Sara Smile

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"Sara Smile" is a soulful soft rock ballad by American duo Daryl Hall & John Oates that became one of their early breakthrough hits in the 1970s.

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Sara Smile canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
artist Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
breakthroughFor Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
chartPerformance Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit ⓘ
composer Daryl Hall ⓘ
John Oates ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception praised for soulful vocal performance ⓘ
recognized as one of Hall & Oates' signature songs ⓘ
describedAs soft rock ballad ⓘ
soulful ballad ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
features prominent vocal harmonies ⓘ
romantic lyrics ⓘ
smooth guitar work ⓘ
followedBySingle Do What You Want, Be What You Are ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre blue-eyed soul ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBside Soldering ⓘ
hasMusicVideo no original 1970s promo video widely known ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy After 7 ⓘ
Jimmy Wayne ⓘ
includedInAlbum Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
inspiredBy Sara Allen ⓘ
isEarlyHitFor Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber RCA PB-10490 ⓘ
linked to: RCA
language English ⓘ
length approximately 3 minutes 7 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Daryl Hall ⓘ
John Oates ⓘ
peakPositionOnBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
performer Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
precededBySingle Camellia ⓘ
producer Christopher Bond ⓘ
Daryl Hall ⓘ
John Oates ⓘ
recordingPeriod mid-1970s ⓘ
recordLabel RCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1975 ⓘ
releaseType single from album ⓘ
singleReleaseDate 1976 ⓘ
subjectOf cover versions by various artists ⓘ
vocalStyle blue-eyed soul vocals ⓘ

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