| "U Smile" | ||||
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| Single by Justin Bieber | ||||
| from the album My World 2.0 | ||||
| Released | August 9, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | November 26, 2009 Platinum Sound Recording Studios (New York City, New York) Triangle Sound Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
| Genre | Blue-eyed soul | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Island, RBMG | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Justin Bieber, Jerry Duplessis, Arden Altino, Dan August Rigo | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Duplessis, Arden Altino | |||
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| "U Smile" on YouTube | ||||
"U Smile" is a song performed by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was written by Jerry Duplessis, Arden Altino, and Dan August Rigo, and produced by Duplessis and Altino. The song was released as the second digital-only single from the latter half of Bieber's first album on March 16, 2010. It was released to mainstream radio in Canada on August 9, 2010, followed by a mainstream and rhythmic release on August 24, 2010, in the United States as the album's third single there.
The song, a piano- and-instrument driven blue-eyed soul ballad, garnered acclaim from critics as a standout track from the album. The song charted at seventeen and twenty-seven respectively in the United States and Canada, and later charted in the United Kingdom. Bieber performed the song as an intro to "Baby" on the ninth season of American Idol and on Saturday Night Live.