Get Smile

"Get Smile" (ゲット・スマイル, Getto Sumairu) is the third single by Japanese singer Chisato Moritaka. Written by Hiromasa Ijichi and Ken Shima, the single was released by Warner Pioneer on February 25, 1988.[1][2]

"Get Smile"
Single by Chisato Moritaka
from the album Mi-ha
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Good-Bye Season"
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1988 (1988-02-25)
Recorded1987
Genre
Length4:18
LabelWarner Pioneer
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Yukio Seto
Chisato Moritaka singles chronology
"Overheat Night"
(1987)		 "Get Smile"
(1988)		 "The Mi-ha"
(1988)
Music video
Get Smile on YouTube

The music video features studio clips and footage from Moritaka's 1987 debut concert Get Smile - Live at Nihon Seinenkan.[2]

Reception

"Get Smile" peaked at No. 28 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 14,000 copies.[3]

Other versions

A rock arrangement of "Get Smile" was recorded on the 1989 greatest hits album Moritaka Land.

The live version of the song is arranged differently with a faster tempo and heavier instrumentals. This version was recorded as "Get Smile (Concert Arrange Version)" on the 1991 remix album The Moritaka.

Moritaka re-recorded the song on vocals and drums and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on January 2, 2013.[4] This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album Love Vol. 3.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Get Smile"Hiromasa IjichiKen ShimaShima4:18
2."Good-Bye Season"Kanon KuwaTakumi YamamotoYamamoto4:24

Chart positions
Charts (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 28

Personnel
  • Chisato Moritaka – vocals
  • Ken Shima – keyboards
  • Hideo Saitō – guitar
  • Chiharu Mikuzugi – bass
  • Jake H. Concepcion – tenor saxophone
  • Yukari Fujiu – backing vocals
  • Nana – backing vocals
  • Takayuki Negishi – synthesizer programming
  • Tomoaki Arima – synthesizer programming

References
  1. "｢GET SMILE｣(CT/EP/CD)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. "Biography". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. "GET SMILE/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. Moritaka, Chisato (2013-01-02). 森高千里 『GET SMILE』 【セルフカヴァー】. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. "「デビュー25周年企画 森高千里 セルフカバーシリーズ "LOVE" Vol.3」". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
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