The song released on November 5, 1979, and it was the debut single for Miki Matsubara. She recorded “Mayonaka no Door” when she was 19 years old. Two years prior to her debut, she had moved from her hometown of Osaka to Tokyo and performed the song in clubs in the city. The composer of the song, Tetsuji 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, which is basically the Japanese version of Disco. The song’s use of the English phrase, “Stay with Me”, was noted for “grabbing the interest of non-Japanese listeners” while paying homage to its Western influence. The song saw a surge in popularity 41 years after its release, in 2020.
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