Artist: Kazuko Matsumura /松村和子
Title: Kaette Koi yo /
帰ってこいよ
Released: April 21, 1980
Oricon Peak Rank: 5
B-Side: やん衆哀歌
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Kazuko Matsumura was somewhat of a flash-in-the-pan when she came into the music world plucking merrily on her shamisen in her debut song "Kaette Koi yo" (Come Back, My Love); a veritable youngster at the age of eighteen for a singer of an Enka tune. The song slowly grew on the Japanese populace through the end of 1980 and well into 1981. Although one may consider this to be a more pop-friendly kind of Enka song, the slightly melancholy aspect of the lyrics washed over in its rollicking melody, and the shamisen twanging away not in yearning, but just as accents. Regardless, the song proved popular enough to grant her a coveted spot in the New Year's Eve Red-White Song Competition in 1981, and that was the capstone for her musical career. Although she would continue recording into the decade, she is best known for this song, one of Japan's most treasured one-hit wonders.
帰ってこいよ (Kaette Koi yo)
Music: Noboru Ichidai / 一代のぼる
Lyrics: Tadao Hirayama / 平山忠夫
きっと帰って くるんだと
お岩木山で 手を振れば
あの娘は小さく うなずいた
茜の空で 誓った恋を
東京ぐらしで 忘れたか
帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ
白いリンゴの 花かげで
遊んだ頃が なつかしい
気立てのやさしい 娘だったよ
お前の嫁に 欲しかったねと
おふくろ今夜も ひとりごと
帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ
可愛いあの娘の 帰る日を
お岩木山で 今日もまた
津軽の風と 待っている
忘れはしまい あの約束の
こんなにきれいな 茜空
帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ 帰ってこいよ
