Smoothie Song

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"Smoothie Song"

Single by Nickel Creek
from the album This Side
Released	2003
Genre	Progressive bluegrass
Length	3:20
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer(s)	Alison Krauss
Nickel Creek singles chronology
Speak (2003)	Smoothie Song (2003)	When in Rome (2005)

Smoothie Song was the third single by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek from their sophomore album, This Side. In 2002, it was nominated a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental. It reached #1 on the Billboard AAA Contempory Tracks chart, and was the first instrumental track to reach #1 on any Billboard chart.

[edit] Trivia

The song was written by Chris Thile.
It is the only instrumental song to ever become a single by Nickel Creek.
In the video, but not the recording, bass duties were taken over by Robert Trujillo, the bassist for Metallica.