Please Smile Again
"Please Smile Again" is Namie Amuro's 17th solo single on the Avex Trax label. Although the single "Think of Me / No More Tears" 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. It was certified gold for 200,000 copies shipped to stores.
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
- "Please Smile Again " – 4:46
- "Cross Over " – 4:43
- "Please Smile Again " – 6:37
- "Please Smile Again " – 4:45
- "Please Smile Again " – 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
Release | Chart | Peak position | First week sales | Sales total |
October 4, 2000 | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 2 | 94,520 | 216,960 |