Melanie Makes Me Smile
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| "Melanie Makes Me Smile" | |
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| Single by Tony Burrows | |
| B-side | "I'll Get Along Somehow Girl" |
| Released | April 1970 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:04 |
| Label | Bell |
| Songwriters | Barry Mason, Tony Macaulay |
| Producer | Tony Macaulay |
| "Melanie Makes Me Smile" | |
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| Single by The Strangers | |
| Released | June 1970 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | Fable |
| Songwriters | Barry Mason, Tony Macaulay |
| Producer | June Productions |
"Melanie Makes Me Smile" is a 1970 song written by English songwriters Barry Mason and Tony Macaulay. A version by Tony Burrows was released in April 1970,[1] and reached No. 87 in the US.[2][3] Macaulay also produced Burrows' single. Burrows had previously recorded Mason and Macauley's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (January 1970) as lead singer of Edison Lighthouse.[4]
A cover version of "Melanie Makes Me Smile" was released by Australian pop group The Strangers in June 1970,[5][6] and it became a top 10 hit there in September.[7][8]
Former First Edition singer Terry Williams covered "Melanie Makes Me Smile" in 1972. It was released as a single and reached the top 10 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart during the winter of 1973. It also charted in the US.