This song is terrific. One of a kind. Am 71 and remember it well. This was a time that's so different than today. Am so glad to have grown up in this era. 😊
Served in Okinawa, 3 years, early 80's. I love the Japanese people. I learned to speak Japanese. When I heard this song and understood it, I learned to sing it. I would go to pubs with my Japanese friends and they wanted me to sing this song on Karaoke. I'm blonde and blue eyes, and the crowd got crazy. One night they had me sing that song 3 times in a row. I sure miss my Okinawin friends. 😢
Qué tristeza!!, está bonita, alegre y combinada con nostalgia y lo mismo de esperanza de ver a su baby, asomándose desde el cielo, me llena de ternura!😢😂, la escuché por primera vez en los 90's y sin saber inglés, comprendí su hermosa canción!😂!,, hoy conozco en su video, a este gran cantante japonés! Lastima por nosotros! , pegó allay está ahora con "su baby"😢😊
When Japan airplane crashed in August 12,1985 my mother cried so much that I still remember her tearful eyes . Now both of them are in heaven and I hear this fateful song with smile on my face . From California
OMG I grew up listening to this song when I was growing up in the early 60’s, and I’m sitting here listening to this in 2023 with a big smile on my face. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful song and bringing back such fond memories. 🙏🏻 🇬🇧
@@torralba4349 We are almost the same age, I just turned 67 at the end of November? My Mum loved listening to this song and it took me straight back to the good old days?
I look up when I walk So that the tears won't fall Remembering those spring days But I am all alone tonight I look up when I walk Counting the stars with tearful eyes Remembering those summer days But I am all alone tonight Happiness lies beyond the clouds Happiness lies above the sky I look up when I walk So that the tears won't fall Though the tears well up as I walk For tonight I am all alone (Whistling) Remembering those autumn days But I am all alone tonight Sadness lies in the shadow of the stars Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon I look up as I walk So that the tears won't fall Though the tears well up as I walk For tonight I am all alone (Whistling)
Thank you for your time with translation of this BEAUTIFUL MELODY.... I remember when I was a child I would hear this song on the radio on KRLA 1110 AM.. art laboe and huggy boy along with wolfman Jack they would play this every now and then I never knew what it was saying I just knew it sounded extremely beautiful but I just wanted to thank you for your time with the translation of it...
It hit the top of the charts in 1963. Thats right. Its one of two songs sung 100% in a foreign language that made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US! That should let you know this song touched a lot of nerves in 1963. It certainly hit mine at age 11 hearing it on the radio. Still does in 2023.
@@MysteryBoy-x4t see the article in babble magazine entitled: The 8 Foreign Songs That Topped The Charts in US. Very informative. Just saw it. Google it.
As a Japanese person living in California I truly appreciate and love these comments. It was certainly a popular song back in the day which is incredible to me because it’s sung in Japanese.
I've always been moved by it, even without the English translation. Just the sound of his voice, the sound and flow of the Japanese lyrics and the flow and rhythm of the music, and the accompaniment, including the tuneful whistling, it's simple and it's touching. A beautiful gift to humanity.
My grandmother who helped raise me passed away this year, as we were going through her stuff my mother gave me some records my grandfather brought back from japan in the korean war and I had to find more music like it and it led me to this, its a beautiful song and its been helping me mourn these last few months. It's so sad but makes me happy at the same time
May your dear grandmother rest in peace, it’s always great to find what grandparents loved and what me memories they cherished. Sending Love & condolences from England 🏴🇬🇧
this gentleman had such a great voice. nothing but the Best may he rest in peace. we need more people like him. people today have no idea how this singer was.God Bless.
When you have a song stuck in your head and can't remember anything but the melody, and everyone you hum it too knows the whole thing and they don't know what song it is or any lyrics either... it's always this song.
