Yumi Matsutoya, affectionately known as Yuming, has released all 424 songs released over the 45 years since her debut, including her days as Yumi Arai, on Spotify. To commemorate the release of these songs, a playlist of 100 of her classics, "This Is Yumi Matsutoya," has also been released. Additionally, Spotify's official playlist, "My Generation," which compiles hits from each decade, features covers from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s, each featuring a photo of Yuming from each era. Why not feel the spirit of the times with this playlist filled with classic songs that transcend generations?

Top 5 Most Played Songs in the First 2 Days

1. Hello, My Friend
2. If I Were Wrapped in Kindness
3. I Want to Protect You
4. Contrail
5. The Refrain is Screaming

■My Generation: '70

"I Want to Go Back to That Day," released in 1975 by Yumi Arai when she was 21 years old at the time, came in at the top of the charts. The song was also used as the theme song for the TBS drama "Family Secrets" (broadcast in 1975) starring Kumiko Akiyoshi, and was Arai Yumi's first number one on the Oricon charts since her debut. Other songs on the playlist include Machiko Watanabe's "The Day the Kamome Flew" and the Carpenters' "Close to You," making it the perfect playlist to listen to during a brief respite from your busy daily life.

■My Generation: '80s

The top song is "Motte Agetai," released in 1981 and used as the theme song for the film "Nerareta Gakuen" (Targeted School), starring Hiroko Yakushimaru. The playlist also features songs such as Kaien Tai's "Okuru Kotoba," which was the theme song for the first series of "3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei" (TBS), and Yakushimaru Hiroko's "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun," allowing viewers to reminisce about the trends and hits of the time.

■My Generation: '90s

"A Midsummer Night's Dream," released in 1993 and the first single to sell over a million copies, topped the charts. Other songs on the playlist include TRF's "Overnight Sensation ~The Era is Entrusted to You~" and Shinohara Ryoko's "Aisha to Sadness to Kokorozuka to," which are symbols of the turbulent music scene that saw a succession of million-selling hits, such as the "Komuro Boom" that swept the era, Mr.Children's "Tomorrow never knows," and Spitz's "Robinson."

■My Generation: '00s

"Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni," released in 2001, appears at the top. This collection features 100 carefully selected hits from the 2000s, including classics still popular today like Yuzu's "Eiko no Hashi" and Masaharu Fukuyama's "Niji," as well as hits by popular Western artists in Japan like Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" and Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again."