Please Smile Again

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"Please Smile Again"
Break the Rules
B-side
  • Cross Over
  • (TK original mix)
ReleasedOctober 4, 2000
RecordedLarrabee Sound Studios
TK Disc
Length25:26
LabelAvex 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

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)

Release Chart Peak position First week sales Sales total
October 4, 2000 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 2 94,520 216,960

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). 493. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 8. December 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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