James William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
"Beginnings"
(1969) 		"Make Me Smile"
(1970) 		"25 or 6 to 4"
(1970)

"Make Me Smile" is a song written by James Pankow for the rock band Chicago with the band's guitarist, Terry Kath, on lead vocals.[2] Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" song cycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album, Chicago (often called Chicago II), which was released in 1970. The song "Now More Than Ever", a separate track from the same song suite, serves as a reprise of the song and appears edited together with it on many later versions, including a single edit, on several greatest hits collections, and in many live performances.

Background

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A radio-friendly edit of "Make Me Smile" was released as a single in March 1970, becoming the band's first Top 10 record, peaking at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] Pulled from the first movement of the "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" suite, several changes were made in order to make the song more suitable for radio.[4] This included a modified introduction and abbreviated guitar solo. Finally, parts of the track "Now More Than Ever" were appended on the end to make a complete, 3-verse song.

Reviewing the single, Cash Box said that "just a grand song to glide along with, the new Chicago offering comes up with even more audience-shattering magnetism than their two earlier singles" and noted the "brisk motion and a fine instrumental styling."[5] Billboard called it a "solid beat rocker" that's "a mover from start to finish, loaded with discotheque appeal."[6] Record World said that the song was "very happening."[7]

When Chicago released their compilation album The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning in 2002, they featured a new edit of the song, with the "Make Me Smile" and "Now More Than Ever" parts segued together again, but without the numerous cuts—the full intro and the guitar solo of the former part, and the full outro of the latter part, were thus included.

"Make Me Smile" was the group's breakthrough hit,[8] in that its success triggered renewed interest in the group's two prior releases from 1969 which had previously failed to reach the U.S. Top 40. "Questions 67 and 68" had reached #71 that year, but on re-release in 1971 reached #24. And "Beginnings" had failed to chart in 1969, but on re-release in 1971 reached number seven on the Pop chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart.

Since the death of Terry Kath in 1978, the vocals for live performances of "Make Me Smile" were handled by Bill Champlin, who joined the band for the recording of Chicago 16, until he departed the group in August 2009. In shows without Champlin, Robert Lamm sang the lead vocal. Champlin's replacement Lou Pardini took over the singing of "Make Me Smile" until his departure in 2022, when Lamm took over lead vocal duties once again and occasionally Jason Scheff, Jeff Coffey, and Neil Donell.

Chart performance

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Personnel

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"Make Me Smile" was made available for download on October 23, 2012 for Rock Band 3 Basic and PRO mode for use with real guitar/bass guitar, and MIDI-compatible electronic drum kits/keyboards, but as its new edit from The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning.

References

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  1. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Chicago". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 161–162. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ "Chicago, "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" from Chicago II (1970): Saturdays in the Park". Something Else!. 2016-07-16. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  4. ^ Everett, Walter (May 2010). "'If you're gonna have a hit': intratextual mixes and edits of pop recordings". Popular Music. 29 (2): 244. doi:10.1017/S026114301000005X. JSTOR 40926920.
  5. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 21, 1970. p. 30. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  6. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 21, 1970. p. 76. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Record World. March 21, 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  8. ^ Seraphine, Danny (2011). Street Player: My Chicago Story. John Wiley & Sons Inc. p. 120. ISBN 9780470416839.
  9. ^ "Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1970". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
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