Who are some artists that covered the you make me smile lyrics?
“Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” is a song written and recorded by Steve Harley. It was originally recorded by his band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel on the album The Best Years of Our Lives and released as a single in 1975. In a television interview recorded in 2002, Steve Harley described how the lyrics are vindictively directed at the former band members, whom he felt had abandoned him[1][2]. The song has been covered many times, most notably by Duran Duran, The Wedding Present and Erasure. Suzi Quattro covered the song on her Aggro-Phobia album in 1976. A version by The Wedding Present peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #25 in 1990[18], as a track on the 3 Songs EP. Steve Harley was very positive about this version: “There are 120 cover versions of Make Me Smile, but only The Wedding Present have done it differently. They did a punk version and made it kick. They understood the venom in the lyrics.”[19] Robbie Williams recorded a medley of “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)”, “Y
“Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” is a song written and recorded by Steve Harley. It was originally recorded by his band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel on the album The Best Years of Our Lives and released as a single in 1975. In a television interview recorded in 2002, Steve Harley described how the lyrics are vindictively directed at the former band members, whom he felt had abandoned him[1][2]. The song has been covered many times, most notably by Duran Duran, The Wedding Present and Erasure. Suzi Quattro covered the song on her Aggro-Phobia album in 1976. A version by The Wedding Present peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #25 in 1990[18], as a track on the 3 Songs EP. Steve Harley was very positive about this version: “There are 120 cover versions of Make Me Smile, but only The Wedding Present have done it differently. They did a punk version and made it kick. They understood the venom in the lyrics.”[19] Robbie Williams recorded a medley of “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)”, “Y
