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" (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

"Please Smile Again (TK original mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:46
"Cross Over (TK original mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:43
"Please Smile Again (Jamaster A Mix)" (Remixed by Alex Baboo & Groovy Cat) – 6:37
"Please Smile Again (TV mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:45
"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	Chart Run
October 4, 2000	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2	94,520	216,960	20 weeks

References

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

Namie Amuro

Discography

Studio albums	Dance Tracks Vol.1 Sweet 19 Blues Concentration 20 Genius 2000 Break the Rules Style Queen of Hip-Pop Play Past<Future Uncontrolled Feel Genic

Compilations	Original Tracks Vol.1 181920 Love Enhanced Single Collection Best Fiction Checkmate! Ballada

DVDs	Filmography 2001–2005

Other related articles	Super Monkey's MAX Suite Chic Tetsuya Komuro

Namie Amuro songs

Sweet 19 Blues	"Body Feels Exit" "Chase the Chance" "Don't Wanna Cry" "Sweet 19 Blues" "You're My Sunshine"

Concentration 20	"A Walk in the Park" "Can You Celebrate?" "How to Be a Girl"

181920	"Dreaming I Was Dreaming"

Genius 2000	"I Have Never Seen" "Love 2000" "Respect the Power of Love" "Something 'bout the Kiss"

Break the Rules	"Never End" "No More Tears" "Please Smile Again" "Think of Me"

Love Enhanced Single Collection	"I Will" "Lovin' It" "Say the Word"

Style	"Come" "Put 'Em Up" "Shine More" "So Crazy" "Wishing on the Same Star"

Queen of Hip-Pop	"Alarm" "All for You" "Girl Talk" "Want Me, Want Me"

Play	"Baby Don't Cry" "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" "Funky Town" "Hide and Seek" "Violet Sauce"

Best Fiction	"New Look" "Rock Steady" "What a Feeling"

Past < Future	"Fast Car" "My Love" "Wild"

Checkmate!	"Wonder Woman"

Uncontrolled	"Break It" "Fight Together" "Get Myself Back" "Go Round" "Love Story" "Naked" "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!" "Tempest" "Yeah-Oh!"

Feel	"Contrail" "Heaven"

Ballada	"Tsuki"

Genic	"Birthday" "What I Did for Love"

Other songs	"Brighter Day" "Fake" "The Speed Star" "Toi et Moi" "White Light" "Red Carpet" "Mint" "Hero" "Dear Diary" "Fighter"

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