Lily Allen has revealed the story behind her No1 single, Smile.

She wrote the song after her first love Lester Lloyd dumped her when she was 18 - and she ended up in the Priory clinic.

Lily told the Sun: "It's a situation many girls will relate to. I was really young and in love. I fell to pieces - trying to make him take me back, trying to make it work.

"I started to get depressed and anyone who suffers from depression knows that it can soon get so bad that you can't get out of bed.

"It was then that I checked into the Priory. That was really tough as I was an emotional mess."

But she added: "When I started writing music, Smile was the first thing I ever wrote.

"I always thought you should write about what you know, what's going on in your life, and this guy had taken up so much of my time and my emotions that the words just came pouring out.

"So the lyrics are definitely bitter-sweet. Of course, I never thought the record would chart - I didn't even think I'd get a record contract."

I was going to post a thread about Lily Allen...but I figured most Americans had never even heard of her. Interesting and inspiring story though...I quite like Lily's debut 'Alright, Still', 'Smile' being one of the stand-out tracks. She is a breath of fresh air in the stagnant music industry, and I hope she goes far.

So how long will it take for her to top America's charts? If she does,that is..

So how long will it take for her to top America's charts? If she does,that is..
Ages yet, for Sandi Thom has not hit the scene over there yet.

Oh, I thought you were talking about Eli Lily---

http://anxietydisorders.biz/images/prozac_box.gif

Yup, gotta get you one of them Eli Lily smiles!
:)

So how long will it take for her to top America's charts? If she does,that is..


Like bands like Blur or Supergrass, or more recent stars like Dizzee Rascal (even Robbie Williams wasn't that big in the U.S.), I think Lily's 'Britishness' which be lost on the Yanks. For one, they don't understand alot of the slang. But I dunno, I could be wrong. I do expect her to be pretty big in Australia, New Zealand and possibly Canada, though.

Oh, I thought you were talking about Eli Lily---

http://anxietydisorders.biz/images/prozac_box.gif

Yup, gotta get you one of them Eli Lily smiles!
:)
Will this bring a smile to your face?

Will this bring a smile to your face?


Both would bring a  :) to my face.

Both would bring a  :) to my face.

EY?!
I wouldn't glorify anti-depressants.

EY?!
I wouldn't glorify anti-depressants.


I feel so happy!!!  :) :) :) I feel like hugging everyone!!!

EY?!
I wouldn't glorify anti-depressants.

I would.  They saved my life.  The difference is I actually have severe clinical depression.  Big pharm pushes these powerful medications to people who don't really need them.  People used Prozac as a personality enhancer and then everybody panicked about Prozac-users jumping off bridges!  Nobody would consider taking anticoagulants if they did not have atrial fibrillation, but everybody wanted on the antidepressant bandwagon when they did not have depression, neurochemically speaking.  Well, if you take medicine for a condition you don't have, you could be risking your life.

If you have a problem with psychotrophic medications on principle, go tell it to Tom Cruise.  I'm not interested.

Anyway, I don't mean to hijack the topic....

I would.  They saved my life.  The difference is I actually have severe clinical depression.  Big pharm pushes these powerful medications to people who don't really need them.  People used Prozac as a personality enhancer and then everybody panicked about Prozac-users jumping off bridges!  Nobody would consider taking anticoagulants if they did not have atrial fibrillation, but everybody wanted on the antidepressant bandwagon when they did not have depression, neurochemically speaking.  Well, if you take medicine for a condition you don't have, you could be risking your life.

If you have a problem with psychotrophic medications on principle, go tell it to Tom Cruise.  I'm not interested.

Anyway, I don't mean to hijack the topic....

I agree with what you're saying but my point was that,on these boards,I have noticed alot of people (IMO) seem to be "proud" when they recite the numerous pills they take,and that's something that drives me up the wall.
Depression is a very serious matter and I just can't stand it when people glorify it,as if it makes them "superior" or something like that.
I remember talking to someone about depression and she goes:
Oh,I'm bipolar,you know what that is? I've tried to kill myself so many times but I never succeded..you know Da Vinci and Kurt Cobain were bipolar?They were artists.

I listened to a 30-second sample of her no.1 hit and I didn't like it- this song is from the same singer who said Madonna was "overrated"- yes Madonna may be overrated, but she wouldn't be as famous as she is right now if she hadn't been the artist she was. She also blasted James Blunt- hey Lily, at least James Blunt keeps his ego within limits when it comes to comments- and he was gracious enough to have a sense of humor about the airplay of "You're Beautiful" by saying "I'm going to be rude about this before anyone else has the chance -thank you so much for the award for most overplayed song."

I heard her other songs- they're not that good