Edit 2 for headphones. Source of the edit is on the Japanese mini lp "Between The Buttons" (us version 2006 remaster uicy-93023). Edit to enjoy the organ & bass even more intensely. I so really dig this song. It's nearly perfect. It is fabulous. Real great organ & real great bass performance. A natural born singer, Mick Jagger.
Recorded August 3-11, 1966, released on "Between The Buttons" * in February of 1967.
Organ: Brian Jones. Bass and backing vocals: Keith Richards. Lead vocals: Mick Jagger. Piano: Jack Nitzsche. Drums: Charlie Watts. (The only Rolling Stones' song without guitar, says monsieur Big Sky.)(Merci beaucoup!)
"Between the Buttons" was called 'among the greatest rock albums' by Robert Christgau, who later included it in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). He also wrote of the album for Rolling Stone magazine's "40 Essential Albums of 1967": "[T]his underrated keeper is distinguished by complex rhymes, complex sexual stereotyping, and the non-blues, oh-so-rock-and-roll pianos of Ian Stewart, Jack Nitzsche, Nicky Hopkins, and Brian Jones." AllMusic's Richie Unterberger hailed it as one of the Rolling Stones' "strongest, most eclectic LPs". In a retrospective review for Entertainment Weekly, David Browne called the album "a cheeky set of sardonic Swinging London vaudeville rock", while Billboard magazine's Christopher Walsh wrote that "it's brimming with overlooked gems, the band delivering a captivating blend of folky, Beatles-esque pop and tough bluesy rockers." Tom Moon wrote in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) that the album was "lighter and thinner" than Aftermath and, "having belatedly discovered pop melody, Jagger and Richards were suddenly overdosing on the stuff." Music scholars Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon observed baroque pop and music hall on the album. Jim DeRogatis included Between the Buttons in his 2003 list of the essential psychedelic rock albums.
In 2003, Between the Buttons was ranked number 357 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Based on such rankings, the aggregate website Acclaimed Music lists it as the 715th most acclaimed album in history.
SHE SMILED SWEETLY
(Jagger/Richards)
why do my thoughts loom so large on me?
they seem to stay, for day after day
and won't disappear, I've tried every way
but she smiled sweetly
she smiled sweetly
she smiled sweetly
and says don't worry, oh, no no no
where does she hide it inside of her?
that keeps her peace most every day
and won't disappear, my hair's turning grey
but she smiled sweetly
she smiled sweetly
she smiled sweetly
and says don't worry
"there's nothing in why or when
there's no use trying, you're here
begging again, and ov'r again"
that's what she said so softly
I understood for once in my life
and feeling good most all of the time
'caus she smiled sweetly
she smiled sweetly
she smiled sweetly
and said don't worry, oh, no no no
oh, no no no
oh, no no no
