The The - Uncertain Smile (Audio) 

This piano solo is actually a HUGE part of my life. CANNOT tell you how many times I have played it and turned people onto it. So fun.

I've spent days on the internet searching for this song because the piano solo was stuck in my head. Visited my mom this morning and told her about the issue and she was like: "oh, you mean Uncertain Smile by The The?"

When you wish the song would never end...

this is the the

RIP and respect to all your friends who you listened to this song with from the 80s, who haven't made it to 2024. Be a bit sad, but mainly be happy remembering the great times.

This was part of the music to my wedding in 86. I listened to it endlessly on the flight to Hong Kong to join my husband. ♥️

I just realized that I first listened to this 32 years ago. Still feels like I just discovered this masterpiece. Unbelievable...

Every track on this album is so fresh, never dates , always makes me feel good

As many others have remarked, this song has an incredible piano solo. Yes, crank it up! The The was a unique 80s New Wave band, and appeared just at the right time in my early 20s when I was wrestling with so much. The Soul Mining tunes, especially Uncertain Smile and This is the Day, continue to take me places no other music can.

Got the album . Absolutely stunning. The bass line and piano line is sublime.

One of the best songs ever heard by ears. Quintessential 80's yet timeless. Perfection.

C’est vraiment une pièce qui m’a marquée au cours des années 80

Remember walking into Wax Trax records in Chicago in 1983, freshman year at Lincoln Park H.S. and hearing this piano solo...spellbound 🎹 🎹 🙏

It’s a sophisticated tune from a sophisticated album. I understand the focus on Jools Holland on this - he seems to play from above. What’s interesting is the Gershwin. And it’s such a punch to hear jazz and major chord rumbling at the same time. So much fun. Thanks Jools. But Christ- thanks Matt for this complicated, beautiful lozenge of a song. I adore it.

Its weird how one unsearched for song can bring a whole clutch of memories you haven't thought on in forever. This song brings back smells of lunch counters from my childhood, long closed down and remodeled or lost. Yet this song brings them that much closer, thank you the The.

That piano solo puts my antidepressant to shame 😄. Thank you, Jools! Off to get my headphones to enjoy it even more and fill my head with happy notes!

I've never heard such beautiful piano playing

Matt's a great singer. Has the sound of Lloyd Cole and Commotions. Great track.

This is my husband and my favorite song that we share. Oddly enough, I’m into pop/ techno/ new wave, & he likes jazz, classical, experimental.

I felt surprised that the time on the clock was the time... Because I was transported back in time to 1984 as a 19 year-old in Santa Cruz, California where a surfing buddy of mine played this song while we were smoking some NorCal green. Awesome song, great band, good memories!

This album is one of my all time favourites - the whole album is just indescribably evocative and this song is just the best.

This song is awesome, it literally leaves me in awe. I can't get over the impact it has had on me. Thanks Dad for introducing me to one of, if not the greatest songs of all time!

Masterpiece

A very nice song. Thanks RU-vid for showing this to me. Really.dig 80s era. It was a decade.in music that I believe birthed numerous genres. Cheers. Happy 2022.

Love this 🎵🎵 Music was so good in this era. Sends shivers down my spine and very theraputic. Brilliant music brilliant piano solo ❤

Good music brought you here ..

Friends: what bands you listen these days. Me: the The Friends:The...... Me: yes the the Friends: you are high again aren't you?

Tuve lla dicha de haberla bailado en las discos New wave de los 83s.

Jools killing it on the piano. Love this album.

My favourite album of all time

So many unheard records out there, such a same for these people who've not listened to The The. Music is either in you or not. Those that have it will find all the great ones like this.

Really love this song one of may favorite bands in the 80's...

That is so 80's! I love it!

40 years on still love it and this band there's longevity

If your not from the 80s you dont know this great anthem.Such genius!!!

This is what I listen to when life is getting me down and afterwards I feel like I’ve had a good cry - since the 80’s.

Always brings back memories of a hot summer, care free. Funny how one track can involk so many feelings.

I got this album in 1988. The The defined the 80s for me in a wonderful way. It was a great decade to be alive in and there was a lot of good music, but this music belongs in every decade from hereforth............................... Peeling the skin back from my eyes I felt surprised That the time on the clock was the time I usually retired To the place where I cleared my head of you But just for today I think I lie here and dream of you I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to swim and pull you out A howling wind that blows the litter as the rain flows As street lamps pour orange colored shapes, through your windows A broken soul stares from a pair of watering eyes Uncertain emotions force an uncertain smile I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to swim and pull you out

Que maravilla de piano

OMG that Piano piece....

A jewel, absolutely master piece

Suponho que toda a gente se lembre onde e quando ouviu esta canção pela primeira vez. No meu caso, em Junho de 1985, em casa dum amigo. Fiquei fã dos The The para sempre. Devo ter ouvido "Soul Mining" 15 milhões de vezes desde então.

This was a hidden Gem that I heard when it came out. Took me years to find them again. What a masterpiece.

Best piano solo ever!

Get it. Got it. Good.