I was 15 and a Sophomore in high school when this song came out. It was a huge hit with all of us teens. Somehow, this song sang to the young people back then. Great song. Great singer ! Great memories ! 💙
I could never remember when I heard this song played and about what year, so all my life I've hummed it's melody, but no one, not even a DJ, could tell me what it's title was. I was listening to RUclips songs from my past, and when I got to listen to snippets of 1963, I shrieked when I heard the melody I have hummed all my life. Seems I was just 15 when I heard it played a lot on my little transistor radio. I'm now 75, and no one was ever able to help me, seeing I didn't know what year it was out. thank you, Jesus! I have to do some research now, on a tiny miracle that has been a sad thing all my life....Thank you for uploading this song.
Yes. I first heard this in 1962, when it began being played on the radio, here in the U.S. I had gotten a transistor radio two years earlier, when I was five years old. This song...it still sounds the same, still makes me feel the same way, fifty years later. Incredible. Still the same feeling.
i hear this and im back to age 5, there was always music playing in our home .Im 65 now hearing this song does send shivers down my spine ,bring a tear to my eye , but also brings a smile and beutyfull memories
when I was ten , we lived in Brazil, this song was always playing on TV, radio. I loved this song! Heard it on the ship we travelled in , on our way to South Africa. Music does that, it triggers memories.
I was only 4 yrs. old when I first heard this song, and it touched me so deeply. I looked forward to each time I heard it on the radio. I heard this song on a best songs of 1963 video just the other day and it brought me back to that time, and I felt all of the emotions of joy again.
I remember hearing this song for the first time when I was a boy. I never forgot it and still to this day it touches me. Even though I can't understand the words it is a beautiful sad song.
I remember listening to this song on the radio when I was a teenager. I didn't understand the lytics, but the melody and his voice was enough for me. Beautiful song!❤
This is love song. It was called sukiyaki a Japanese food dish of soup, meat, noodles, which has nothing to do with the words of the song, it was just catchy name.
WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM ! WAS YOUNG GIRL WHEN I FIRST HEARD HIM SING ! WILL ALWAYS LOVE FOREVER ! MISS YOU SO MUCH BUT YOUR ALWAYS IN MY HEART AND MIND! ❤💕💋💥💯
I look up as I walk So that the tears won't fall Remembering those spring days And tonight, I am all alone I look up as I walk Counting the stars with tearful eyes Remembering those summer days And tonight, I am all alone Happiness lies beyond the clouds Happiness lies beyond the sky I look up as I walk So that the tears won't fall But the tears well up as walk For tonight, I am all alone
This is such a haunting tune. The lyrics sum up the nature of human existence, brief moments of joy mixed with tears and disappointment. Whenever I hear this record, it always brings a lump to my throat.
My mother had another version of this record in the early '40 war years. I loved it ever since I was stationed TDY in Washington Heights Tokyo Japan in the early '60s - attended the Kodokan for Judo & Waseda University where I studied Aikido. Learned enough Japanese to get around, although English was spoken making my experience more than memorable. Always remembered the kindness of Yrico Asano among many others.
He was so boyish and had such a sweet smile. Also beautiful straight teeth for those days. I live in Hawaii and in the early 60s there was a lot of Japanese music as we also had several Japanese radio stations. So to me this was no big deal and thought the name Sukiyaki was stupid because it has nothing to do with the food. I didn't realize at that time that this song went global and what it contributed to the Japanese-Americans that lived on the mainland. There's a Japanese documentary about this song and how it also affected Japan. They showed survivors of the great earthquake and tsunami singing this song and crying. Very touching.
I was listening a different song yesterday and I was reading comment section where someone mentioned about this song . since then I keep listening...such a soulful voice .. So sad to hear about his untimely demise...😢 Just love his song and his voice ❤❤❤❤
The original title (he wrote the song himself, I think) is "Ue O Muite Arukou" ("I Look Up When I Walk"). The singer has to look up as he walks, so his tears won't hit the ground.
I bought his first album in Tokyo in 1963 - it has this song on it. It is red vinyl and the album jacket is blue with a pic of Kyu on it. Still have it after all these years - I can still sing the song in Japanese, after all these decades. A beautiful song of lost love.
