I remember folks being very upset with how Smile At You turned out on Say You Will. In my view, it shouldn't have even been in consideration for it in the first place. With Silver Springs, the song was fully produced and fully intended to be on Rumours. It just didn't end up being on the album.
I just listened to it yesterday and can see how people could dislike the end result. Everyone loves/loved the fire and passion from the Smile At You demo but it's impossible to take a song like that at that time was 20 years old and try to recreate it in a modern way. Thankfully, we got a clean release of the demo on the Rumours Super Deluxe package.
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