"Smile" is the debut single by Vitamin C

Vitamin C (artist)

Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick is an American pop music singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include "Graduation ", "As Long As You're Loving Me", "The Itch", and her most successful hit the Top 20 Gold certified "Smile"...

 released in 1999. It was the first single released from her debut solo album Vitamin C

Vitamin C (album)

Vitamin C is the self-titled debut album by pop singer Vitamin C, released in 1999. The album was a runaway success, initially failing to chart. It would later climb the Billboard 200 to #29 and was certified as Gold and later certified Platinum by the RIAA. The Japanese edition featured the song...

. Although billed as a Vitamin C single, the song is actually a duet with Vitamin C alternating riffs with Lady Saw

Lady Saw

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 (born Marion Hall), a Jamaican reggae singer known as "the first Lady of Dancehall

Dancehall

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". The song was also featured in the 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie Stepsister From Planet Weird starring Courtnee Draper

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. It was used in a Hershey

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's commercial throughout 2000 and 2002. It was recently used in a commercial for Tide

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. It is also used in commercials for WSBE-TV

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 and PBS Kids

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.

Reception

"Smile" became Vitamin C's highest charting single to date, peaking at #7 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot 100 Singles Sales

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 chart, #21 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and #18 on the Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, becoming her only single to reach the Top 20 and her first single to reach the Top 40. "Smile" peaked at #13 in New Zealand on the RIANZ Charts.

The single went Gold in the U.S., as certified by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000. The song became her first hit off her platinum-selling debut album.

Music video

The music video takes place in a multi-colored Sam Goody CD store which has several motifs from the album art. Lady Saw plays a DJ in the video, while Vitamin C dances with a few backup dancers to the song ("Smile") that Lady Saw is playing. The video was directed by Christopher Erskine.

Track listing

1. "Smile" (album version) - 3:58
2. "Smile" (Maserati Mix) - 4:01

Limited Edition US Promo CD

1. Smile (Rhythm Crossover Mix) 3:55
2. Smile (Radio Edit) 3:24
3. Smile (Rapless Edit) 3:50
4. Audio Bio 0:56

US Promo CD #2

1. Smile (Radio Edit) 3:24
2. Smile (Maserati Mix) 4:03
3. Smile (Mr. Mig's Club Mix) 3:47
4. Smile (Album Version) 3:57
5. Audio Bio 0:56

US Single

1. Smile (Album Version) 4:00
2. Smile (Maserati Mix) 4:05
   • Video Smile (Video)

US Maxi-CD

1. Smile (Mr. Mig's Extended Mix) 4:20
2. Smile (Radio Edit) 3:26
3. Smile (Dub Mix) 7:36
4. Smile (Maserati Mix) 4:04
5. Smile (Acappella) 2:30
6. Smile (Album Version) 3:57
   • Video Smile

US Vinyl, 12", Promo

• A1 Smile (Pull Extended Club Mix) 7:37
• A2 Smile (Pull Instrumental) 3:27
• B1 Smile (Pull KHz Remix) 3:27
• B2 Smile (Original) 3:57
• B3 Smile (Instrumental) 3:14

Europe CD

1. Smile (Radio Edit) 3:24
2. Smile (LP Version) 3:57

Europe CD 2

1. Smile (Radio Edit) 3:24
2. Smile (Mr. Mig's Club Mix) 3:47
3. Smile (Rapless Edit) 3:34
4. Smile (Maserati Mix) 4:03

Smile 2005

A 2005 remix "Smile 2005" featured in film Aquamarine

Aquamarine (film)

Aquamarine is a 2006 Australian-American teen fantasy comedy film starring Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, and Joanna "JoJo" Levesque . The film, which was made in both the United States and Australia, was released in North America on March 3, 2006...

(2006).

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	18
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	21
New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...  Singles Chart	13
Australian ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...  Singles Chart	138
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	29