Smiley Faces

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"Smiley Faces"
"Smiley Faces" cover
Single by Gnarls Barkley
from the album St. Elsewhere
B-side(s) "Go-Go Gadget Gospel"
Released 17 July 2006
Format CD, Enhanced CD, download, 12"
Genre Alternative, Soul, R&B, hip-hop
Length 3:05
Label Warner Music
Writer(s) Brian Burton
Thomas Callaway
Producer(s) Danger Mouse
Chart positions
Gnarls Barkley singles chronology
"Crazy"
(April 2006)		 "Smiley Faces"
(July 2006)		 "Who Cares?" / "Gone Daddy Gone"
(November 2006)
Alternate covers
UK CD single 2 cover
UK CD single 2 cover

"Smiley Faces" is a song by Gnarls Barkley and is featured on their debut album, St. Elsewhere. It was released 17 July 2006 as the second single from that album in the United Kingdom (see 2006 in British music). As of recently, the single's music video is being tested on MTV, indicating that it is going to be re-released in the US.

Contents

[edit] Music videos

For the song there are two music videos:

  • an animation of smiley emoticons in a chatroom interacting with each other and
  • a mockumentary version showing a music historian (played by Dennis Hopper) and an A&R executive (played by Dean Stockwell) being interviewed about whether or not Gnarls Barkley (the person) exists and pondering over whether Gnarls Barkley is behind the music scene. The video shows musical acts and cultural events from the 1920s to the 1990s, with Cee-Lo and producer Danger Mouse in the background. The effect is similar to that of Woody Allen editing himself into archival film footage in Zelig.

Danger Mouse has spoken of Woody Allen's films, and Allen's auteur approach as having an influence on his music.

[edit] Formats and track listings

UK download/CD single 1 (WEA410CD1)

  1. "Smiley Faces"
  2. "Smiley Faces" (Live on Later with Jools Holland)

UK CD single 2 (WEA410CD2)

  1. "Smiley Faces"
  2. "Go-Go Gadget Gospel"
  3. "Crazy" music video (enhanced section)

UK 12" vinyl single (WEA410T)

  1. "Smiley Faces"
  2. "Go-Go Gadget Gospel"
  3. "Smiley Faces" (Instrumental)

UK download

  1. "Smiley Faces" (Instrumental) – 3:10

[edit] Charts

The song entered the UK Official Download Chart on 3 May 2006 at number 152 and is climbed the chart until its peak at number 12 on 9 August 2006.[1][2] It then entered the UK Singles Chart on July 16, 2006 at number 23 based on download sales alone, climbing to number 10 after the physical release was available.[3]

Chart (2006) Peak
Ireland Top 50 Singles[4] 9
UK Top 75 Singles 10
UK Top 200 Downloads 12
Australian ARIA Official Top 50 Singles Chart 38

[edit] Chart trajectories

UK Top 200 Downloads
Week 01 02 03 — 04 — 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position 152 87 136 — 188 — 124 85 48 29 20 16 14 13 12 17 24 32 36
Ireland Top 50 Singles
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position 41 9 10 13 16 25 28 40 43 45
UK Top 75 Singles
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position 23 10 14 15 14 23 33 40 45 53 69 75 * 57 72
Australian ARIA Singles Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position 38 46 76 92 123 157 188 ** 200 199 ** 172 152 92 55 51 51 192 ** 198

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The Official UK Top 200 Downloads", Yahoo!. URL last accessed on 2006-07-03.
  2. ^ "The Official UK Download Chart" BBC. URL last accessed on 2006-08-18
  3. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart" BBC. URL last accessed on 2006-07-30
  4. ^ "Irish Top 50 Singles Chart IRMA. URL last accessed on 2006-07-30

[edit] External links

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