When You're Smiling

For other uses, see When You're Smiling (disambiguation).

"When You're Smiling" is a popular song written by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher and Joe Goodwin. First published in 1928, popular recordings were made by Seger Ellis (1928), Louis Armstrong (1929), and Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (1930).^[1]

"When You're Smiling"
Sheet music, 1928
Song
Published	1928 by Mills Music
Songwriter(s)	Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin

The lyrics and music of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.^[2]

It is the unofficial anthem of Leicester City Football Club, adopted by fans in the 1980s. As of 2022, the recording by Jersey Budd is played before the start of each home match.^[3]

Other notable recordings

Billie Holiday, here depicted in February 1947, recorded this song on January 6, 1938, with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra.

• Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers – recorded September 13, 1938,^[4] it reached the country charts in 1939. This version was sung by singer pianist Moon Mullican.
• Louis Armstrong – Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography (1956). In his recording from 1929, Armstrong tried to adapt the "white" style of Guy Lombardo through the inclusion of an expansive saxophone section sound.^[5]

See also

• Montgomery-Ward bridge