Keep On Smilin' (Wet Willie song)

"Keep On Smilin'"
Single by Wet Willie
from the album Keep On Smilin'
B-side"Soul Jones"
ReleasedMay 1974
GenreSouthern rock[1]
Length3:25
LabelCapricorn Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Jimmy Hall
  • Jack Hall
  • Ricky Hirsch
  • John David Anthony
  • Lewis Ross
Producer(s)Tom Dowd
Wet Willie singles chronology
"Keep On Smilin'"
(1974)
"Country Side of Life"
(1974)
Official audio
"Keep On Smilin'" on YouTube

"Keep On Smilin'" is a 1974 hit song by the American group Wet Willie. It was the title track of their third studio album.[2]

The song was also the first of their three top-40 singles and became their greatest hit. "Keep on Smilin'" reached No. 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and is ranked as the 66th biggest hit of 1974.[3] It also charted in Canada.

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 106. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/keep-on-smilin-mw0000025119#trackListing
  3. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974".