My father had a piano when i was a little kid , so he introducted me into good music like that Thanks dad

I'm a sucker for the bass in this song. So good.

I need a time machine ,back to the 80ths,no covid,just good music,and young again,perfect

My all time favourite song, best male vocalist of all time for me, never get tired of grabbing my hairbrush mic to sing along

An absolute masterpiece.

..one of the greatest bands which were never properly recognized..

james taylor with synths a beat machine ... and piano!!

This song reminds me of my youth and someone I loved. Uncertain emotions.......Peeling the skin back from my eyes I felt surprised That the time on the clock was the time I usually retired To the place where I cleared my head of you But just for today I think I lie here and dream of you I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to swim and pull you out A howling wind that blows the litter as the rain flows As street lamps pour orange colored shapes, through your windows A broken soul stares from a pair of watering eyes Uncertain emotions force an uncertain smile I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to swim and pull you out

guy on the piano lost his mind in the best way possible

One of my Favourite Songs and album! Ever! ❤😊

the genius of matt johnson!

This song is divided into two perfectly equal parts, and I cant for the life of me decide which one I adore more

When I play this, i make sure my neighbors hear all, specially the piano solo part, too.

Bought this album when it came out and its my go to for times when the headphones have to go on with a good malt whiskey. I've gone from cheap beer and crazy weekends to a big family and the joys that it brings and all with the sounds of matts Johnson and jools Holland on piano..... Fucking classic

I have owned Soul Mining on cassette, cd and now Vinyl. A constant musical companion to life's highs and lows for the past 40 years!

❤ a once in a lifetime piano 🎹 performance that l can listen to over and over again. As if my life 🧬 was in scripted in it. I'M FULFILLED 👌🇨🇺

best song to listen stone from Seattle to Portland bus.

Viva anos 80 viva the the

Greatest piano solo 4:13 of all time

No words... ❤️

This is the song my father hopes that we play at his funeral.

Who else cranks up this song during the piano solo?

Jools Holland did the solo in one hit , off the cuff. This song has never been far away.

Best song ever recorded. Yes, the competition is fierce, but honestly I can't think of anything more beautiful. Breaks my heart every time I listen.

First time ive heared this song was yesterday, love it how I missed this in the 80s i never know

People are all commenting on the piano solo and I have been searching for this song for over 15 years based solely on the snare/hi hat drop and that melody with heavy chorused guitar starting at 18 seconds....

Lyrics Peeling the skin back from my eyes I felt surprised That the time on the clock was the time I usually retired To the place where I cleared my head of you But just for today I think I lie here and dream of you I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to swim and pull you out A howling wind that blows the litter as the rain flows As street lamps pour orange colored shapes, through your windows A broken soul stares from a pair of watering eyes Uncertain emotions force an uncertain smile I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to swim and pull you out

I used to play this album in my Jag in the 80s constantly along with the art of noise.

Still sounds amazing all these years later. Never gets old.

In the quarantine I can earing this song that I loved so much at the 80's and Ireally, I can smell the cigars and the ambient's discotheque I liked by the grace of my loved neighbord because she smokes but me not...jajaja I'm drinking cava

Never heard this until today. For me, it's somewhere between The Smiths, Joe Jackson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Beyond amazing. 😍

I remember this song well, I always remember the great ones!!

Don’t forget the hypnotic bass line

Best song off the album and crank that piano solo!!!!

If i make it into heaven, I wanna go back and relive the 80s

great song. it sounds like it could have come out today instead of 35 years ago

Juste génial 👍

I love this tune

amoooooooooooooooooooooo

I remember the first time I this . I thought shit what a great song . I went straight and bought the 7" . Top shit song . Still stands up in 23' Sydney Australia 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘 27/10/2023

I saw The The at Gaspar's in Chicago in 1980 or so. I didn't really know who they were, but the show was great. Saw 999 there, too! Great memories!

A broken soul stares through a pair of watering eyes.... He's as real as it gets.

Hello Matt, How are you dear fellow...Loving your voice even more so - Rich! Loving Paul Hardiman and Zeke's work too. Did I ever get to say thankyou? Thank you! Love, love, love Camos

one of my favorities is their duet with Sinead, Kingdom of the Rain.

For ever

Jools Holland on the piano. Fantastic.

Best band from the 80s

The best from them.

Still a classic.........undrerated....

Die beste Version

Makes the hair stand up on my neck every time I hear this

A mi pareja le gusta mucho la música....y hace un tiempo me grabó un mp3 con música que le gustava...entre ellas esta obra maestra ....solo escuchar su melodía del principio ....pie so en él❤️ Le doy gracias para nseñarme este grupo tan SUPER!

Top ! Que de souvenirs.

A few years ago I fell hard for a beautiful girl. After a date that didn't lead to anything, but still in love with her and still talking occasionally, I listened to this song so much believing it's relevant to our situation. I heard it so much all the time and everywhere, and it's still associated with that time for me, during the period I was obsessed with both the girl and Uncertain Smile. Later turned out she came out as a lesbian haha

oui je l’aime beaucoup depuis la France et depuis longtemps