"Something About Your Smile" is a single by
grime vocalist
Tinchy Stryder, released as the second single from his debut album, ''
Star in the Hood'' on 6 August 2007.
[''Something About Your Smile''](_blank)
''Grimepedia''. Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011. The song features guest vocals from
British singer-songwriter, Cylena Cymone, and was well received by the grime scene.
The song was composed by Stryder, and written by Cylena Cymone and
DaVinChe, and produced by DaVinChe.
Music video
A music video was made to accompany the release of "Something About Your Smile". It was first released onto
YouTube by
Takeover Entertainment Ltd, on Thursday 5 July 2007, at a total length of three minutes and forty-five seconds. The music video is set in
computer-generated imagery
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and sees Tinchy Stryder’s ability to bring an upbeat and unique
pop rap angle to his original
grime sound, he then proceeds with rhymes over a melodic beat, cheeky lyrics and catchy hook. Although the song vocals are of Cylena Cymone, she does not feature in the video. A female in the video
lip-syncs
Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced , the same as the word ''sink'', short for lip synchronization) is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements with sung or spoken vocals.
Audio for lip syncing is generated thr ...
over Cylena Cymone's vocals, then Stryder begins to dance alongside the female lip-synching the song, then a few females later appear in the video dancing. The producer of the song
DaVinChe and a few members of
Ruff Sqwad make a cameo in the video. The video has thus far reached over 2 million views as of Monday 17 October 2011.
''Something About Your Smile - Official Music video''
'' Takeover Entertainment Ltd'', '' YouTube''. Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011.
Track listing
References
{{Kwasi Danquah III singles
2007 singles
Tinchy Stryder songs
Songs with music by Tinchy Stryder
Takeover Entertainment singles
2007 songs