"Smile" is a song written by
Keith Follesé
Keith Follesé (born 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American songwriter and co-founder of Midas Records Nashville.
Early in his career, Follesé recorded with his wife, Adrienne, on A&M Records. They never released an album, and moved to ...
and
Chris Lindsey
Christopher Marsh Lindsey is a Grammy nominated American country music songwriter and record producer. He has created major hits for Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kellie Pickler, Keith Urban, Tim McG ...
, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
band
Lonestar
Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music group from Nashville, Tennessee. The group consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (keyboards, acousti ...
. It was released in October 1999 as the third single and 10th track from their third album ''
Lonely Grill
''Lonely Grill'' is the third studio album by American country music group Lonestar, released in the United States on June 1, 1999 by BNA Records. It reached number 28 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and number three on the Top Country Albums char ...
''.
The song reached the top of the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart.
Music video
The music video was directed by
Trey Fanjoy
Trey Fanjoy is an American music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV. She is the first woman to win the Country Music Asso ...
, and premiered on CMT on October 30, 1999, during "The CMT Delivery Room". A portion of their previous single "
Amazed
"Amazed" is a song by American country music group Lonestar, released on March 22, 1999, for country radio as the second single from their third studio album ''Lonely Grill'' (1999). The power ballad is the band's longest-lasting number one sing ...
" was played at the beginning of the video.
Charts
Year-end charts
References
1999 singles
1999 songs
Lonestar songs
Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy
Song recordings produced by Dann Huff
Songs written by Keith Follesé
BNA Records singles
Songs written by Chris Lindsey
Country ballads
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