Make Me Smile
| "Make Me Smile" | ||||
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| Single by Chicago | ||||
| from the album Chicago | ||||
| B-side | "Colour My World" | |||
| Released | March 1970 | |||
| Recorded | August 1969 | |||
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| Length | 2:58 (Original single edit) 4:43 (Album version) 4:25 (Only the Beginning edit) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | James Pankow | |||
| Producer(s) | James William Guercio | |||
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"Make Me Smile" is a song written by James Pankow for the rock band Chicago with the band's guitarist, Terry Kath, on lead vocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" song cycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album, Chicago (often called Chicago II), which was released in 1970. The song "Now More Than Ever", a separate track from the same song suite, serves as a reprise of the song and appears edited together with it on many later versions, including a single edit, on several greatest hits collections, and in many live performances.