Hiroko Yakushimaru/Yoshitaka Minami -- Main Theme （メイン・テーマ）/Standard Number （スタンダードナンバー）

I learned some more about Hiroko Yakushimaru（薬師丸ひろ子） when "The Sounds of Japan" devoted one of its half-hour broadcasts to the aidoru, so not only did I get to hear "Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu"（セーラー服機関銃...Sailor Suit and Machine Gun）, but there was also "Woman", and this song, her 3rd single. Yakushimaru's angelic voice still continued to ring pure through "Main Theme", and I fell for its intro when it began with a lone synth weaving a melody which suddenly became a whole lot lusher and more classical in feel.

"Main Theme" was indeed the theme song for a Yakushimaru movie of the same title. It was released in May 1984, and created by Takashi Matsumoto（松本隆）and Yoshitaka Minami（南佳孝）. It went as far as No. 2 and became the 13th-ranked single of the year.

Singer-songwriter Minami also did his own cover of the song under a similarly generic title called "Standard Number"（スタンダードナンバー） which was his 16th single in 1984. The situation reminded me of Yakushimaru's debut single, the aforementioned "Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu", when composer Takao Kisugi（来生たかお） also did his own cover of that song under the title of "Yume no Tochuu"（夢の途中...In The Middle of a Dream）, although the reasons there were somewhat more antagonistically based. The arrangement for "Standard Number" was more City Pop in design.