'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 work.

In late 2020, "Mayonaka no Door" saw a surge in popularity among international audiences 41 years after its original release. Billboard attributes this wave to Indonesian singer Rainych, who regularly covers Japanese songs. In October, Rainych uploaded a cover of "Mayonaka no Door" to her YouTube channel, resulting in the song gaining popularity in Indonesia, where it then spread to the rest of the world. The song appeared on the popularity charts of music streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. Around the same time, the song was used in a Internet trend on the video-sharing platform TikTok, where people played the song for their Japanese mothers and recorded their reaction as they recognized the melody.

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[nabubito]

AH YES. MY FAKE 80'S JAPANESE MEMORIES FLOWING IN MY MIND.

[andimatrus]

Japanese musicians are incredible. It is great to keep discovering these songs that would been lost if it wasn't for internet... One of the most positive things in social media.

[lukeskywalker]

When she says stay with me its like shes directly talking to me

[TravelsofSharky]

It’s so hard to reconcile the sad message of the song and the beautiful and happy facial expressions she is making. Thought, anyone?

[boomboom]

I heard that Miki Mataubara expressed some regrets about her career and life in her final days but I'd like to believe she'd be tickled to learn that entire new generation of people around the world decades later would fall in love with her music.

[wattanakornchatasirikul]

if she came back, i bet she would be famous as the same. she has magic in her voice.

[tommyrommy]

시티팝의 대명사. 너무 혹사해서 암이 걸리는 바람에 안타깝게 세상을 떠났지만 명곡을 남기고 떠난....
40년전 노랜데도 세련미 넘치고 멜로디 좋고...

[nicshwang]

it's already 19 years now since she left in this world but her legacy in music industry will be forever goes on, rest in peace miki 🕊❤️‍🩹

[mankihonda]

Ahhh Miki if you were alive now... I would have to join the eternal war between all those who just wanted to have and hold you. What a merciless and bloody battle that would be!

[mariadona]

The bass, voice, saxophone, and everything makes you stay.

[kvqxwhn]

松原みきさん🎵最高。
癖になる歌い方は、他の方はでは、
不可能ですね。凄すぎる。

[Anime_lover-rzvq]

this song is beyond beautiful, beyond anything I've ever heard I could listen to this song over and over every single day without fail, this is just so comforting her voice is so beautiful and lovely I just can't get enough of it

[joevanreyb.bacuyag]

She's a pure talent she sing with her original voice no device needed just like the new singers today.

[Dedede]

this has that 80s feel in japan. We need more music like this. Love the fresh romantic tones!

[oveahmed]

Her eyes are glowing with pain but her smile on her face❤️

[Blackbone]

Japanese anime of 80's and 90's is what comes in mind first her voice represents those years, very angelic and nostalgically as well

[mkj]

몇십년이 지났어도 전혀 어색하지 않은 멜로디네.. 풍요로운 시대엔 정말 좋은 음악들이 나오는구나

[Babeh_Dun-khvr]

She looks like she’s having lots of fun dancing on the stage and I love it!

[wind-leader_jp]

Did everyone know?
Miki Matsubara was also an AM radio personality.
She was a program I was listening to when I was young at the time...
I remember that she was always trying her best and running around in vain.
After losing her, I realize...she was an amazing woman.

[lvnwjpy]

J POP 너무 좋아요 모던락이랑 시티팝은 한 번 빠지면 헤어날 수 없음