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“Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)” by Wedding Present
From the EP Corduroy (1990)
“Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)” by Wedding Present appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1990 on the EP Corduroy. Its best result is #7 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #87 alternative song of 1990.
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On the Corduroy EP in 1990, the Wedding Present took a swing at "Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)", the glam rock single Steve Harley wrote, words and music both, and rode to number one in Britain with Cockney Rebel back in 1975. It's a song other acts can't leave alone: it has been covered more than 120 times, with Duran Duran and Erasure among the better-known takers.
Out of that whole crowd, though, this is the version Harley himself named as his favourite. For a cover, there's no higher review than a thumbs-up from the man who wrote the thing, and the Wedding Present walked off with it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990 | 50 |
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