[3] The song's particular use of the English phrase, "Stay with Me", was noted by Billboard as grabbing "the interest of non-Japanese listeners" while paying homage to its Western influence.

[5] While Matsubara would release a lot more music in her career, "Mayonaka no Door" is widely considered her greatest work.

In October, Rainych uploaded a cover of "Mayonaka no Door" to her YouTube channel, resulting in the song gaining popularity in Indonesia, where it then spread to the rest of the world.

[2] In January of the same year coincidentally, Malaysian indie rock band Grey Sky Morning had produced a song titled "Wajah-Wajah (Sahabat)" which interpolates "Mayonaka no Door" as part of its chorus subsequently crediting Tetsuji Hayashi as co-composer.

[8][9] On 4 February 2022, during an interview with NHK, Hayashi (the composer) said that he believed the key to the song's resurgence was that people were used to streaming music.