Please Smile Again Explained

Please Smile Again
Cover:	Please smile again.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Namie Amuro
Album:	Break the Rules
Released:	October 4, 2000
Recorded:	Larrabee Sound Studios TK Disc
Length:	25:26
Label:	Avex Trax
Producer:	Tetsuya Komuro
Prev Title:	Never End
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Think of Me / No More Tears
Next Year:	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]

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)

Notes and References

1. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年10月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. October 2000 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . December 10, 2000 . 493 . 8 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140122032208/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200012.pdf . January 22, 2014 . January 22, 2014.