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[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.

[Heartfelt] Popular ballads featured in commercials. Masterpieces you’ll want to hear again (71–80)

CAROLSHamasaki Ayumi

Ayumi Hamasaki / CAROLS (Short Ver.)
CAROLSHamasaki Ayumi

It was released in 2004 as Ayumi Hamasaki’s 34th single.

It was used as the CM song for Panasonic’s digital camera “LUMIX FX7.” The song topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, and its lyrics, which evoke a fantastical snowy landscape, give it a somewhat wistful yet gentle feel.

Someday Merry ChristmasB’z

B’z – Itsuka no Merry Christmas
Someday Merry ChristmasB'z

This song is included on the mini-album “FRIENDS,” released in 1992, and it was never issued as a single.

As a classic Christmas song, it’s famous for always being played during the holiday season.

After many years, it was featured in a Pepsi Cola commercial that aired in 2011.

Love StoryAmuro Namie

Love Story – Namie Amuro (Full)
Love StoryAmuro Namie

Released in 2011 as Namie Amuro’s 38th single, “Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! / Love Story” also includes two other new songs and was used as the theme for NTT Docomo’s “d Hits” commercial (Tears version).

It aired in a version co-starring Satomi Ishihara and Tori Matsuzaka.

Entrust me with eternity.DEEN

DEEN - Entrust Me with Eternity LIVE JOY break 4
Entrust me with eternity.DEEN

It was released in 1993 as DEEN’s fourth single.

The lyrics evoke the scene of a long-distance couple reuniting at Christmas.

It was used in an NTT DoCoMo commercial, later self-covered by Seiichiro Kuribayashi, and became the first song to debut in the top three on the Oricon chart.

White LoveSPEED

White Love – SPEED (Full)
White LoveSPEED

Released in 1997 as SPEED’s fifth single.

With total sales of 2 million copies, it became SPEED’s biggest hit, and the group made their first appearance on NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen with this song.

It was used as the commercial song for Shiseido’s Tissera Angel Drop, in which SPEED appeared.