[mrdeath799]

One of the greatest selling singles of all time (it sold a million more copies than I Want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles), and one of the only Japanese songs to top the US Charts. The lyrics are quite profound, and this would be a lot of fun on vocals.

 

Sukiyaki was named after a Japanese beef dish. The song has nothing to do with said beef dish, it was simply named that so English-speakers would recognize it. The song is about a man who walks while looking upwards so his tears don’t roll down his face. Lyrics below.

 

Japanese lyrics

 

 

Ue o muite arukou

Namida ga koborenai you ni

Omoidasu haru no hi

Hitoribotchi no yoru

Ue o muite arukou

Nijinda hoshi o kazoete

Omoidasu natsu no hi

Hitoribotchi no yoru

Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni

Shiawase wa sora no ue ni

Ue o muite arukou

Namida ga koborenai you ni

Nakinagara aruku

Hitoribotchi no yoru

[Whistling]

Omoidasu aki no hi

Hitoribotchi no yoru

Kanashimi wa hoshi no kage ni

Kanashimi wa tsuki no kage ni

Ue o muite arukou

Namida ga koborenai you ni

Nakinagara aruku

Hitoribotchi no yoru

Hitoribochi no yoru

English translation

Let’s look up as we walk, so that the tears don’t spill

Remembering that spring day, that lonely night.

Let’s look up as we walk, count the blurry stars

Remembering that summer day, that lonely night.

Happiness is above the clouds,

Happiness is above the skies.

Let’s look up as we walk, so that the tears don’t spill

Crying as we walk, that lonely night.

Remembering that autumn day, that lonely night.

Sadness is in the shadow of the clouds,

Sadness is in the shadow of the moon.

Let’s walk with our head held up so that the tears don’t spill,

Crying as we walk, that lonely night.

 

 

[Funk Meister Freud]

Ha! Didn’t know Kyu Sakamoto’s version sold as much as it did! I grew up as a little boy listening to my mom playing that version on her old 45.

In my 20’s, I thoroughly enjoyed A Taste of Honey’s cover of this song sometime in the1980’s. +1 for either version! It’s a hauntingly beautiful tune!

 

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[bostengaable]

i´ve listen Ue o muite arukou yesterday, and you requested today, this japan legend deserves a custom, +1 for your request.

[mrdeath799]

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Thanks!

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