Can't Smile Without You
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"Can't Smile Without You" is a popular soft rock ballad best known from Barry Manilow’s 1978 recording, celebrated as one of his signature love songs.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
soft rock ballad
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artistAlbum |
Barry Manilow – Even Now
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ⓘ
Carpenters – A Kind of Hush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Barry Manilow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartingArtist | Barry Manilow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Chris Arnold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoff Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfPeakPopularity | 1970s ⓘ |
| describedAs | signature song of Barry Manilow ⓘ |
| firstRecordedBy | Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
I can't laugh and I can't sing
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I'm finding it hard to do anything ⓘ You know I can't smile without you ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Can't Smile Without You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Arista Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Chris Arnold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoff Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | ballad ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Barry Manilow's best-known love songs ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Barry Manilow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum |
A Kind of Hush
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Even Now NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Barry Manilow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Barry Manilow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1976
ⓘ
1978 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| theme |
love
ⓘ
romantic devotion ⓘ |
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