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Please Smile Again

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Released
  
October 4, 2000

Genre
  
J-Pop

Format
  
CD Single

Length
  
25:26

B-side
  
Cross Over (TK original mix)

Recorded
  
Larrabee Sound Studios TK Disc

"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.

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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

  • Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals
  • Tetsuya Komuro – synthesizer, keyboard
  • Ken Kimura – guitar

    • Production

  • Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
  • Arranger – Tetsuya Komuro
  • Mixing – Tetsuya Komuro
  • Remixing & additional production – Alex Baboo & Groovy Cat
  • Synthesizer programming – Akihisa Murakami, Toshihide Iwasa

    • Charts

    Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

    References

    Please Smile Again Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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