Can't Smile Without You

Infobox Song
Name = Can't Smile Without You


Type = Song
Artist = The Carpenters
Album = A Kind of Hush
Released = June 11, 1976 (album)
September 9, 1977 (single)
track_no = 5
Recorded = A&M Records 1976
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:25
Composer = Chris Arnold; David Martin; Geoff Morrow
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Richard and Karen Carpenter
Tracks =
prev = Goofus
prev_no = 4
next = I Need to Be in Love
next_no = 6
Misc = | Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = A Kind of Hush
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "There's a Kind of Hush"
# "You"
# "Sandy"
# "Goofus"
# "Can't Smile Without You";Side two
# "I Need to Be in Love"
# "One More Time"
# "Boat to Sail"
# "I Have You"
# "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"

"Can't Smile Without You" is a song written by Christoph Arnold, David Martin, and Geoff Morrow, best known in its rendition by Barry Manilow.

"Can't Smile Without You" was the first single to be released from Manilow's album "Even Now" in 1978. The song was released as a single in 1978 where it reached the number one spot on the U.S. A&C, and the number three spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Previously, the song was recorded by The Carpenters on their album "A Kind of Hush" in 1976, and was featured as the B-side of their hit "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" the following year.

On behalf of the songwriters, publishing company Dick James Music sued George Michael for plagiarism in the mid-'80s, claiming that the 1984 Wham! single "Last Christmas" lifted its melody from "Can't Smile Without You." The case was settled out of court.

Jerry Lewis often sings the song on his annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, with altered lyrics that speak of their need for the viewers to call in their pledge.

The song has appeared in such films as "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo", "Unconditional Love", "Starsky & Hutch" and "".

In 2008, there was an attempt by Tottenham Hotspur F.C. supporters following their League Cup win to get the song to Number One, as they see this song as being a part of the club, with the words "Cant Smile Without You" being seen on many flags, banners, and websites as a slogan to the club.Fact|date=October 2008