[For when you want to cry] A ballad love song. A heartbreaking love song.
Here are some ballad songs we’d love you to listen to when you feel like crying.
We’ve gathered recommended tearjerkers and full-on sob songs, including popular love songs.
If you’re hurting from love, can’t forget an ex, or you’re feeling lonely and looking for songs to listen to, this is for you.
These are all ballads that will quietly stay by your side while you cry alone.
Find the one song that matches how you feel right now, and let yourself cry as much as you need.
Crying might help you sort out your feelings, or even give you the push you need to move forward.
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[When You Want to Cry] Ballad Love Songs. Heart-wrenching Romance Songs (81–90)
PreciousItō Yuna
Released in 2006 as Yuna Ito’s third single, “Precious” is a grand love ballad that conveys unwavering trust in a partner and the reassurance of never being alone.
Chosen as the theme song for “LIMIT OF LOVE: Umizaru,” it became a long-running hit.
ephemeralShibata Jun
“Utakata” is a song included on Jun Shibata’s 2011 album “Bokutachi no Mirai.” Remembering someone you love while reading lyrics filled with wishes that can never come true tightens the chest.
The protagonist of this song was never able to confess their feelings and can no longer see the person they love again… Where, then, does this unprocessed longing go?
DearestHamasaki Ayumi
“Dearest,” released in 2001 as Ayumi Hamasaki’s 24th single, is a song that portrays a love that, despite detours and mutual hurt, finally finds its way.
It was used as the ending theme for the Yomiuri TV/Nippon TV anime Inuyasha.
With this song, Ayumi Hamasaki won the Grand Prize for the first time at the 43rd Japan Record Awards.
LOVE IS ALL MUSICKahara Tomomi
“LOVE IS ALL MUSIC,” released in 1997 as Tomomi Kahala’s seventh single, is a love ballad filled with feelings for someone special.
It is said to be Tetsuya Komuro’s favorite among the songs he provided to Kahala, and it was also used as the TV commercial image song for Mitsutaka’s “Ginza Jewelry Maki Estate Twin Jewelry.”
be aliveKoyanagi Yuki
“be alive” was released in 2000 as Yuki Koyanagi’s fifth single.
Issued as a lead single from the album “EXPANSION,” it became her first single to top the Oricon chart.
With her overwhelming vocal prowess and lyrics brimming with grandeur and warmth, the song is celebrated as one of Yuki Koyanagi’s signature tracks.
Cry On Your SmileKubota Toshinobu
This is a renowned ballad that tenderly yet poignantly captures the feelings of seeing a loved one off as they set out toward their dreams.
Released in October 1987, it became a milestone as the artist’s first entry into the Oricon Top 10.
Built on an R&B foundation, its beautiful melody is paired with lyrics filled with such deep affection that you find yourself in tears even within the other person’s smile—listening makes your chest tighten.
The emotionally overflowing ad-libbed outro is breathtaking, conveying irrepressible feelings that bring tears to your eyes.
Chosen as the theme song for the Toho film “Kamitsukitai,” it’s also included on the best-of album “the BADDEST.” When you listen to it as you cheer on someone dear at the start of a new chapter, it feels like a gentle push on the back.
[When You Want to Cry] Ballad Love Songs. Heartbreaking Romance Songs (91–100)
Love Sky and the Sound of RainAAA
When it comes to love songs for autumn, those slightly melancholic, bittersweet tunes are the classics, aren’t they? This piece is a gem of a love song packed with the frustrating push-and-pull of romance and those hard-to-express feelings.
You want to say “I love you,” but the fear of what might come keeps the words in your throat.
That delicate feeling of first love overlaps with the gentle scene of autumn rain, and it really tugs at the heart.
This track is a single released by AAA in September 2013 and was also featured in an H.I.S.
commercial, so many of you may find it familiar.
The album it’s included on, Eighth Wonder, became the group’s first to top the weekly charts and won an Excellence Award at the 55th Japan Record Awards.
It’s a song that quietly stays by your side in autumn, when the fun of summer has passed and you start to long for someone.