Title
Don’t wanna cry

Artist
Amuro Namie

Year
1996

Lyrics: Komuro Tetsuya, Maeda Takahiro
Music: Komuro Tetsuya
Arrangement: Komuro Tetsuya

Producer: Komuro Tetsuya

 

 

VERSIONS


 Radio Edit / Straight Run
[1996.03.13] Don’t wanna cry
[1996.XX.XX] Chase the Chance / Don’t wanna cry / You’re my sunshine

 Original Karaoke / Instrumental
[1996.03.13] Don’t wanna cry
[1996.XX.XX] Chase the Chance / Don’t wanna cry / You’re my sunshine

 Eighteen’s Summer Mix
[1996.07.22] SWEET 19 BLUES

 Symphonic Style [Interlude]
[1996.07.22] SWEET 19 BLUES

 181920 Version – same mix as Radio Edit but with the additional lyrics of Eighteen’s Summer Mix
[1998.01.28] 181920

 Finally Version
[2017.11.08] Finally

 

COVERS


Circus – Don’t wanna cry
[1998] Heart

 Bentley Jones – Don’t wanna cry
[2009] TRANS//LATION

 JUJU – Don’t wanna cry
[2010] Request

YA-KYIM – Don’t wanna cry
[2010] here
[2011] Don’t wanna cry

Wotamin – Don’t wanna cry -New jack swing mix-
[2019] TIME

Kato Miliyah – Don’t wanna cry
[2020] COVERS – WOMAN & MAN –

Uchida Aya – Don’t wanna cry
[2021] COVER ~ROOTS~

 

SAMPLED BY


SISTER K – Don’t wanna cry
[1999] I HAVE NEVER SEEN / Don’t wanna cry
[1999] illusion

 

CREDITS


Amuro Namie: vocals

Guitar (Eighteen’s Summer Mix): Michael Thompson
Bass (Eighteen’s Summer Mix): Neil Stubenhaus
Percussions (Eighteen’s Summer Mix): Rafael Padilla
Saxophone (Eighteen’s Summer Mix): Michael Paulo

Mixed By: Chris Lord-Alge

 

MUSIC VIDEO


Director: Akita Norihiro
Producer: Uchikawa Jun
Director of Photography: Kawabata Kenichi
Light: Endo Mitsuhiro
Stylist: Tsunoda Kyoko
Hair & Make-up: Nurishi Masako
Choregraphy: kaba (dos)

[1998.07.01] 181920 films
[2002.03.13] 181920 films + filmography
[2002.12.11] BEST CLIPS
[2004.03.31] 181920 & films

 

LIVE TOURS


[1996] Mistio presents Amuro Namie with Super Monkey’s Tour ’96
[1996] Summer presents ’96 Amuro Namie with Super Monkey’s
[1997] tour 1997 a walk in the park
[1997] TK Pan-Pacific Tour ’97
[1997] Mistio presents Namie Amuro Summer Stage 1997 Concentration 20
[1999] Final Summer Dream Stage
[2000] Tour Genius 2000
[2000] Live in Hawaii “Big Wave Honolulu”
[2001] tour 2001 Break the rules
[2003-2004]  So Crazy Tour featuring Best singles 2003-2004
[2005] Space of Hip-Pop ~Namie Amuro Tour 2005~
[2006] Best Tour “Live Style 2006”
[2007] Play Tour 2007 [selected venues]
[2012] 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 ~20th Anniversary Best~
[2017] 25th Anniversary Live in OKINAWA
[2018] Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~

 

TV & EVENTS


[1996.03.11] Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
[1996.03.16] CDTV
[1996.03.22] Music Station
[1996.03.30] Pop Jam
[1996.04.05] Music Station
[1996.06.10] Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
[1996.07.07] Pop Jam
[1996.10.10] CDTV
[1996.11.02] 27 hours challenge
[1996.11.26] P-Stock
[1996.12.06] Japan Cable Awards
[1996.12.10] FNS Music Festival
[1996.12.14] All Japan Request Awards
[1996.12.16] Asia Concert Dream
[1996.12.21] Pop Jam
[1996.12.23] Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
[1996.12.27] Music Station
[1996.12.31] TK Gateway Countdown
[1996.12.31] Japan Record Awards
[1996.12.31] NHK Kouhaku Utagussen
[1996.XX.XX] Super Jockey
[1997.01.02] Wideshow Fukubukuro
[1997.03.05] Japan Gold Disc Awards
[1999.11.06] The Greatest Live
[1999.12.27] SmapxSmap
[2001.01.01] Rendez-vous in Space Okinawa
[2001.07.15] Music Fest Peace of Ryukyu
[2006.06.25] SmapxSmap

 

TIES-IN


[ COMMERCIAL ]
DyDo mistio
Don’t wanna cry

[ TV SHOW ]
Sukkiri!!
Don’t wanna cry
[Finally ver.]

 

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS


Record Industry Association of Japan
MillionThe 38th Japan Record Awards
Grand Prix Award “Don’t wanna cry”The 11th Japan Gold Disc Awards
Best 5 Single AwardThe 29th All-Japan Cable Broadcasting
Yomiuri Shimbun TV Special Award “Don’t wanna cry”