"Inner Smile"
File:Inner Smile.jpg
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
Writer(s) McElhone / Spiteri
Alexander / Nowles
Producer Johnny Mac, Gregg Alexander
Texas singles chronology
"In Demand"
(2000)		 "Inner Smile"
(2001)		 "I Don't Want a Lover"
(2001 Remix)

"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]

Contents

Track listing [link]

[edit] CD1 (MERCD 531) [5]

  1. "Inner Smile" - 3:49
  2. "Inner Smile" (Extended 12") - 9:47
  3. "Across the Universe" (Live) - 4:13
  4. "Inner Smile" (Video) - 3:49

[edit] CD2 (MERDD 531) [6]

  1. "Inner Smile" - 3:49
  2. "Inner Smile" (Jules' Club Radio Mix) - 4:35
  3. "Inner Smile" (Stonebridge Classic House Mix) - 6:31
  4. "Inner Smile" (Rae & Christian Basement Mix) - 4:57

Music video [link]

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.

[edit] Charts [8]

Chart (2001) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 6

Use In Media [link]

The song is used for the theme tune of live Carling Cup football on Sky Sports for the 2011/12 Season.

In 2007, the song was used in adverts for the Crushed Silk and Jasmine variant of Bold laundry detergent.

References [link]

  1. ^ Texas - Inner Smile at Discogs
  2. ^ Bend It Like Beckham (2002) - Soundtracks
  3. ^ YouTube - Gregg Alexander (New Radicals) - Inner Child (Unreleased Demo)
  4. ^ Profile on Gregg Alexander
  5. ^ Texas - Inner Smile (CD) at Discogs
  6. ^ Texas - Inner Smile (CD) at Discogs
  7. ^ List of music videos directed by Vaughan Arnell on the director's webpage
  8. ^ https://www.chartwatch.co.uk/TopTen/acts/act02054.htm
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Inner Smile

by: Bend It Like Beckham Soundtrack

Yeah, yeah, yeah, ....
You gave me something
Like loving
And took me in so soon
You took my feelings
from nothing
Came back at noon
Just meet me
I'm ready
To show myself to you
So if I lose my patience
You must try to understand
(try to understand)
If I lose my patience
Ooooh yeaaaaaaaah
Refrain :
Cause you make me feel
Cause you make me feel wild
You touch my inner smile
You got me in the mood
So come and make your rule
And free me
You make my wishes
As much as
Your kisses make me blue
You've found my river
Now will you
Escape away too
But baby
I'm ready
I'm falling into you
So if I lose my patience
You must try to understand
(try to understand)
If I lose my patience
ooooh yeaaaaaaah
Refrain
Free me
Free me
Wooow wooow wooooow
Wooow wooow wooooow
Wooow yeaaaaaaaah
Cause you make me feel wild
You touch my inner smile
You got me in the mood
So come and make your rule
And touch my inner smile
Come get my inner smile, smile, smile
Yeaaaaah yeaaaaaaaah
Sometimes I need to be alone
There's times I need for you to phone
Sometimes you make me feel so high
There's times I ask myself why




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