You Just Can’t Smile It Away
~ Recording by Bill Withers
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:41 | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 28AP 3032 |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | ?:?? | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | FCT 39887 |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:43 | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | FC 39887 |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:43 | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 39887 |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:41 | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 32DP 267 |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:41 | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| Sony Records (Japanese imprint) | SRCS-6132 |
| 1.14 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:41 | Bill Withers | The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 63852 |
| 2.12 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:42 | Bill Withers | The Ultimate Bill Withers Collection | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 500604 2 |
| 1.14 | You Just Can't Smile It Away | 4:41 | Bill Withers | The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.11 | You Just Can't Smile Away | 4:42 | Bill Withers | The Very Best of Billy Paul & Bill Withers | Billy Paul & Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 757174 |
| 2.7 | You Just Can't Smile It Away | 4:42 | Bill Withers | Mastercuts Gold: Best of Bill Withers | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Pinnacle (distributor & label) | |
| 4.11 | You Just Can't Smile It Away | 4:42 | Bill Withers | Les Quatre Plus Grandes Légendes de la Soul | Billy Paul & Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.7 | You Just Can't Smile It Away | 4:42 | Bill Withers | Mastercuts Gold: Best of Bill Withers | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Apace Music | MCUTGCD02 |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:43 | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me (Apple Digital Master) | Bill Withers | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:43 | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 9.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:42 | Bill Withers | Bill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 9.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:42 | Bill Withers | The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.7 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | ?:?? | Bill Withers | Watching You Watching Me | Bill Withers | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | SICP-4859 |
| 1.14 | You Just Can’t Smile It Away | 4:41 | Bill Withers | The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me | Bill Withers | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
Relationships
| engineer: | Ed Cherney Keith Seppanen (Engineer) |
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| producer: | Bill Withers |
| solo saxophone: | Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist) |
| synthesizer [synthesizer strings]: | Robbie Buchanan |
| synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7]: | Paul Smith (keyboardist/producer, worked with Bill Withers and Idris Muhammad) |
| background vocals: | Edie Lehman Kate Markowitz |
| vocals: | Bill Withers |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1985) |
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| recorded at: | Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Yamaha R&D Recording Studios |
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| edits: | You Just Can’t Smile It Away |
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| recording of: | You Just Can’t Smile It Away |
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Related works
You Just Can’t Smile It Away
| lyricist and composer: | Bill Withers |
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| publisher: | フジパシフィックミュージック Bleunig Music (from 1985 to present) |
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