Always Smiling

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Always Smiling
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Origin Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Stage 5-1
Length 1:30
BPM 140
Note count 107 116 144 179 250
Music sample

"Always Smiling" is a playable song in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix . It is very loosely based on Johann Strauss II's "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka." While other songs include intermittent vocal samples, "Always Smiling" is one of two songs to have lyrics in a traditional sense, with the other, "Choir on the Green," not appearing in Story Mode.

In Story Mode, the song appears as stage 5-1, Raiding Bowser's Castle. The song's background shows Mario or Luigi piloting the SS Brass through a magmatic canyon, arriving at Bowser's Castle at the end of the song.

In Mush Mode, this song features Spinies, explosive mines that decrease the dance meter drastically if stepped on. It is also the first song to feature Bill Blasters, which position themselves at the bottom of the screen on one row, and occasionally move to fire a Bullet Bill upwards. Bullet Bills can be reflected back at a Bill Blaster by stepping on them, and doing so three times destroys the Bill Blaster.

Story Mode text[edit ]

Someone turned up the heat in here! Dodge the Bullet Bills to make it to Bowser's Castle!

Lyrics[edit ]

These lyrics are conjectural, as no officially confirmed lyrics exist.

Ride the wings tonight

You can come from any walk of life
Your beat will come on the inside
And when you get right into the heart
You know there's no other way to try

Smile will bring the sunshine days
Move with me tonight, raise the wings tonight
Smile will bring the sunshine days
Move your body right, oh the way you are

You can come from any walk of life
Your beat will come on the inside
A chance you have flying that way
As I fly across a distant sky

Smile will bring the sunshine days
Move with me tonight, raise the wings tonight
Smile will bring the sunshine day
Move your body right, oh the way you are

Move with me tonight, raise the wings tonight

Move your body right, oh the way you are

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Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese きっと笑顔がイチバンさ
Kitto egao ga ichiban sa		 Nothing Beats a Smile
French Garde le sourire Keep on Smiling
German Euphoria -
Italian Cheese! -
Spanish Lava Dance -
Raiding Bowser's Castle
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
French En route pour le château de Bowser We're off to Bowser's castle [?]
Italian Assalto al Castello di Bowser Raid at Bowser's Castle [?]
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Characters Protagonists Mario • Luigi
Antagonists Bowser • Waluigi • Wario
Supporting Lakitu • Toad • Toadette
Songs "Here We Go!" • "Underground Mozart" • "Pipe Pop" • "Garden Boogie" • "Destruction Dance" • "Jump! Jump! Jump!" • "Fishing Frenzy" • "Pirate Dance" • "In the Whirlpool" • "Step by Step" • "Blooper Bop" • "Hammer Dance" • "Rollercoasting" • "Boo Boogie" • "Moustache, Barrel, and Gorilla" • "Starring Wario!" • "Frozen Pipes" • "Cabin Fever" • "Ms. Mowz's Song" • "Deep Freeze" • "Rendezvous on Ice" • "Midnight Drive" • "Always Smiling" • "Bowser's Castle" • "Up, Down, Left, Right" • "Choir on the Green" • "Hop, Mario!" • "Where's the Exit?" • "Piroli"
Enemies Banzai Bill • Big Blooper • Bill Blaster • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Chain-Chomp • Cyclone • Giant Boo • Freezie • Hammer Bro • Ice Spiny • Koopa Troopa • Mini-Blooper • Mr. Blizzard • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Shy Guy • Spiny • Ukiki
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Banana • Big Heart • Boogie Booster • Coin • Fire Flower • Flagpole • Lucky Clover • Max Drink • Music Key • Music Wand • Mystery Drink • Small Heart • Super Mushroom • Warp Pipe
Locations Bowser's Castle • Ghost House • Mushroom Kingdom • SS Brass • Truffle Towers • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5
Minigames Avalanche! • Banana Storm • Block Treasure • Chain-Chomp Chase • Coin Collection • Fire Up the SS Brass • Flagpole Leap • Hidden Treasure • Note Pickup • Punch Up • Whack-a-Goomba • Whee!
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