Seiko (album)

"All the Way to Heaven"
Seiko
Studio album by Seiko Matsuda
Released	June 7, 1990
Recorded	1989-1990
Studio	The Hit Factory; Trax Recording Studio; Oasis Recording Studios; Mission Control Studios; Criteria Studios;
Genre	J-pop; pop;
Length	40:16
Label	CBS Sony; Columbia; Epic;
Producer	Jack Matsumura; Michael Jay; Maurice Starr; Clay Ostwald; Emilio Estefan; Jorge Casas; Giorgio Moroder; Jellybean; Phil Ramone;
Seiko Matsuda chronology
Singles from Seiko
	"All the Way to Heaven"; Released: April 30, 1990; "The Right Combination"; Released: July 15, 1990; "Who's That Boy"; Released: October 1, 1990;

Seiko is the seventeenth and first internationally released studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Seiko (Seiko Matsuda). It was released on June 7, 1990 by CBS Sony, Columbia Records, and Epic Records. After gaining nationwide success in the 1980s, Matsuda took to the international market, especially the United States and the United Kingdom. She originally intended to release her first English-language studio album Sound of My Heart internationally, however, the plan was scrapped and the album was released exclusively in Japan to a commercial success, peaking at number two on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart.

The album has spawned three singles. The first single from the album, "All the Way to Heaven" was released on April 30, 1990. "The Right Combination" was released on July 15, 1990 as the second single. The song, which features the guest vocal by Donnie Wahlberg, a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block, has been the most internationally successful song on Matsuda's discography, charting in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Japan, as well as peaking at number fifty-four in the United States.[1] It was the first time in ten years for Japanese artists to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 since Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Computer Game" reached number sixty in 1980. The third single from the album, "Who's That Boy" was released in the United States on October 1, 1990.

Commercially, the album was a moderate success, peaking at number two in Japan and has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

CD, digital download
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Way to Heaven"	Michael Cruz Michael Jay	Cruz Jay	3:40
2.	"He's So Good to Me"	Klarmann/Weber	Maurice Starr	4:14
3.	"Leave It Up to Fate"	Bill Duncan Jon Secada Willy Perez Feria	Clay Ostwald Emilio Estefan Jorge Casas	3:40
4.	"The Right Combination" (featuring Donnie Wahlberg)	Cruz Jay	Starr	4:27
5.	"Goodbye My Baby"	Estefan Teddy Mulet	Ostwald Estefan Casas	4:02
6.	"Who's That Boy"	Randy Goodrum Glen Ballard	Jellybean	4:04
7.	"With Your Love"	Starr	Starr	4:20
8.	"Everybody Feels Alright"	Michael Morejon	Ostwald Estefan Casas	3:37
9.	"Halfway to Heaven"	Giorgio Moroder Tom Whitlock	Moroder	3:40
10.	"Try Gettin' Over You"	Doug James Michael Bolton	Phil Ramone	3:24

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2]	2

References

Vago, Mike; Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy; Eichel, Molly (1 February 2016). "America will love Heintje: 11 failed English-language crossovers". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
"Oricon Top 50 Albums: 1990-6-14" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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[1] Vago, Mike; Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy; Eichel, Molly (1 February 2016). "America will love Heintje: 11 failed English-language crossovers". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

[ac_Oricon_Seiko-2] "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 1990-6-14" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 28, 2020.