Get Smile

"Get Smile"
Single by Chisato Moritaka
from the album Mi-ha
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Good-Bye Season"
Released	February 25, 1988 (1988-02-25)
Recorded	1987
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:18
Label	Warner Pioneer
Composer(s)	Ken Shima
Lyricist(s)	Hiromasa Ijichi
Producer(s)	Yukio Seto
Chisato Moritaka singles chronology
"Overheat Night" (1987) "Get Smile" (1988) "The Mi-ha" (1988)
Music video
Get Smile on YouTube

"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]

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

Chart performance

"Get Smile" peaked at No. 28 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 14,000 copies.[3][4]

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.[5] This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album Love Vol. 3.[6]

Track listing

7-inch vinyl/8 cm CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Get Smile"	Hiromasa Ijichi	Ken Shima	Shima	4:18
2.	"Good-Bye Season"	Kanon Kuwa	Takumi Yamamoto	Yamamoto	4:24

Cassette

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Get Smile"	Ijichi	Shima	Shima
2.	"Good-Bye Season"	Kuwa	Yamamoto	Yamamoto
3.	"Get Smile" (Karaoke)
4.	"Good-Bye Season" (Karaoke)

Personnel

• Chisato Moritaka – vocals
• Ken Shima – keyboards
• Takayuki Negishi – synthesizer programming
• Hideo Saitō – guitar, backing vocals
• Chiharu Mikuzugi – bass
• Jake H. Concepcion – tenor saxophone
• Yukari Fujio – backing vocals

Chart positions

Charts (1988)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	28

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. "森高千里(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
5. Moritaka, Chisato (2013-01-02). 森高千里 『GET SMILE』 【セルフカヴァー】. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
6. "「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.

External links

• Official website
• "Get Smile" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• "Get Smile" at Discogs (list of releases)