Uncle Kracker- “Smile”

While I thought Uncle Kracker sounded good with Kenny Chesney on their 2004 duet that reached #1 on the Billboard Charts, I never figured he would release a solo single on the country charts.  Then, I heard that he was planning it, but that did not materialize until now.  While it makes a good pop song, I never thought that “Smile” would be a country single.  The version that I have heard isn’t necessarily country, but it is very similar to a lot of today’s mainstream country from Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, etc.  While it is more pop than any other country artist, the fact is the lyric fits into country music.  It’s a love song all the way through and if the version playing on the country radio has a few changes to the instrumental to make it sound a little more country, then Uncle Kracker has a huge hit.  If Kid Rock can take a crappy summer tune to the Top 5, Uncle Kracker can get this song there.  Of course, Kid Rock benefited from the lack of any other true summer single on country radio in 2008 and wouldn’t have had the same success this summer.  Uncle Kracker has nothing that would keep this song from being a big hit with country fans.

Billboard Chart Peak Prediction- Top 5

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