My condolences to his family. That song has brought so many good family memories over 60 years. My twin uncles (only 8 years older than I) used to listen to the radio and I'd try to sing along. Ive hummed it for all these years and am happy to have found it on You Tube.
I was 10 years old, my sister 13 in 1963 when this song was a hit. We bought the 45 and played it, never knowing the lyrics. Like so many others, we just loved the song. It seemed happy, sweet, romantic.
I too cried alone.. when you lost your first love…. This song tells the heart break of the young man. I just love this song.R.I.P. 😢😢😢😢😢🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👏👏👏👏☮️☮️☮️🍺🍺💕🥰
By far my favorite song. I first heard it when I was about six. I fell in love with Japanese culture as a young girl. My daughter is one quarter Japanese, and she has a younger half-sister unfortunately their dad chose drugs over his daughters. I still love Japan and the culture. I will always love this song.
This song was first played on a radio station as a joke. The DJ thought it would be funny to shock and confuse listeners. That is, until thousands called to request it.
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He died in a plane crash but because of this song he always be lmortal to me. He will never be forgotten ♥
Thank you take care 🙂
His beautiful song never dies. Still sung worldwide until time memorial. Great
❤
@@ngteckhoh ❤
@@mariejerzyszek4251 Thank you take care 🙂💓❤
I first heard this song when I was a young girl. I have always loved it. I am now 75 and it is still my favorite. ❤
Qualifies you as a good ear Honey Bunny. Don't even think about it.
Have a nice day.
Wow!!!😊
Am 71 and feel like you. Love this song and always will. Brings back good memories
And is my favourite song of all time as well am 74 .
Heard it when I was a teenager.
Never heard a more beautiful song.
I am in my 70`s now and I will never, ever get tired of hearing Kyu sing his wonderful song! God Bless!
I'll be 70 next month, and I feel the same way...we both were around to hear this when it came out!
I am 76 and still get that same feeling as when I heard it as a child@@61rampy65
I like this song too
Me too
me too I introduced this to my granddaughter she fell in love with it to.
She likes this so much she taught herself to sing it. She just turn 18.
This song is terrific. One of a kind. Am 71 and remember it well. This was a time that's so different than today. Am so glad to have grown up in this era. 😊
Me too, I'm 68 and remember this song well, always get a tear😢and also glad I grew up in this era😊🇭🇲
Me, too. I feel blessed because of living through those times. 🙏🏻✝️❤️
😢
@@melmoththewanderer9396 Social media sucks ! Seems like things were simpler and more mellow before all the technology !
I’m 76 and times have really changed. Really glad to have been born in this era.
Served in Okinawa, 3 years, early 80's. I love the Japanese people. I learned to speak Japanese. When I heard this song and understood it, I learned to sing it. I would go to pubs with my Japanese friends and they wanted me to sing this song on Karaoke. I'm blonde and blue eyes, and the crowd got crazy. One night they had me sing that song 3 times in a row. I sure miss my Okinawin friends. 😢
Awesome! I have always wanted to learn to sing this song....
Great!
Glad cultural appropriation wasn't in full swing then. Your cultural appreciation is beautiful.
Qué tristeza!!, está bonita, alegre y combinada con nostalgia y lo mismo de esperanza de ver a su baby, asomándose desde el cielo, me llena de ternura!😢😂, la escuché por primera vez en los 90's y sin saber inglés, comprendí su hermosa canción!😂!,, hoy conozco en su video, a este gran cantante japonés! Lastima por nosotros! , pegó allay está ahora con "su baby"😢😊
Sounds like excellent memories
Was that you singing this song on BC street? 😂
When Japan airplane crashed in August 12,1985 my mother cried so much that I still remember her tearful eyes . Now both of them are in heaven and I hear this fateful song with smile on my face .
From California
it was a very sad day for me too
I also remember when that happened. Very sad.
Thank you for sharing that 💗 Slava Ukraini from me in England UK 💗
JAL flight 123. The worst aviation disaster in history. Very sad day. RIP to all. (Jan Griffiths).
