Who here still listening to this MAJESTIC MASTERPIECE in 2024 ....lets go JUDY!!! 😍

She was asking us to smile while her eyes were fighting tears. The essence of the song, only Judy can accomplish that.

I just want to hug her close and tell her everything's going to be okay. The greatest female performer ever, in my opinion. She could do it all.

So moving, so stunning. But, remember, if not for Charlie Chaplin there would be no song.

Watching this for the millionth time to let Judy remind me that I don't have to choose between the hurt in me and the smile I wish to give; I can acknowledge both. This performance understands you and holds you. Not by music and word alone, but by being delivered to you by a human soul that understands pain.

Judy Garland and Nat King Cole sing this song better than anyone else. Judy's emotion is so heartfelt here what a performance.

So many singers today belt out songs so loudly like they're going to bust their pipes and all the endless vocal runs like they have a snake caught in their throat. Garland is a master class in true feeling in straight pure singing without all the bells and whistles. Volume that isnt jarring but stirring. Powerful but internal, not external.

No one delivered a song like Judy Garland!

Judy Garland sings a Charlie Chaplin song. Two very special geniuses, collaborating through time.

There is just something that very few ARTISTS can convey these days, like Judy Garland. To me, I can FEEL her emotional, turbulent, heartbreak and pain, that makes me want to cry for her, the World, and the unfairness of it all. Then she can makes me BELIEVE, she, I, and the World can smile, and keep on gently, persisting through it all, and we will be positive and get there. What a genius!

Is it ironic this made me cry? Wonderful

There is little to add to what's been said here by others, except how lucky we are to have this stunning performance captured in real-time, in front of us, as though we were standing just a few feet away from her. The camera does little except move in and out - there are no cuts, no fancy angles, just a single shot, capturing Judy's brilliance in one continuous take.

The crescendo of this song, controlled by Judy's voice almost exclusively, is nothing short of stunning.

my life is very very very very hard but still I'm smiling. :) :(

Judy's performance here is most likely from the early 1960's on her TV Show. It is an incredibly special rendition that only Judy could pull off. Right to her untimely death in 1969, she always put something extra behind every song that made each performance memorable and unique. RIP Judy

It's hard to smile when you realize that we are NEVER going to have this caliber of extraordinary talent and charisma ever again.

I was a very odd Millennial child: I loved the Golden Era of movies and my favorite actress was Judy. She was so easy to relate to. She didn't put on the pretense of being famous or anything special- she just was. Her voice always brings me back to watching her in my mom's sewing room: the hum of the sewing machine, the puff of the iron, the quiet cursing when she messed up. Now that she's gone, Judy speaks for her in this song. I've cried so many years in my life that I know they are but a temporary relief for very permanent pain. The only way to lessen the blow is to choose happiness, choose to smile. Thank you, Judy. I hope you can smile now without tears in your eyes. I'm trying.

She takes my breath away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 42 years later she can do that to me and many more and if you want to talk about some one else then get off here this is about Judy Garland.Rest in peace you are truly missed Barb.......

Incomparable. This song is supposed to make you feel like smiling, only Garland can bring you to tears with it. Brava!

A superb example of Garland's mastery of layering. With breathtaking candor she says: yes, I've known sadness and I'm singing about smiling. Then she inscribes the lyrics on our hearts. She is saying: smiling through pain is as difficult, perhaps, as your hearing me sing this song. But the smiling...and the hearing... are WORTH DOING. Note also how each time a lyric repeats, she gives it a different point of view. 'Tears' the first time are a child's. 'Tears' the second time are hers--and ours.

I've just cried my eyes out watching this.

There will NEVER be another like JUDY!!!

This is the song of her life. She went through so much in her life and had to grow up too fast plus the drug problems ,she got hooked because the media thought she was a better performer with them. From the time she was a kid until she died.

Now I'm smiling😂😂😂😂love you judy❤❤❤

才能あるがゆえの凄絶な人生…😔ジュディ、でも貴女は永遠に私達の心の中に生きているヨ❗☺️

A Beautiful Legend ❤️❤️

I remember my mother (of blessed memory) singing this to me when I was a little girl...I think of Mama whenever I hear this song. 🥲

I am in tears...my older sister used to sing this to me when I was really little after my nightmares....I miss her so much. This song used to make me feel better all of the time. It's the first time I have listened to it in nearly 20 years. BEST SONG EVER!

