Yumi Matsutoya Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

I want to go back to that day.Matsutōya Yumi57rank/position

Yumi Arai – I Want to Return to That Day (from “Love in Japan, and Yuming.”)

This song, from before her name change and currently credited to Yumi Matsutoya, was the theme for the drama “Family Secrets” starring Kumiko Akiyoshi.

Released when she had only just entered her twenties, it’s a track that reminisces about the radiant days of youth.

Around the time you turn twenty, you often feel caught between being an adult and a child, and your heart can become unstable.

Looking at these lyrics, I can’t help but feel that Yumi Matsutoya must have experienced the same thing.

I want to go back to those joyful days of youth and meet the cheerful version of myself from back then.

Haven’t you ever felt that way, too?

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give it a shakeMatsutōya Yumi58rank/position

Yumi Matsutoya – I’ll Make It Snow for You

The title “Futte Ageru” (“I’ll Dump You”) is so typically Yuming and really great.

Yuming is always on women’s side! That’s how she makes you feel.

This song seems to express the complexities of a woman’s heart, with sad lyrics set to a bright melody.

In the end, the attitude of “I’ll be the one to say goodbye!” is irresistibly cutting.

Whether you’re a man or a woman, maybe you can’t move forward unless you learn to cherish yourself in the end.

AcaciaMatsutōya Yumi59rank/position

Yumi Matsutoya - Acacia [acacia] MUSIC VIDEO

Yumi Matsutoya’s transparent, crystalline vocals resonate deep in the heart.

Originally included on the album “acacia,” released in June 2001, this piece was inspired by the acacia blossoms in Uchinada, Ishikawa.

Twenty-three years later, it was released as a charity single to support recovery from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.

The lyrics strikingly blend a nostalgic atmosphere with hope for the future.

It’s a song that will surely accompany anyone feeling anxiety or loneliness in an unfamiliar place, while holding expectations for new encounters.

Day of the Giacobini CometMatsutōya Yumi60rank/position

Comet Giacobini Day: Yumi Matsutoya / Let's Sing Favorite Songs 40

Their ability to conjure vivid scenes through lyrics and music is second to none.

It’s a song brimming with storytelling that makes you imagine a comet silently streaking across a tranquil night sky and the swirl of emotions it stirs there.

The paradoxical impact—like an explosion of silence—is an originality you won’t find anywhere else.

Before the diamond dust disappearsMatsutōya Yumi61rank/position

Yumi Matsutoya - Before the Diamond Dust Fades

This is a track from the 19th original album released in 1987.

It was used as the commercial song for Mitsubishi Motors’ Mirage.

In the first half, it portrays a summer Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere—sparkling seas and the radiant time the two spent together.

In the second half, it shifts to a winter Christmas spent alone after breaking up with a lover.

The song has an upbeat tempo.

Like a swallowMatsutōya Yumi62rank/position

Yumi Matsutoya – Like a Swallow (Tsubame no Yō ni)

People often say that the deceased become stars, but Yumi Matsutoya wrote that they become swallows.

The words that could be taken as ironic—“Those who have passed don’t grow older, while I keep aging…”—don’t sound that way because there is love there.

A song that sounds dry and cool even though someone has died, holding grief tightly in check.

Velvet EasterMatsutōya Yumi63rank/position

Yuming sings in Russia: Velvet Easter

While he continues to explore adult relationships, there is a distinctive sensibility in expressions that capture fleeting, dreamlike moments that suddenly slip into everyday life—exemplified by “Velvet Easter.” It has a curious flavor that evokes even the narrative quality of Latin literature.