Get Smile Explained

Get Smile
Cover:Chisato Moritaka - Get Smile.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Chisato Moritaka
Album:Mi-ha
Language:Japanese
B-Side:Good-Bye Season
Recorded:1987
Length:4:18
Label:Warner Pioneer
Composer:Ken Shima
Lyricist:Hiromasa Ijichi
Producer:Yukio Seto
Prev Title:Overheat Night
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:The Mi-ha
Next Year:1988

is the third single by Japanese singer Chisato Moritaka. Written by Hiromasa Ijichi and Ken Shima, the single was released by Warner Pioneer on February 25, 1988.[1] [2]

The music video features studio clips and footage from Moritaka's 1987 debut concert Get Smile - Live at Nihon Seinenkan.[2]

Chart performance

"Get Smile" peaked at No. 28 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 14,000 copies.[3] [4]

Other versions

A rock arrangement of "Get Smile" was recorded on the 1989 greatest hits album Moritaka Land.

The live version of the song is arranged differently with a faster tempo and heavier instrumentals. This version was recorded as "Get Smile (Concert Arrange Version)" on the 1991 remix album The Moritaka.

Moritaka re-recorded the song on vocals and drums and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on January 2, 2013.[5] This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album Love Vol. 3.[6]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 「GET SMILE」(CT/EP/CD) . Chisato Moritaka Official Website . . 2020-04-04.
  2. Web site: Biography . Chisato Moritaka Official Website . . 2020-04-04.
  3. Web site: GET SMILE/森高千里 . . 2020-04-04.
  4. Web site: 森高千里(シングル) . Yamachan Land . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524164721/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/moritaka.html . Japanese . 2021-08-16. 2011-05-24 .
  5. 森高千里 『GET SMILE』 【セルフカヴァー】 . Chisato Moritaka . Moritaka . Chisato . . 2013-01-02 . 2020-04-04.
  6. Web site: 「デビュー25周年企画 森高千里 セルフカバーシリーズ "LOVE" Vol.3」 . Chisato Moritaka Official Website . . 2020-04-04.