Song · Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
“Make Me Smile” by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
“Make Me Smile” by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel appears on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2001 and 2006. Its best result is #27 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,435 alternative song of all time.
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"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" came out on EMI on 31 January 1975, the lead single from The Best Years of Our Lives, the third album by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. Harley wrote it and produced it alongside Alan Parsons, and by February it was sitting at number one in the UK, on its way to nine weeks in the Top 50.
It never really went away after that. The song counts among the most-played records in the history of British broadcasting, had sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide by 2015, and has drawn more than 120 cover versions, with Duran Duran and Erasure among the best known. Harley said his own favorite was the one by the Wedding Present.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 46 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 90 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2005 | 88 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) | 100 |
| 2006 | 139 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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