I may not be Japanese but I love this song. I first heard this song when I was little back in the day.
OMG I grew up listening to this song when I was growing up in the early 60’s, and I’m sitting here listening to this in 2023 with a big smile on my face. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful song and bringing back such fond memories. 🙏🏻 🇬🇧
LINDO BEALTIFULL
SAME HERE LOVED IT THEN AND STILL.FEEL THE SAME WAY .🎉
Great perspective. You are still alive. Best to you.
Me too! I'm 74 now.
@@torralba4349 We are almost the same age, I just turned 67 at the end of November? My Mum loved listening to this song and it took me straight back to the good old days?
I look up when I walk
So that the tears won't fall
Remembering those spring days
But I am all alone tonight
I look up when I walk
Counting the stars with tearful eyes
Remembering those summer days
But I am all alone tonight
Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Happiness lies above the sky
I look up when I walk
So that the tears won't fall
Though the tears well up as I walk
For tonight I am all alone
(Whistling)
Remembering those autumn days
But I am all alone tonight
Sadness lies in the shadow of the stars
Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon
I look up as I walk
So that the tears won't fall
Though the tears well up as I walk
For tonight I am all alone
(Whistling)
Thank you for the English translation of the beautiful lyrics.
Thanks for english version
Ty
Thank you for your time with translation of this BEAUTIFUL MELODY.... I remember when I was a child I would hear this song on the radio on KRLA 1110 AM.. art laboe and huggy boy along with wolfman Jack they would play this every now and then I never knew what it was saying I just knew it sounded extremely beautiful but I just wanted to thank you for your time with the translation of it...
Thank you for this.. much appreciated ❤️❤️❤️
It hit the top of the charts in 1963. Thats right. Its one of two songs sung 100% in a foreign language that made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US!
That should let you know this song touched a lot of nerves in 1963. It certainly hit mine at age 11 hearing it on the radio. Still does in 2023.
And, what was the other song?
Probably Dominique by The Singing Nuns. It was sung in French
@@lenoraquinn8210macarena 😊!!!!
What about La Bamba by Richie Valens?
@@MysteryBoy-x4t see the article in babble magazine entitled: The 8 Foreign Songs That Topped The Charts in US. Very informative. Just saw it. Google it.
Beautiful Kyu singing the most beautiful song, still gives me chills as it did back in the 60's ♥️
2024年時点で生きていたらまだ82才か......
As a Japanese person living in California I truly appreciate and love these comments. It was certainly a popular song back in the day which is incredible to me because it’s sung in Japanese.
😢 beautiful song, big hit in early 60s even though nobody knew the words, I still love to hear it.
Me too... 💞🎁
70.80くらいだわこれだからにわかは😥
A Taste of Honey recorded this song in English in 1982. I have both versions. (Jan Griffiths).
Just graduated high school This song and singer mean alot to me
I was small when it hit big in the states in 1963 (original Japanese release 1960) and I've listened to it ever since.
*I will always love you, Kyu, the man who smiled with his eyes.* 😢🙏
Smiles, how are you doing ketty?
Verdade, isso é muito lindo
From his heart❤
坂本九さん、いつの時代に聴いても素敵な曲と歌声ですね✨
0:51 😅
... INDUBITABLY SO ✌️🏴🥂
Amen+❤
まじで愛されてる
I've always been moved by it, even without the English translation. Just the sound of his voice, the sound and flow of the Japanese lyrics and the flow and rhythm of the music, and the accompaniment, including the tuneful whistling, it's simple and it's touching.
A beautiful gift to humanity.
No.1 in Australia in 1963 for 2 weeks
RIP to him and the other victims in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
Wow I didn't know he died in a plane cray 😿😿
Wen it that happened
I have learn about this case too
🥰
Yes. He went up to Heaven in a plane. Lovely song, my favorite .
