"You Make the Whole World Smile" is a single by New Zealand singer/songwriter, Hammond Gamble, as part of the Red Nose Band, called "Hammond Gamble & The Red Nose Gang".
The song was the theme song for television adverts for Red Nose Day. The music video featured many famous New Zealanders lipsynching to the song in black and white.
This local tune has the distinction of being the only song in the New Zealand charts to ever hit number one twice in separate years. "You Make the Whole World Smile" first hit number one in August 1992 and exactly a year later it was number one again after having dropped out of the chart completely.It also was the only New Zealand song to reach number one in the two years. The song was also notable for knocking the song Can't Help Falling in Love by UB40 out of the number 1 spot it had held for 10 weeks, the UB40 song returned to number 1 the following week.
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Famous quotes containing the words world and/or smile:
“Upon entering my vein, the drug would start a warm edge that would surge along until the brain consumed it in a gentle explosion. It began in the back of the neck and rose rapidly until I felt such pleasure that the world sympathizing took on a soft, lofty appeal.”
—Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon)
“We are put there beside the three thieves
for the lowest of us all
deserve to smile in eternity
like a watermelon.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)