Don't Wanna Cry (Namie Amuro song)

For other uses of "Don't Wanna Cry", see I Don't Want to Cry.

"Don't Wanna Cry"
Song
B-side	"Present"

"Don't Wanna Cry" is Namie Amuro's third solo single on the Avex Trax label. It is her second consecutive million selling single as well as her second consecutive number one single. In December, the single took home the "Grand Prix Award" from the 38th Annual Japan Record Awards (analogous to Record of the Year from the Grammy Awards). 19 years old at the time, she is the youngest artist to have been awarded the grand prize^[1].

Commercial tie-in

"Don't wanna cry" was used in Daido Mistio commercials as its image song.

Accolades

• Grand Prix Award (38th Annual Japan Record Awards)
• Best 5 Single Award (11th Japan Gold Disc Awards)

Track listing

1. "Don't Wanna Cry (Radio Edit)" (Tetsuya Komuro, Takahiro Maeda) – 4:40
2. "Present" (Takahiro Maeda) – 4:39
3. "Don't Wanna Cry (Original Karaoke)"(Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:37
4. "Present (Original Karaoke)" (Takahiro Maeda) – 4:38

Personnel

• Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals

Production

• Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
• Arranger – Tetsuya Komuro, Cozy Kubo
• Mixing – Chris Lord-Alge

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 13, 1996	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1	323,910	1,389,700	22 weeks

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Position	Sales Total
March 13, 1996	Oricon 1996 Year-End Chart	9	1,371,730

TV performances

• December 31, 1996 – 38th Japan Record Awards
• December 31, 1996 &–; Kōhaku Uta Gassen
• June 5, 2006 – SMAPXSMAP

References

1. ^ "Singing sensation plans Hawaii concert" [2]

External links

• Songwriter, Takahiro Maeda's thoughts on "Don't wanna cry"
• Songwriter, Takahiro Maeda's thoughts on "present"