Sakiko Ito -- Kogarashi no Futari（木枯しの二人）

 

Hopefully, we will not be anywhere near this scene for at least a couple of months but I thought it was an appropriate thumbnail to put up, considering the theme of this song.

"Kogarashi no Futari" (Two in the Cold Wintry Wind) was Sakiko Ito's（伊藤咲子）3rd single released in December 1974. Considering its theme of a romantic couple feeling that they have to escape into the cruel elements from all they have known, I was expecting something more downbeat and folksy, but actually "Kogarashi no Futari" is surprisingly peppy and poppy. Maybe they had a souped-up Toyota to flee the town.

Written by the prolific Yu Aku（阿久悠）and composed by Takashi Miki（三木たかし）, the song may have been released late in the year, but not only did it hit No. 5 on the Oricon weeklies, but it also lasted long enough on the charts so that it became the No. 36 single of 1975. It was Ito's most successful single, and when television tributes were given to each of Aku's and Miki's passing in the 2010s, the singer appeared to perform "Kogarashi no Futari".