It has been 45 years since Miki Matsubara released “Mayonaka no Door – stay with me”! The song was renewed by Tetsuji Hayashi and released for distribution!

11.12.2024
Miki Matsubara
New Release

A masterpiece of city pop, it has been viewed more than 3.6 billion times on YouTube and more than 300 million times on Spotify, ranking in the top 10 of Spotify’s Japanese song rankings.”Mayonaka no Door -stay with me” by Miki Matsubara has become a timeless classic, with only one song from the 1970s in the Top 100.

On November 5, exactly 45 years after its release, Tetsuji Hayashi, who composed and arranged the song, released a new version of the song “Midnight’s Door – stay with me 2024” for download, retaining the song and some instruments.

Tetsuji Hayashi said of the new version,

“It was a very moving experience for me to work on ‘Miracle Song’ that transcended time and space, leaving her voice behind on the 45th anniversary of her debut as a singer. The core of the original arrangement that I worked on that day and the ad-libs of Masaki Matsubara Gtr and Jake H. Conception Sax, who should be praised forever, remain, but I put a new “now” in the 2024 version, which I completed with Yasuo Otani!
I want to deliver this song to all the fans of this song in the world.”

At the same time, a fair of Miki Matsubara’s works will be held to commemorate the 45th anniversary. For details, please check the 45th anniversary site. Please take this opportunity to experience Miki Matsubara’s masterpieces such as “Mayonaka no Door -stay with me 2024”.

Miki Matsubara “Mayonaka no Door -stay with me 2024”