Always Smiling

"Always Smiling" is a playable song in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. It is very loosely based on 's "." While other songs include intermittent vocal samples, "Always Smiling" is unique in the game's soundtrack in that it contains lyrics.

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

Lyrics
Please note that these lyrics are conjectural, as no officially confirmed lyrics exist.

 With your wings tonight

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

Smile will bring the sunshine days Comfort me tonight, with your wings tonight Smile will bring the sunshine days You come anyway on the way you ride

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 Comfort me tonight, with your wings tonight Smile will bring the sunshine days You come anyway on the way you ride

Comfort me tonight, with your wings tonight You come anyway on the way you ride 