Her emotional "genius" was so vast and advanced that a lot of it escapes the attention and notice of ordinary people.

Best Version Ever

Just watched Cruella. Although I was fascinated by the song, I didn't bother to look for it because I was busy. Just a few minutes ago, I was free and so I looked for this song and I was stunned to learn that Judy Garland sang this particular version. I always pictured her as her youthful self. Young Dorothy. For some reason though, I felt sad knowing that an older Judy sang this. It seemed to me like she grew decades since I first watched The Wizard of Oz ten years ago, while I only grew ten years.

Such a darling person. Beautiful rendition. She should have gotten the oscar for A Star is Born. You can feel her vulnerability here. And her face is enchanting the way she sings and feels the song. She was so much more interesting in her looks than just a pretty face.

Best version of this song.

What a talented lady Judy Garland was. It's a shame what Hollywood did to her.

Judy could go from soft & soulful to stormy & passionate within a single song in the most special way, stunning performance of "Smile" from "The Judy Garland Show" an example of why this legendary show should have gone on for many seasons...simply the greatest singer of them all!

I adore this woman! Even in after gone so many years. She "feels" everything and sings with the most passion any singer could. I have tons of admiration and compassion for her.

She makes me glad when she sings smile. Kind regards worldcall.

quelle voix, superble heureuse d'avoir connu cette époque

One gorgeous lady - and NO one ever did a song justice like Ms. Garland. From time to time I like to think that Liza might stop by to read the comments and see just how much her mother meant to all of us... and that it would make her smile.

What makes her performance so wonderful is that she embodies that tension between sadness and happiness, which is the subject of the song. There is a point at about 2:23 where her demeanor changes slightly, and you can see she is fighting harder (through the song) to remain happy. She doesn’t just sing the song, she becomes the song.

Who still listening to this beautiful song in 2021?

La voix des anges !

50 plus years, and I still miss her. Always will.

Quelle Voix Sublime 🎉Judy il n'y en avait QU'UNE au monde ! Une 🌠🎆

She couldn't hide every trace of sadness. RIP Judy.

This is real craftsmanship. Her voice is powerful and effortless. The timbre, vibrato and timing are remarkable. What a talent.

My favorite version of this song! Love Judy!!

That voice always tugs at my heart ❤️!

Why does this song make me cry?

The best Smile Ever..Nobody sang this like her,

This song is about the potential of happiness. Regardless of how tough times are we smile to acknowledge the presence of joy. Remember that happiness comes from within not without.

Chaplin music score 1936. Lyrics written by Turner & Parsons 1954. The blending of 3 artists, two decades apart, collaborating on what's now a nearly timeless song, was one of the 20th century's best artistic chemistry's we'll ever experience.

A beautiful voice for all the ages.... R.I.P. Judy.... You had me at "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".....

Oh boy did I enjoy this! She is like a breath of fresh air. What emotions she has! This is why Barbara cannot touch this woman. Her emotions are just raw, along with an impeccable voice. I like hers and Diana's the best. It's not always about all those vocal dynamics, but the authentic emotions that are conveyed.

Beautiful song, beautiful voice..

De las mejores voces del siglo pasado canto actuó dio sangre en los diferentes escenarios Su voz aún me eriza mis pelos Grande Judy ❤

She's never going to leave me alone 😔, whatever she sang meant so much, especially over the rainbow 🌈 🎶 ✨️ 😌, my daddies classic, loved her, went far too soon xxx

One of the best, ever!

UNA GRAN CANTANTE Y UNA CANCION MUY BELLA.EPOCA DE ORO.

Un timbre de Voix Unique, une Star 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆comme on en fait plus !

It's like a mother telling her life story to her children, dun know why I'm tearing up😭

This is so perfect right now. My sister is an ICU nurse taking care of covid-19 patients. She's strong, very strong but even she breaks down in tears at everything they are facing at the hospital amidst this crisis. It is not easy to watch so many people die and knowing they can not even see their families one last time is heartbreaking. Me and my sisters and mother just watched the new Judy Garland movie before things got bad where we are. So I will send this to my sister, the nurse who's birthday is in just a few days time where she will spend it with the patients she is caring for and fellow frontliners and then alone in quarantine at home, in hopes it will brighten her day. What a time we are living in. Stay strong everyone. Find a way to help in your community in anyway possible. Follow health recommendations to not only reduce illness and death but to help those working so hard and putting their lives on the line trying to manage the situation for us all. A big thank you for all those people doing their part to make things better and not worse. And remember, Smile, every chance you get. Do it in defiance of hopelessness, of the fear and the uncertainty of these times. Do it in rebellion against the beast of chaos, smile a knowing smile though the face before you may only snarl and do not go gentle into that good night, but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Uplifting and heartbreaking at the same time and in equal measure.

