Heart and Soul (Mari Hamada song)

"Heart and Soul"
Single by Mari Hamada
from the album Heart and Soul: The Singles
LanguageJapanese
B-side"My Tears"
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1988 (1988-09-07)
Genre
Length4:52
LabelInvitation
Composer(s)Hiroyuki Ohtsuki
Lyricist(s)Mari Hamada
Producer(s)Greg Edward
Mari Hamada singles chronology
"Call My Luck"
(1988) 		"Heart and Soul"
(1988) 		"Return to Myself ~Shinai, Shinai, Natsu."
(1989)
Music videos
"Heart and Soul" on YouTube

"Heart and Soul" (ハート・アンド・ソウル, Hāto ando Souru) is the eighth single by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, from the greatest hits album Heart and Soul: The Singles. Written by Hamada and Hiroyuki Ohtsuki, the single was released by Invitation on September 7, 1988. The song was used by NHK for their coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The B-side is "My Tears", a power ballad that has since become one of Hamada's most popular songs.[1]

The single peaked at No. 7 on Oricon's singles chart, making it her first top-10 hit.[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Heart and Soul"Hiroyuki Ohtsuki4:52
2."My Tears"Takanobu Masuda6:23

Chart positions

Charts (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 7

References

  1. ^ "SONGS|第288回 浜田麻里". NHK. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ "浜田麻里30周年でシングルBOX、過去アルバムSHM-CD化". Natalie.mu. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2020-04-22.