My grandmother who helped raise me passed away this year, as we were going through her stuff my mother gave me some records my grandfather brought back from japan in the korean war and I had to find more music like it and it led me to this, its a beautiful song and its been helping me mourn these last few months. It's so sad but makes me happy at the same time
beautiful story Nick, a lovely tune.
May your dear grandmother rest in peace, it’s always great to find what grandparents loved and what me memories they cherished. Sending Love & condolences from England 🏴🇬🇧
The truly great works tend to stir us in more ways than one.
Such a beautiful song, and this must be one of the first music videos ever
どんな辛い時でも寄り添ってくれる温かくて優しくて泣ける曲です。
I remember enjoying this song as a young boy, and wishing I could whistle like that.
My Name Gary James. ROBSON, lived in Sydney Australia, loved it immensely & thought whistling with it be GR8, but couldn't.
Such a beautiful brilliant song from so long ago 60 years ago for me.
Seems that God only takes the good ones from us early, I cry every time I hear this song, memories of days gone by
💯agree😢
Me too, I'd love to be back then😢
Am investigating whether it was an accident...
Every thing about this song is BRILLIANT what a talented man with a beautiful voice
And courageous.
This is one of the most uplifting songs ever. And we have no idea what he is saying.
this gentleman had such a great voice. nothing but the Best may he rest in peace. we need more people like him. people today have no idea how this singer was.God Bless.
I'm eternal grateful to be born in this world. Sukiyaki is really special for me even I wasn't born in its era.
Music is timeless. You don't to be from that era to enjoy. I remember when it first came out, and it was being play on all of the radio staions.
我都好鍾意
@@ronaldlee3537 The GREAT music is timeless. It sings to the soul.
Poor Kyu Sakamoto, he will be missed. Rest easily.
If you’ve never heard this song and you listen to it now it’s gonna stay in your heart forever.
I remember playing this over and over in the mid-1970s, when I had a crush on a Japanese oral surgeon.
When you have a song stuck in your head and can't remember anything but the melody, and everyone you hum it too knows the whole thing and they don't know what song it is or any lyrics either... it's always this song.
So true!! ... there is something legendary about this song. Everyone knows it... be it with or without the words
It's the most beautifull song to me I cry when it play ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I listen to his music all the time. This song is my all time favorite. Learned the lyrics to it so I could sing along with him.❤
Loved this since the early 1960's when I was a child living on Okinawa with my parents. 😢❤
Smiles, how are you doing Pam?
Wow....powerful.😢
R.I.P. KYU
I was 15 and a Sophomore in high school when this song came out. It was a huge hit with all of us teens. Somehow, this song sang to the young people back then. Great song. Great singer ! Great memories ! 💙
Me too. 15, soph. year, first love. Great song, great memory.
KYU SAKAMOTO💖🕺🌟🤩✨
Great!🎼🎵🎸🎤📀🎧💯👍👏
From Hong Kong🙋♀️🌏💝🌺🥰
Still get "goose bumps"...beautiful melody
The first time I heard this song, I fell in love with it. Simply beautiful from a singer with a kind look.
My favorite, first heard it in 60s, i was a little girl, still my favorite,im 70yrs old❤
I could never remember when I heard this song played and about what year, so all my life I've hummed it's melody, but no one, not even a DJ, could tell me what it's title was.
I was listening to RUclips songs from my past, and when I got to listen to snippets of 1963, I shrieked when I heard the melody I have hummed all my life.
Seems I was just 15 when I heard it played a lot on my little transistor radio.
I'm now 75, and no one was ever able to help me, seeing I didn't know what year it was out.
thank you, Jesus! I have to do some research now, on a tiny miracle that has been a sad thing all my life....Thank you for uploading this song.
I loved that song when I was in high school and played it on the organ.
I was a little girl hearing this beautiful song. I still find it incredible after all of these years.
我都係
His voice so magical soothing and healing
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG I LOVED FROM WHEN I WAS LITTLE
that's the favorite song of my life, thank you
Yes. I first heard this in 1962, when it began being played on the radio, here in the U.S. I had gotten a transistor radio two years earlier, when I was five years old. This song...it still sounds the same, still makes me feel the same way, fifty years later. Incredible. Still the same feeling.
Same
Very good song
You are a deep thinker...
Beautiful song ❤... and May him and the family of the other beautiful souls... rest in peace ✌️🕊️
i hear this and im back to age 5, there was always music playing in our home .Im 65 now hearing this song does send shivers down my spine ,bring a tear to my eye , but also brings a smile and beutyfull memories
when I was ten , we lived in Brazil, this song was always playing on TV, radio. I loved this song! Heard it on the ship we travelled in , on our way to South Africa. Music does that, it triggers memories.
Nostalgia 😔
As a small white child who didn't understand a single word he sang I felt a great sense of sorrow that verged on tears..so beautiful
A transcendent understanding without having to know the language.
I was only 4 yrs. old when I first heard this song, and it touched me so deeply. I looked forward to each time I heard it on the radio. I heard this song on a best songs of 1963 video just the other day and it brought me back to that time, and I felt all of the emotions of joy again.
Oh! How I love this song from my childhood days.
This song make me feel sad and happy ----- i know, but i feel sadness on the lyrics and happy with music/melody.
Yes. It is a song to be brave through sorrow with✨
I remember hearing this song for the first time when I was a boy. I never forgot it and still to this day it touches me. Even though I can't understand the words it is a beautiful sad song.
I remember listening to this song on the radio when I was a teenager. I didn't understand the lytics, but the melody and his voice was enough for me. Beautiful song!❤
original wins it for me....great melody,,,I first sang it 50 years ago///and hopefully it'll be played at my funeral.
La plus belle version qu'il m'a été donnée d'entendre, merveilleux.
僕がまだ産まれる前の
歌だけど何度も
聴いています。
僕は東日本大震災の
被災者です。
震災当日は
絶望感と
疲れた日々でした。
津波で同級生が
犠牲になりました。
震災の年に娘さんの
大島花子さんが
地元に足を運んで頂き
一緒に歌いました。
涙を流さない様に
我慢して歌いました。
大島花子さん
地元に足を運んで頂き
本当にありがとうございました。
決して忘れません。
お会い出来て嬉しかったです。
Isnt it wonderful how all God's family can contribute to
heavenly sounds..God bless you,,Kyu...
I wholeheartedly agree with this
I always cry when I hear this song! 😢
We should.🙏🏼
You brought some happy memories with your smile and songs ❤️❤️❤️ rip kyu sakamoto xx
It's a bitch being old but this song takes me back to a time in my life when I was young, innocent and hopeful.
對🎉
Unforgetable!❤R.I P.
This is love song. It was called sukiyaki a Japanese food dish of soup, meat, noodles, which has nothing to do with the words of the song, it was just catchy name.
A legendary song that will forever not forgotten🎉
I still remember this beautiful song from my childhood.
A sweet memory of youth
Beautiful song. Always loved it.
Was a chart topper my senior year of high school. What great memories it brings back.
WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM ! WAS YOUNG GIRL WHEN I FIRST HEARD HIM SING ! WILL ALWAYS LOVE FOREVER ! MISS YOU SO MUCH BUT YOUR ALWAYS IN MY HEART AND MIND! ❤💕💋💥💯
Such a great song for the sixties! A breath of fresh air and the Chicago radio stations seemed to acknowledge the innovation.
Don't understand the words, but It's so nice to hear!!!
Same as always he lost his girlfriend and can’t stop crying.
I look up as I walk
So that the tears won't fall
Remembering those spring days
And tonight, I am all alone
I look up as I walk
Counting the stars with tearful eyes
Remembering those summer days
And tonight, I am all alone
Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Happiness lies beyond the sky
I look up as I walk
So that the tears won't fall
But the tears well up as walk
For tonight, I am all alone
This is such a haunting tune. The lyrics sum up the nature of human existence, brief moments of joy mixed with tears and disappointment. Whenever I hear this record, it always brings a lump to my throat.
