Shizuka Kudo -- Daite Kuretara Iinoni （抱いてくれたらいいのに）

I mentioned in the article for Shizuka Kudo's（工藤静香） 5th single, "Mugon...Iroppoi" that I'd first seen her on an episode of "The Top 10" dressed up in mega-tsuppari mode with purple lipstick. Well, this was the song that she was performing.

"Daite Kuretara Iinoni"(Hold Me, Will Ya?) was Kudo's 3rd single released in March 1988, and that performance I saw on "The Top 10" and the title meshed well with the melody....an aggressive 50s-style ballad daring the guy to get some cojones and make some noise with her while the lyrics express how much she wants him. Kudo's fans must've needed some really frigid showers.

"Daite Kuretara Iinoni" was composed by Tsugutoshi Goto（後藤次利）, who would also create the melody for "Mugon...Iroppoi", and written by Goro Matsui（松井五郎）, who took care of a lot of Anzen Chitai's（安全地帯）repertoire with leader Koji Tamaki（玉置浩二）. It would get as high as No. 3 on the Oricon weeklies and end up as the 42nd-ranked single of the year. It was a banner year for Kudo as three other singles of hers also made it into the Top 100 Oricon singles, including "Mugon...Iroppoi" which came in at No. 6.