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"Smile Like You Mean It"
Single by The Killers
from the album Hot Fuss
Released	2 May 2005
Format	CD
Length	3:55
Label	Island/Lizard King
Producer(s)	???
Chart positions
#15 (US Modern Rock) #11 (UK Singles Chart)
The Killers singles chronology
"All These Things That I've Done" 2005	"Smile Like You Mean It" 2005	"When You Were Young" 2006

Smile Like You Mean It is a synthesized song by Las Vegas rock band The Killers. The song features on their debut album Hot Fuss and is the fourth and final single from it in the United Kingdom and the United States. It reached #11 in the UK single chart and #15 in the Billboard U.S. Modern Rock Chart. It also received substantial radioplay in Australia.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 7": Lizard King / LIZARD015X (UK) 1.2 CD: Lizard King / LIZARD015 (UK) 1.3 CD: Lizard King / 9882023 (Australia) 1.4 12": Lizard King / LIZARD015Y (UK) 2 Music video 3 Other 4 External Links

1. "Smile Like You Mean It"
2. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town [Radio 1 Session]"

1. "Smile Like You Mean It"
2. "Get Trashed"

1. "Smile Like You Mean It"
2. "Change Your Mind"
3. "Mr Brightside [The Lindbergh Palace Radio Remix]"

1. "Smile Like You Mean It [Ruff & Jam Eastside Mix]"
2. "Mr Brightside [Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub Mix]"

The music video for this song shows ghostly figures of the band wandering around a house that the characters of the song presumably used to live in. Various party-goers dance and old memories are recalled while Brandon Flowers sings to the camera. While these extras are oblivious to being watched throughout the video, at the end they turn to the camera to look at the viewer while the band fades away.

This video fits in with the suggested meaning of the song where one recalls better times, although others have suggested the song is about suicide or looking back after death. A more literal interpretation is that the song describes an empty relationship.

• Despite being released after 'All These Things That I've Done', the song performed better than its predecessor in the UK Charts.

• The song appeared on the second The O.C. soundtrack.

• It was covered by David Gray.

• It was covered by Tally Hall for the sixth The O.C. soundtrack.

• MusicOMH Song Review

• Smile Like You Mean It Fanlisting

• Smile Like You Mean It on YouTube

The Killers
Brandon Flowers | Dave Keuning | Mark Stoermer | Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Discography
Albums: Hot Fuss | Sam's Town
Singles: "Somebody Told Me" | "Mr. Brightside" | "All These Things That I've Done" | "Smile Like You Mean It" | "When You Were Young" | "Bones" | "A Great Big Sled" | "Read My Mind" | "For Reasons Unknown"
Related articles
Marrakesh Records | Island Records | Las Vegas | "Crystal"
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