Smile a Little Smile for Me

"Smile a Little Smile for Me" is a 1969 song by The Flying Machine. It reached No. 5 in the U.S. during the fall of the year. It also hit No. 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[4]

"Smile a Little Smile for Me"
Single by The Flying Machine
from the album The Flying Machine
B-side"Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long"
ReleasedApril 11, 1969 (UK)[1]
June 1969 (US)[2]
GenrePop rock[3]
Length2:55
LabelPye (UK)
Congress (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tony Macaulay
The Flying Machine singles chronology
"Smile a Little Smile for Me"
(1969)		 "Baby Make It Soon"
(1970)
Music video
"Smile a Little Smile for Me" on YouTube

"Smile a Little Smile for Me" was a bigger hit in Canada. It reached number four on the pop singles chart[5] and number six AC.[6]

Chart history

Weekly charts
Chart (1969–70) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[7] 51
Canadian RPM Top Singles[5] 4
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 6
South Africa (Springbok)[8] 18
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 5
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 6
US Cash Box Top 100[10] 5

Year-end charts
Chart (1969) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[11] 64
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 76
US Cash Box [13] 68

References
  1. "The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. "The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me". 45cat.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. Smile a Little Smile for Me at AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 88.
  5. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada – Top Singles, November 22, 1969". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  6. Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.fc.ca.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 114. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  10. "Cash Box Top 100 11/29/69". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  11. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  12. "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  13. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1969". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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