JAMES TAYLOR - YOU'RE SMILING FACE

YOU’RE SMILING FACE

JAMES TAYLOR

SONGWRITER: JAMES TAYLOR

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ÁLBUM: JT

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1977

 

          James Vernon Taylor(born March 12, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

            Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the Nº 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first Nº 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million copies in the US alone. Following his 1977 album JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work (including Hourglass, October Road, and Covers). He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.

Taylor is also known for his covers, such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" and "Handy Man", as well as originals such as "Sweet Baby James". He played the leading role in Monte Hellman's 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop.

          "Your Smiling Face" is a hit single by singer James Taylor. First available on the álbum JT, and released as the album's sophomore single in September 1977, "Your Smiling Face" peaked at number 11 in Cash Box magazine and at 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 near year's end. It reached number 11 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada. On Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, it reached number 6.

Whenever I see your smiling face

I have to smile myself

Because I love you, yes, I do

And when you give me that pretty little pout

It turns me inside out

There's something about you, baby

I don't know

 

Isn't it amazing a man like me

Can feel this way

Tell me how much longer

It could grow stronger every day

Oh, how much longer?

 

I thought I was in love a couple of times

Before with the girl next door

But that was long before I met you

Now I'm sure that I won't forget you

And I thank my lucky stars

That you are who you are

And not just another lovely lady

Set out to break my heart

 

Isn't it amazing a man like me

Can feel this way

Tell me how much longer

It could grow stronger every day

How much longer?

 

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today, whenever I see you smile at me

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today

Whenever I see your smiling face my way

No one can tell me that I'm doing it wrong today

No one can tell me that I'm doing it wrong today, no, no, darling

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

Ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye.