Smith can be heard in the Applebee's Restaurant commercial that uses "I Like It Like That" and in Target's campaign, which uses "Bits and Pieces" : one of dozens of commercials he has made over the years, employing his distinctive "Smith sound." He also taped an interview and performance for a TV special on "The British Music Invasion" which aired in the U.S. on TLC in 2003. The Dave Clark Five are known as one of the most influential of the British groups and, as Steve Van Zandt points out, "they actually made the most powerful records of anybody. . . . They were a tremendous band."