[Yumi Matsutoya’s Masterpieces] A Collection of Heart-Touching Gems: Yuming’s Finest Hits

Good luck and goodbyeMatsutōya Yumi

Good Luck and Good Bye (Yumi Arai) / Clumsy Solo Acoustic Performance

“Good Luck and Good Bye,” the fourth track on Side B of the fourth album, The 14th Moon, released on November 20, 1976, features a gently flowing sound, vocals that are calm with a touch of wistfulness, and lyrics that let a love once left wounded come to a slightly warmer close.

It’s a song of a delicate, fleeting love that gradually clears the heart.

SATURDAY NIGHT ZOMBIESMatsutōya Yumi

SATURDAY NIGHT ZOMBIES Yumi Matsutoya – Hyōkin-zoku Special

It was released in 1987 as Yumi Matsutoya’s 22nd single.

The song was used as the ending theme for the Fuji TV program “Oretachi Hyokin-zoku,” and the second verse lyrics were used on the show.

It is modeled after a real bar in Roppongi, and when Yumi Matsutoya appeared on the program as a guest, she performed the song dressed as a witch.

Sunny day HolidayMatsutōya Yumi

Yumi Matsutoya – Sunny Day Holiday

Yumi Matsutoya’s 31st single, released on November 12, 1997.

It’s a love song that reminds you of something simple yet not so simple: realizing, after reflecting on many things, the feelings and presence of the other person that you hadn’t understood before.

Velvet EasterMatsutōya Yumi

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.

A first love that passed me by before I realized itMatsutōya Yumi

Unnoticed First Love / Yumi Matsutoya (The Little Prince: The Prince and Me – Japanese Dub Theme Song) COVERED BY Rika*

A single released on November 18, 2015.

With its straightforward yet beautifully heartrending sound and unadorned, pure vocals, it wraps you in warmth and a sense of wonder—where will this sonic world connect and flow to? It’s a beautiful, fragile, and pure love song!

Spinning WheelMatsutōya Yumi

Spinning Wheel Yumi Matsutoya Piano Cover & Sheet Music | Yumi Matsutoya Piano Cover & Sheet Music

“Spinning Wheel,” the sixth track on Yumi Matsutoya’s 30th album “Frozen Roses,” released on November 17, 1999, is a healing song whose repeated phrases and quiet gentleness gently seep into the heart.

The answers are different for everyone, but maybe love truly is everywhere?

April Fools’ Day in NovemberMatsutōya Yumi

An April Fool In November / Jyuichigatsu No April Fool

Featured on Yumi Matsutoya’s album “U-miz,” released in November 1993, this song is perfect for November, when the feeling of autumn deepens.

Its arrangement, marked by Latin rhythms, is striking, and it delicately portrays the complex emotions of a woman who has been told it’s over, interweaving autumnal imagery such as the chilly night breeze and fallen ginkgo leaves.

It begins with a scene where the breakup is announced almost like a joke, evoking the protagonist’s turmoil as she wavers between doubt and belief.

A recommended, mature heartbreak song to savor on long autumn nights.