Please Smile Again

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title: "Please Smile Again" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2000-singles", "namie-amuro-songs", "songs-written-by-tetsuya-komuro", "2000-songs", "avex-trax-singles"] description: "2000 single by Namie Amuro" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Smile_Again" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2000 single by Namie Amuro ::

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Field	Value
name	Please Smile Again
cover	Please smile again.jpg
type	single
artist	Namie Amuro
album	Break the Rules
B-side
released	October 4, 2000
recorded	Larrabee Sound Studios
TK Disc
genre
length	25:26
label	Avex Trax
writer	Tetsuya Komuro
producer	Tetsuya Komuro
prev_title	Never End
prev_year	2000
next_title	Think of Me / No More Tears
next_year	2001
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| name = Please Smile Again | cover = Please smile again.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Namie Amuro | album = Break the Rules | B-side = | released = October 4, 2000 | recorded = Larrabee Sound Studios TK Disc | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 25:26 | label = Avex Trax | writer = Tetsuya Komuro | 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.

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) ::data[format=table]

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

References

1. "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年10月度". [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]].

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