Just One Smile

{{Infobox song

| name = Just One Smile

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Gene Pitney

| album = I Must Be Seeing Things

| B-side = Innamorata

| released = 1965

| recorded = {{start date|1965}}

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length = 2:37

| label = Musicor Records (US)
Stateside Records (UK)

| writer = A-side : Randy Newman
B-side : Mimo Del Sud

| producer = Gene Pitney

| prev_title = (In the) Cold Light of Day

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = I'm Gonna Listen to Me

| next_year = 1967

}}

"Just One Smile" is a pop song written by Randy Newman in 1960.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxYiAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Gene+Pitney%22.+%22Just+One+Smile%22&pg=PA199 |title=Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era|publisher=Routledge |author=Bruce Pollock |page=199|date=2005|isbn=978-0415970730 }} An early version was recorded by Gene Pitney in 1965.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gene-Pitney-Just-One-Smile/release/4339045 |title=Gene Pitney - Just One Smile (Vinyl) |website=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}}{{cite web|author=Richie Unterberger|author-link=Richie Unterberger|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/on-vine-street-the-early-songs-of-randy-newman-mw0000783811 |title=On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=2008-04-01 |accessdate=2016-10-10}} It appeared on his 1965 album, I Must Be Seeing Things, and AllMusic noted that it "allowed Pitney to explore the extent of his dramatic range with its tale of the giddy highs and painful lows of a love affair".{{cite web|author=Donald A. Guarisco |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/looking-through-the-eyes-of-love-mw0000840083 |title=Looking Through the Eyes of Love - Gene Pitney | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}}

The song became a Top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, although it failed to register in the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 64.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/302676/gene-pitney/chart?page=1&f=379 |title=Gene Pitney - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}} "Just One Smile" was Pitney's seventh consecutive Top Ten hit single in the UK.

"Just One Smile" was covered by Blood, Sweat & Tears on their 1968 album, Child Is Father to the Man.{{cite web|author=William Ruhlmann |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/child-is-father-to-the-man-mw0000245285 |title=Child Is Father to the Man - Blood, Sweat & Tears | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}} That version was just one of a number of covers of the song, which have been recorded by Dusty Springfield, Eternity's Children, Walter Jackson, Sheena Easton, and the Sensations, amongst others.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/search/all/just%20one%20smile |title=Search for "just one smile" |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-10-10}} For example, Marcia Hines covered the song on her Ladies and Gentlemen album (1977).{{cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/marcia-hines/ladies-and-gentlemen/|title=Ladies and Gentlemen by Marcia Hines|website=Rateyourmusic.com|accessdate=23 November 2018}}

The original version of the song was recorded by the Tokens in 1965, on the B-side to their single, "The Bells of St. Mary's".{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Tokens-The-Bells-Of-St-Mary/release/7766785 |title=The Tokens - The Bells Of St. Mary (Vinyl) |website=Discogs.com |date=2016-10-06 |accessdate=2016-10-10}}