Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

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“Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)”
Single by Van Morrison from the album Saint Dominic's Preview
A-side	"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"
B-side	"You've Got the Power"
Released	August 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Folk Rock, R&B
Length	2:56
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	Van Morrison
Producer	Van Morrison, Ted Templeman
Van Morrison singles chronology
"(Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball" (1972) "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" (1972) "Redwood Tree" (1972)
Saint Dominic's Preview track listing
"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" (1) "Gypsy" (2)

“Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)”
Single by Dexys Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express from the album Too-Rye-Ay
A-side	"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"
B-side	"Let's Make This Precious"
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	New Wave
Length	3:03
Label	Mercury Records
Writer(s)	Van Morrison
Producer	Kevin Rowland, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley
Dexys Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express singles chronology
Come On Eileen "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" Let's Get This Straight From the Start

"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" is the opening tune on Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison's 1972 album, Saint Dominic's Preview. It was released as a single and charted at #61 on the US Hot 100, with the rare B-side "You've Got the Power".

It was inspired by a line in Jackie Wilson's song "Reet Petite".^[1] John Collis says this about the song, "The exuberant scat phrase kicking off the first track, "Jackie Wilson Said", hotly pursued by a confident, big band r'n'b arrangement, promises well."^[2]

Contents 1 Appearance on other albums 2 Personnel on the original recording 3 Covers 4 In the media 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Appearance on other albums

• It was included as one of the songs on Morrison's 1990 multi-platinum compilation album, The Best of Van Morrison.
• "Jackie Wilson Said" was one of the songs included on the 2007 compilation album, Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits.
• A re-mastered version of this song is the opening track on the 2007 compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.

[edit] Personnel on the original recording

• Van Morrison - vocals, rhythm guitar
• Bill Church - bass
• "Boots" Rolf Houston - tenor saxophone
• Doug Messenger - guitar
• Mark Naftalin - piano
• Rick Schlosser - drums
• Jack Schroer - alto, baritone saxophones

[edit] Covers

In 1982, British Pop band, Dexys Midnight Runners recorded and released a cover version of "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" on their Too-Rye-Ay album. The song was later released as the follow up single to the #1 hit "Come On Eileen" and reached #5 on the U.K. charts. They performed the song on the British sitcom The Young Ones.

[edit] In the media

• This song was featured in the 1984 movie, The Pope of Greenwich Village and the opening theme of Queens Logic (1991).

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Hinton, (1997) p141
2. ^ Collis, (1996) p132

[edit] References

• Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X
• Collis, John (1996). Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, Little Brown and Company, ISBN 0-306-80811-0

[edit] External links

• Lyrics and Audio samples 1970s, Saint Dominic's Preview