| "Inner Smile" | ||||
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| Single by Texas | ||||
| from the album The Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Across the Universe" | |||
| Released | 8 January 2001 | |||
| Format | CD single, Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, alternative rock, pop | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records MERCD 531 / MERDD 531 |
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| Writer(s) | McElhone / Spiteri Alexander / Nowles |
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| Producer | Johnny Mac, Gregg Alexander | |||
| Texas singles chronology | ||||
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Inner Smile is a song by Scottish pop group Texas, originally released on their 2000 album The Greatest Hits and co-written by Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels.[1] It was released as the second single from The Greatest Hits album in the United Kingdom and peaked at #6 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also featured in the final sequence of the feature film Bend It Like Beckham.[2]
The song was based on Gregg Alexander's unreleased demo "Inner Child" which was written and sung between 1995-1998.[3][4]
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The video, directed by Vaughan Arnell[7], is a homage to Elvis Presley (and specifically his '68 Comeback Special shows) with lead singer Sharleen Spiteri dressed as Elvis in his famous black leather suit and using prosthetics to resemble Elvis. It begins with Sharleen/Elvis turning on a TV (probably to see "the show", i.e. the video clip), then she/he begins to sing. It had some black and white stills showing her in distinct situations (in one of them, Sharleen/Elvis proudly holds a belt with the word "SHAR" instead of "ELVIS", formed with diamonds). In some scenes, she switches from her Elvis costume to another black leather outfit (without prosthetics). The video clip was shot in London in November 2000 with a live audience and with the band members playing different roles as musicians and/or audience members (with Spiteri portraying various groupies). In one of the scenes, Sharleen (as Elvis) sings along with Sharleen. It is often assumed this scene represents Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
The song is used for the theme tune of live Carling Cup football on Sky Sports for the 2011/12 Season
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