I Love Your Smile by Shanice Song Info
I Love Your Smile" is a hit single recorded by Pop/R&B singer Shanice and released in 1991 as the first single from her album Inner Child. The song features saxophonist Branford Marsalis. It met success in many countries, including U.S. "I Love Your Smile" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, blocked by Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" and topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. In the Netherlands, the song peaked at the top of the Dutch Top 40. In the United Kingdom, "I Love Your Smile" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, blocked by Shakespear's Sister's "Stay". The song also peaked within the top ten on the charts in France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Australia and Austria. It went to number one on the Billboard R&B charts, where it stayed number one for 4 weeks in December of 1991. To date, it is her best known and most successful hit. Talib Kweli referenced the song in his single "Hot Thing". In the music video, Shanice is in a studio having several pictures taken by a photographer. One scene shows her in a leather jacket, another has her sitting in a chair in front of a microphone stand, and another has her dancing with several backup dancers. In the middle of the video, Shanice walks through the park and the photographer hides behind a tree while he takes more pictures of her. At the end, Shanice offers to take a picture of a family, and then takes a picture of the photographer. In 1992, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. In 1992, the song was during halftime of Vintage Sports coverage of the Philippine Basketball Association on PTV-4. It was Game 5 of the PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals between San Miguel Beermen and Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs. It was featured the smiles at the NASA Arena including the fans, celebrities (including Willie Revillame and Ruby Rodriguez), the dancers, Samboy Lim and others. "I Love Your Smile" was covered by Dutch r'n'b group duo R'n'G in 1998 for a tribute album "Hands on Motown", by Tiffany Evans in 2004 for her self-titled first EP, by Kaori Kobayashi in 2005 for her debut album "Solar, Kaori's Collection", by Jakob Elvstrøm in 2009 for his album "SaxClub vol.1" and by Ukrainian singer Julia Voice in her 2010 song "Vse o lyubvi", and by metal band Goblin Cock in 2018.