I❤KYU SAKAMOTO……I❤SUKIYAKI
My mother had another version of this record in the early '40 war years. I loved it ever since I was stationed TDY in Washington Heights Tokyo Japan in the early '60s - attended the Kodokan for Judo & Waseda University where I studied Aikido. Learned enough Japanese to get around, although English was spoken making my experience more than memorable. Always remembered the kindness of Yrico Asano among many others.
Only just 18 years after WW2..amazing he had anything but Bitter Sweet lyric really
This song is nothing but bitter sweet lyrics
And in 1985, he was among the 520 people killed in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the deadliest single plane crash.
He was so boyish and had such a sweet smile. Also beautiful straight teeth for those days. I live in Hawaii and in the early 60s there was a lot of Japanese music as we also had several Japanese radio stations. So to me this was no big deal and thought the name Sukiyaki was stupid because it has nothing to do with the food. I didn't realize at that time that this song went global and what it contributed to the Japanese-Americans that lived on the mainland. There's a Japanese documentary about this song and how it also affected Japan. They showed survivors of the great earthquake and tsunami singing this song and crying. Very touching.
Lovely song, wonderful voice, beautiful soul, Kyu you gave the world so much joy and are still doing so half a century later.
I was listening a different song yesterday and I was reading comment section where someone mentioned about this song . since then I keep listening...such a soulful voice .. So sad to hear about his untimely demise...😢
Just love his song and his voice ❤❤❤❤
The original title (he wrote the song himself, I think) is "Ue O Muite Arukou" ("I Look Up When I Walk"). The singer has to look up as he walks, so his tears won't hit the ground.
I bought his first album in Tokyo in 1963 - it has this song on it. It is red vinyl and the album jacket is blue with a pic of Kyu on it. Still have it after all these years - I can still sing the song in Japanese, after all these decades. A beautiful song of lost love.
one of my lullabye. i do love this. rip
涙が出そうになるほどいい曲
Não canso ja assistir esse vídeo amo essa música
My favorite japanese song❤
Beautiful song 😍
its such a beautiful song , and so sad to think he died in a plain crash , but he lives on with his song that is still listened to today
Another beautiful 60s chart buster. Indicative of the new Japan
My condolences to his family. That song has brought so many good family memories over 60 years. My twin uncles (only 8 years older than I) used to listen to the radio and I'd try to sing along. Ive hummed it for all these years and am happy to have found it on You Tube.
あの日を忘れません！素晴らしい歌手です！ご冥福をお祈り致します
I still remember this beautiful song. And such a beautiful voice.
haaaaaaaa How can it be so good My ears don't deserve it I'm outraged Haaaaaa it's beautiful 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
This used to play on the old country AM station of my youth so long ago sweet memories thank you
Einen Gruss in den Himmel an diesen wunderbaren Saenger!!!❤❤
Einverstanden🌹
I was 10 years old, my sister 13 in 1963 when this song was a hit. We bought the 45 and played it, never knowing the lyrics. Like so many others, we just loved the song. It seemed happy, sweet, romantic.
聴くと泣いてしまう
Haunting tune, wonderful production.
haaaaaaaa Como puede ser tan bueno Mis oídos no la merecen Soy indignó Haaaaaa es bellísimo 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I too cried alone.. when you lost your first love…. This song tells the heart break of the young man. I just love this song.R.I.P. 😢😢😢😢😢🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👏👏👏👏☮️☮️☮️🍺🍺💕🥰
Andrea Blicher where are you ? This was our song back in 1963 . I pray your still around it' been 60 years.
Its beautiful 💜
Beautiful words
By far my favorite song. I first heard it when I was about six. I fell in love with Japanese culture as a young girl. My daughter is one quarter Japanese, and she has a younger half-sister unfortunately their dad chose drugs over his daughters. I still love Japan and the culture. I will always love this song.
This song was first played on a radio station as a joke. The DJ thought it would be funny to shock and confuse listeners. That is, until thousands called to request it.