Something About Your Smile (song)

"Something About Your Smile"
Single by Tinchy Stryder featuring Cyleena Cymone
from the album Star in the Hood
Released 6 August 2007
Format Digital Download, CD single
Recorded 2006-2007
Genre Pop, hip pop, grime
Length 4:40
Label Takeover Entertainment Limited
Writer(s) Kwasi Danquah III (Composer)
Cylena Cymone (Co-Lyricist)
DaVinChe (Co-Lyricist)
Producer(s) DaVinChe
Tinchy Stryder singles chronology
"Breakaway"
(2007)
"Something About Your Smile"
(2007)
"Mainstream Money"
(2007)

"Something About Your Smile" is a single by grime vocalist Tinchy Stryder, released as the second single from his debut album, Star in the Hood on 6 August 2007.[1] The song features guest vocals from British singer-songwriter, Cylena Cymone, and despite not being a true grime track, it was well received by the grime scene.[1][2] The song was composed by Stryder, and written by Cylena Cymone and DaVinChe, and produced by DaVinChe.

Music video

Tinchy Stryder in a scene dancing alongside the lip-synching female in one of the scenes in the music video for "Something About Your Smile".

A music video was made to accompany the release of "Something About Your Smile". It was first released onto YouTube by Takeover Entertainment Ltd, on Thursday, July 5, 2007, at a total length of three minutes and forty-five seconds. The music video is set in computer-generated imagery and sees Tinchy Stryder’s ability to bring an upbeat and unique pop rap angle to his original grime sound, he then proceeds with rhymes over a melodic beat, cheeky lyrics and catchy hook. Although the song vocals are of Cylena Cymone, she does not feature in the video. A female in the video lip-sync's over, Cylena Cymone's vocals, then Stryder begins to dance alongside the female lip-synching the song, then a few females later appear in the video dancing. The producer of the song DaVinChe and a few members of Ruff Sqwad make a cameo in the video. The video has thus far reached over 2 million views as of Monday, October 17, 2011.[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Something About Your Smile" (Radio Edit) 3:51
2. "Something About Your Smile" (Explicit Version) 4:44
3. "Mainstream Money" (Album Version) 3:26
4. "Sick In Da Head" (Album Version) 2:56

References

  1. 1 2 Something About Your Smile. Grimepedia. Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011.
  2. Star in the Hood. Grimepedia. Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011.
  3. Something About Your Smile - Official Music video. Takeover Entertainment Ltd, YouTube. Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011.

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