[Touching the Heart] Popular ballads featured in commercials. Timeless classics you’ll want to hear again.
When you turn on the TV, there’s always a commercial jingle that sticks in your ear.
Among them, it’s the ballads that resonate most deeply, lingering in our memory along with the product’s impression.
Moving melodies and dramatic lyrics stir our hearts in just a short span of time.
In this article, we’ve gathered a wide range of classic ballads that became popular through commercials.
From timeless tunes everyone’s heard at least once to those moving tracks that sparked conversation, we’ll introduce them all in depth.
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[Touching the Heart] Popular ballads featured in commercials. Timeless masterpieces you'll want to hear again (61–70)
Letter to YouSuga Shikao
It’s a song that seeps into your heart and makes your eyes well up before you know it.
After being used in a commercial, it captured the hearts of many.
Suga Shikao’s husky vocals and the warm acoustic sound are a perfect match.
Released as a digital single in June 2024, it’s also included on the album “Acoustic Soul 2014–2024,” which came out around the same time.
It also drew attention as the theme song for the “Rebawell” commercial starring actress Nao.
It’s recommended for times when you want to express gratitude to someone important or when you want to encourage yourself.
It will surely give you courage.
AnswerIkuta Rira
A moving ballad by Lila Ikuta that weaves delicate emotional expression with a powerful message, portraying the search for answers to forge one’s own future.
It beautifully captures the protagonist’s emotional journey—from anxious nights curled up in tears to the resolve to carve out a path with their own hands.
Released in March 2021, the song was also featured in a Tokyo Marine Nichido Anshin Life commercial.
It gently encourages people who, despite feeling anxiety and loneliness in their daily lives, choose to face forward and overcome them.
It’s also recommended when you want to convey your feelings at karaoke.
A Snowy ChristmasDREAMS COME TRUE
It was released as DREAMS COME TRUE’s eighth single in 1990.
In 1994, they released an English-lyric version titled “WINTER SONG.” In 2016, as “Yuki no Christmas – VERSION ’16 -,” it was used as the commercial song for Subaru’s Impreza Sport/Impreza G4.
If you wish for a miracle…JUJU
It was released in 2006 as JUJU’s third single.
It was her first ballad and was used in a commercial for the SUBARU LEGACY OUTBACK.
It’s no exaggeration to say that this song was what brought JUJU to the attention of a wide audience.
EverythingMISIA
It was released in 2000 as MISIA’s seventh single.
It became her first single to reach No.
1 on the Oricon chart and remains her only million-selling single.
It was used in a commercial for Nissin Foods’ Cup Noodles.
JulianPRINCESS PRINCESS
It was Princess Princess’s 10th single, released in 1990.
The lyrics were written by Kanako Nakayama and the music was composed by Kaori Okui.
It was used in a Citizen “Lighthouse” commercial, and both the A-side and B-side had tie-ins.
Winter Fantasykazan
Released in 1995 as the third single by the pop duo Cousin, it became their biggest hit and the only one to reach the top 10 on the Oricon charts.
Chosen as the theme song for Sapporo Beer’s “Fuyu Monogatari” commercial, it remains a popular duet song today.