The Hit Parade is a covers album by Tak Matsumoto in conjunction with several guest artists.

The album features cover songs, which were popular during the 1970s and 1980s in the Japan music scene from artists such as Momoe Yamaguchi, Candies, Akina Nakamori or Tatsuro Yamashita.

However, on 31 December 2018, the album was re-printed and included a limited Kansai version of Koshi Inaba's Minano no Yoko, Yokohama, Yokosuka.

[2] In May 2024, a continuation of the album The Hit Parade IIhas been announced and released on 28 August.

[5] In the media, cover version of Ihoujin was broadcast as an insert theme song for Fuji TV television drama Anata no Soba ni Dare ka Iru.

The length of B-side song is over seven minutes, which makes the longest track from cover album.