A collection of back number’s heartfelt masterpieces: popular love songs

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one room back number (acoustic solo 14)

It’s included on back number’s fifth single “Sunday,” released on May 30, 2012.

The song is about a breakup with a lover they used to live with.

It conveys regret over not being able to believe her feelings.

When you love someone, you can feel even more anxious and end up doubting them, right?

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Back Number Tender with lyrics

A track from the album “Ato no Matsuri,” it’s a rock, emotional song marked by sharp, tight playing.

It’s said to have been written by channeling the sadness, loneliness, and anger of being dumped.

With that in mind, the performance also comes across as conveying that anger, doesn’t it?

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Back Number Then with lyrics

Another track from “Nogashita Sakana” (“The Fish I Let Go”).

An up-tempo rock number that captures that raw early impulse.

The chorus drops to half-time, and it feels great to sway along.

The guitar riff is cool, too, and you can hear the rock-band side that’s so characteristic of early back number.

you (polite-familiar; often used by older people addressing someone close)back number

Omaesan/back number with lyrics

When we’re together, I get too comfortable and start lacking in consideration.

I blame myself for being so flawed, yet I went and did it again today.

It’s definitely my fault that your patience finally snapped.

But I still can’t stand it if you’re not there.

I’m singing about the weakness of knowing my true feelings but struggling to act on them.

Apparently, this song was written based on a story about an older couple from my hometown.

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[Piano and Vocals] back number / The Important Thing (+3)

Included on back number’s second single “Hanataba,” released on June 22, 2011.

My lover has fallen for someone else.

The impending breakup.

What does it truly mean to care for the other person? This song portrays the growth of the heart after heartbreak and the lingering feelings that remain.

A love song with a poignant melody that really sinks in.

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Hajimari Hajimari

Included on back number’s third single “Until the Day I Can No Longer Remember,” released on October 5, 2011.

A love song that voices the feelings of a guy with a crush.

He’s giddy every day now that he likes someone, but he hasn’t made any moves yet—and he hasn’t even asked whether they already have a partner.

A refreshing, relatable track that captures that in-between stage.

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back number – Hanabira (Short ver.)

This is the song “Hanabira,” included on the album “Superstar,” released in 2011.

It’s a bittersweet breakup song about remembering a finished relationship that still lingers in your heart and wishing to meet again.

Everyone has a love they can’t forget, right? It’s frustrating that we can’t go back to the past, but maybe it’s okay to let yourself fully sink into that sadness.

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