Hiroshi Saeki -- Ai wo Somete, Lisa（愛を染めて、リサ）

I gotta say that Nissan really put out some nice and popular songs for their commercials back in the day. For instance, there was the ad for the Skyline featuring "Ken to Mary ~ Ai to Kaze no yo ni" (ケンとメリー〜愛と風のように〜) by the folk duo Buzz（バズ）back in the 1970s which involved the traveling lovebirds, Ken & Mary. A tree in Hokkaido that was visited by the couple became supremely famous.

Then, tonight I found out that Nissan put out another ad in the mid-1980s for its Langley and the song there was again by Buzz. Well, actually, half of Buzz. Specifically, I mean Hiroshi Koide（小出博志）although he had changed his name to Hiroshi Saeki（佐伯博志）when he released this 1986 solo album "Jasmine"（茉莉花）with the launching track being "Ai wo Somete, Lisa" (Colour The Love, Lisa), the song for the Langley.

Once again, in another reflection of 70s folk singers metamorphosing into 80s pop/City Pop crooners, Koide isn't tackling folk here but a dreamy and atmospheric pop tune. Garbed in that moody black on the cover for "Jasmine", he does hit those high notes and whispery vibes while the urgent beat and the synths move on.

Along with the fact that "Ai wo Somete, Lisa" was used in a Nissan commercial, I also found out on this page that the song was written by a couple of veterans: lyricist Akira Ohtsu（大津あきら）and composer Kisaburo Suzuki（鈴木キサブロー）with arrangement by Michiru Oshima（大島ミチル）. It had also been a single from the same year. Saeki's partner from Buzz, Masakazu Togo（東郷昌和）also had his own solo career at around the same time.