"Mayonaka no Door / Stay with Me" (Club Mix) – Miki Matsubara (with lyrics)

“Mayonaka no Door / Stay with Me“ is the debut single by Japanese singer Miki Matsubara, released on November 5, 1979. It was composed by Tetsuji Hayashi and became part of her debut album “Pocket Park“, which was released in 1980. Matsubara recorded the song when she was 19 years old; two years prior to her debut, she had moved from her hometown of Osaka to Tokyo and performed in clubs in the city. Hayashi created a track that followed the emerging “new music“ style that drew influences from Western music, a genre that would come to be known as “city pop.“ The song is about a woman who wants her lover to stay with her, especially after having a memory of him from the previous night. The song was commercially successful: it peaked at 28th on the Oricon Singles Chart and boosted the popularity of both Matsubara and Hayashi. While Matsubara would release a lot more music in her career, “Mayonaka no Door“ is widely considered her greatest wor