"Don't Wanna Cry" is a song by Japanese singer and record producer Namie Amuro released on the Avex Trax label, as her third single for her debut solo album Sweet 19 Blues (1996), 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.

"Don't Wanna Cry"
Single by Namie Amuro
from the album Sweet 19 Blues
B-side	"Present"
Released	March 13, 1996
Genre	J-Pop dance R&B
Length	18:36
Label	Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Tetsuya Komuro Takahiro Maeda Cozy Kubo
Producer(s)	Tetsuya Komuro
Namie Amuro singles chronology
"Chase the Chance" (1995) "Don't Wanna Cry" (1996) "You're My Sunshine" (1996)

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)

Oricon sales chart (Japan)

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" Archived 2007-03-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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