Mamotte Agetai (Yumi Matsutoya song)

"Mamotte Agetai"
"Mamotte Agetai"
Song
A-side	"Mamotte Agetai"
B-side	"Grace Slick no Shōzō"

"Mamotte Agetai" (守ってあげたい, "I Want to Protect You") is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya and is contained in her studio album "Sakuban Oaishimasho". The song was released as her 17th single on June 21, 1981 from Toshiba EMI and sold over 695,000 copies. It was re-released as a CD single on June 28, 1989.

Overview

Matsutoya was given the offer to write the theme song for the movie "Nerawareta Gakuen" and she wrote "Mamotte Agetai". The song was used as various TV dramas's the theme songs and CF songs afterwards. Grace Slick appearing in the title of the B-side "Grace Slick no Shōzō" (グレイス・スリックの肖像, "Portrait of Grace Slick") is Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane.

Track listing

Vinyl record

All tracks are written by Yumi Matsutoya, all music arranged by Masataka Matsutoya

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mamotte Agetai"	4:30

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Grace Slick no Shōzō"	4:28

Credits and personnel

Masaki Matsubara - electric guitars
Ryuji Seto - acoustic guitars
Masataka Matsutoya - keyboard instruments
Kenji Takamizu – bass
Eiji Shimamura – drums
Nobu Saito - percussion instruments
Keiji Urata - programming
Tomato Strings – string section
BUZZ - backing vocals

Charts

Release	Chart (1981)	Peak position
June 21, 1981	Oricon Daily Charts	2
	Oricon Weekly Charts	2
	Oricon Monthly Charts
	Oricon Yearly Charts	10

Cover versions

Tomoyo Harada (1983)
A.S.A.P (1990, Ajinomoto’s Pal Sweet CF song)
Chihiro Onitsuka (2002)
Kumiko Iwai (2007, in her album "80'S Hit Parade Vol.1")
Shutoku Mukai & Kazunobu Mineta (2009, the ending theme of the movie "Shonen Meriken Sack")
ManaKana (2009, in their album "Futari Uta")
Risa Niigaki & Eri Kamei from Morning Musume (2009, in their album "Chanpuru 1 ~Happy Marriage Song Cover Shū~")
Sister Kaya (2009, in their album "Heartful Lovers")
Himawari Kids (2010, in their album "Taisetsuna Tomodachi ni Okuru Uta")

References