Please Smile Again

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"Please Smile Again"
Please smile again.jpg
Single by Namie Amuro
from the album Break the Rules
B-side
  • Cross Over
  • (TK original mix)
ReleasedOctober 4, 2000
RecordedLarrabee Sound Studios
TK Disc
Length25:26
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s) Tetsuya Komuro
Namie Amuro singles chronology
"Never End"
(2000)
"Please Smile Again"
(2000)
"Think of Me / No More Tears"
(2001)

"Please Smile Again" is Namie Amuro's 17th solo single on the Avex Trax label. Although the single "Think of Me / No More Tears" (2001) was slated to be released in December, it was pushed back until the next year making "Please Smile Again" the last single to precede her 4th studio album, Break the Rules (2000). It was certified gold for 200,000 copies shipped to stores. [1]

Contents

Commercial tie-in

"Please Smile Again" was used in commercials for Meiji Fran products. "Cross Over" was used in cell phone MM TU-KA commercials. Amuro appeared in both ad campaigns.

Track listing

  1. "Please Smile Again (TK original mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:46
  2. "Cross Over (TK original mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:43
  3. "Please Smile Again (Jamaster A Mix)" (Remixed by Alex Baboo & Groovy Cat) – 6:37
  4. "Please Smile Again (TV mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:45
  5. "Please Smile Again (a cappella)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:35

Personnel

Production

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales total
October 4, 2000Oricon Weekly Singles Chart294,520216,960

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References

  1. "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年10月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. October 2000 Edition](PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. 493: 8. December 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)