This song breaks my heart and I love it.

Judy also did a superb version of this song SMILE on the ED SULLIVAN SHOW in 1963

Judy Garland was born to sing this song.

Smile remember that is what music is all about so lets enjoy our Diva's no matter what they have or have not done! And let the beauty of all the Ladies music bring us together so the two of you can Stop all that negative and get into the positive Love that both Judy and Aretha gives to what is left of our World....Another words PEACE.

The 75 people who gave this thumbs down have NO taste!!! Judy was the best. they don't make them like her anymore.

You simply cannot teach the incredible, instinctive ability to bring out the subtle, hidden emotions in song lyrics like Judy Garland and her singing equals Karen Carpenter and Nat King Cole could do! You either have that God-given gift or you don't. It is as simple as that!

beautiful.

My face is lit with gladness because I am extremely glad to have the memories. Love is a beautifully sad thing though and hiding that sadness is hard. I will Smile anyway. Thanks for the memories, Bug.

The incomparable Judy Garland ! No one comes close !

Writing this on 10th June 2022 - the 100th anniversary of her birth! What a great, great performer.

I read that Patsy Cline once said to one of the young, female country artists that she befriended, if you can’t sing with emotion, then find something else to do. Patsy must have loved Judy Garland.

Put on a happy face 😊

We will never hear great voices like hers!

ONE WORD-PERFECTION ❤️

LYRICS// Smile though your heart is aching Smile, even though it's breaking When there are clouds, in the sky, you'll get by If you smile, through your fear and sorrow Smile, and there'll be tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through If you'll.... Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear, may be ever so near, That's the time, you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile, If you'll just.... Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear, may be ever so near, That's the time, you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile, If you'll just.... Smile

Love the way she walks back svelte figure & sequined dress to piano. 0:41 transitioning to solution; rolls eyes up at "sun come shining through" 0:58; hear how she turns the 5th 1:05, "tear every so near" (leans in to mic) 1:32 followed by head-nodding resolve; & Judy's operatic ending; gosh she has pipes! #CharlieChaplin #JudyGarland

RIP Judy Garland ⚘⚘

Shes still relevant today

Wow wusste nicht das sie es gesungen hat 🙏🙏super Song 🙏💕

I heard this song for the first time in the 2014 Emmys and while I was listening I wondered if Judy ever sang this, it just seemed her style of song. To my happiness she did! I just love finding a Judy version of a song that I love! Same thing with Smoke gets in your eyes. Always a joy to hear Judy!

judy garland ... tremendous emotion and control of her emotions in that version of Smile

Judy + Charlie = perfection

my mom used to sing this to me

I am very sure that Judy and Nat will sing this wonderful song very often - somewhere oder the rainbow - and Charles will listen with tears in his eyes! R.I.P. you three will stay for ever in our hearts!

Nossa eterna Doroty! 👏👏👏

Beautiful song sung by Judy Garland

A great talent. It is pity that her life ended so tragically. It seems that she was never happy. The pressure of Hollywood.

Beautiful. Breaks my heart in a way. Always has. So much love in a simple song.

My mom sung this to me when I was little, it was our song

I'm so in love with this.... 🖤💋

Catherine Blair....your comments are so right! I've been apart of the Hollywood community since the 1950's, first through my parents, and then in my own work, and I can honestly say that no performer has EVER touched a heart, including mine, like the late, great Judy Garland!

A mais linda canção que me faz lembrar do meu inesquecível pai e minha amada mãe

Judy wonderful

Her singing is mesmeric!

yes indeed, she lived those words ...

2019.. you can feel all of Judy when she sings this and any song. That was the magic of Judy- you always felt her when she sang... not even Mariah, not Whitney could ever convey like she did..

Written by the most multi-talented entertainer of the 20th century - Charlie Chaplin.