When I See You Smile - Music
When I See You Smile by Bad English
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Bad English Was An American Arena Rock Band Formed By Three Ex-Members Of The Power Pop Band The Babys Jonathan Cain John Waite And Ricky Phillips Now In Styx Along With Journey's Rock Guitarist Neal Schon. The Group Is Perhaps Best Known Today For The Career-Defining Power Ballad "When I See You Smile". Although Their Late 80s And Early 90s Success Proved Short-Lived They're Also Still Famous As One Of The Most Popular Supergroups In U.S. Music History Alongside Cream Asia And Others. The Band's First Self-Titled Album Was Released In 1988 And It Met With A Great Fan Response As Well As Gave The Band Two Hit Singles In The United States "When I See You Smile" And "Price Of Love". Positive Reviews Followed By Massive Tours Built Up Immense Expectations About The Songwriting Talent Of The Band In Their Future Endeavors. However On Their Second Album Entitled 'Backlash' The One And Only Single Failed To Enter The U.S. Top 40 Peaking Instead At Only Number 42. Critical Views Were Also Mixed On The Release. Soon After The Band Recorded Their Second Album 'Backlash' In 1991 The Group Disbanded. Members Went Their Separate Ways Even Before The Album Could Be Mixed. In A Later Interview Frontman John Waite Said That While He Enjoyed Playing To Stadium-Sized Audiences Again He Wasn't Happy With The Somewhat 'corporate Rock' Image That The Bad English Had Been Tagged As Having. He Has Since Had A Solo Career Focused More On Mellower Singer-Songwriter Music.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: When I See You Smile
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"When I See You Smile" Is A U.S. Number One Hit For The Group Bad English From Their Self-Titled Debut Album And Was Written And Recorded By Diane Warren On May 27 1988 In California. It Is A Power Ballad. In 1992 16-Year-Old Reggae Artist Singing Sweet Scored A Hit With A Cover Version In Jamaica And On The Dancehall Scene In The United States. 1 Other Covers Were Released In 1998 By Uncle Sam On His Debut CD And In 2006 By Clay Aiken On His CD A Thousand Different Ways. In August 2007 The Dutch Producers Duo P&A Remixed 'when I See You Smile' Into A Dance Version. In 2008 Nina Girado Recorded Her Own Version Of The Song For Her Album Nina Sings The Hits Of Diane Warren.
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Bad English Was An American Arena Rock Band Formed By Three Ex-Members Of The Power Pop Band The Babys Jonathan Cain John Waite And Ricky Phillips Now In Styx Along With Journey's Rock Guitarist Neal Schon. The Group Is Perhaps Best Known Today For The Career-Defining Power Ballad "When I See You Smile". Although Their Late 80s And Early 90s Success Proved Short-Lived They're Also Still Famous As One Of The Most Popular Supergroups In U.S. Music History Alongside Cream Asia And Others. The Band's First Self-Titled Album Was Released In 1988 And It Met With A Great Fan Response As Well As Gave The Band Two Hit Singles In The United States "When I See You Smile" And "Price Of Love". Positive Reviews Followed By Massive Tours Built Up Immense Expectations About The Songwriting Talent Of The Band In Their Future Endeavors. However On Their Second Album Entitled 'Backlash' The One And Only Single Failed To Enter The U.S. Top 40 Peaking Instead At Only Number 42. Critical Views Were Also Mixed On The Release. Soon After The Band Recorded Their Second Album 'Backlash' In 1991 The Group Disbanded. Members Went Their Separate Ways Even Before The Album Could Be Mixed. In A Later Interview Frontman John Waite Said That While He Enjoyed Playing To Stadium-Sized Audiences Again He Wasn't Happy With The Somewhat 'corporate Rock' Image That The Bad English Had Been Tagged As Having. He Has Since Had A Solo Career Focused More On Mellower Singer-Songwriter Music.
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"When I See You Smile" is a U.S. number one hit for the group Bad English from their self-titled debut album and was written and recorded by Diane Warren on May 27, 1988 in California. It is a power ballad.
In 1992, 16-year-old reggae artist Singing Sweet scored a hit with a cover version in Jamaica and on the dancehall scene in the United States. [1] Other covers were released in 1998 by Uncle Sam on his debut CD, and in 2006 by Clay Aiken on his CD A Thousand Different Ways.
In August 2007 the Dutch producers duo P&A remixed 'when I see you smile' into a dance version.
In 2008, Nina Girado recorded her own version of the song for her album Nina Sings The Hits of Diane Warren. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.