Classic songs about boys. Recommended popular tracks.
This is a playlist of songs that either have the word “boy” in the title or center their lyrics around the theme of boyhood.
From full-on youthful anthems to reflective pieces looking back on childhood from adulthood, these songs explore the idea of boyhood from various angles.
If you’re a man, why not listen and reminisce about those formative boyhood days?
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Masterpieces about boys: Recommended popular songs (71–80)
Youth and a momentmakaroni enpitsu
A track that carries a powerful message: youth only happens now, it’s an irreplaceable time, so savor the present.
Hattori’s vocals, delivered with overwhelming vocal prowess, are emotional, and the lyrics feel deeply relatable.
One moment you’re hurting or conflicted, and the next you’re laughing out loud… In hindsight, those dazzling, sparkling days of youth pass in a flash.
This crisp, punchy anthem to youth makes you feel that fully savoring those precious, wonderful days is truly important in life.
Beloved daysyangusukinii
This song by Young Skinny sings about the depth and complexity of friendship.
The lyrics, woven from the members’ down-to-earth words, make you involuntarily think, “I get it!” and empathize.
You can’t help but be moved by the importance of accepting each other completely and making an effort to understand one another.
Included on the EP If We Could Find Happiness in Anything, released in September 2023, it was also used as the campaign song for Ezaki Glico’s “Seventeen Ice.” It’s a masterpiece that resonates not only with students in the midst of their youth, but also with adults.
How about singing it with your best friends at your school’s culture festival and making it a page of your youth? With this song, it’s sure to become an unforgettable memory!
Youth DiaryRyukku to soine gohan
Formed when the members were first-year high school students and based in Tokyo, Ryuck to Soinen Gohan is a band known for this track.
Many students have likely found courage in its lyrics, which strongly push young people to sprint through their youth with the message: “There’s definitely something only the current you can do!” In our school days, we tend to stop and dwell on things that, in hindsight, aren’t a big deal.
Perhaps the meaning of this song sinks in even deeper when you look back on it as an adult.
Precious thingsroodo obu mejyaa
A signature work by the legendary youth punk band, Road of Major.
It’s a song so straightforward it’s almost embarrassing—sweet lyrics and earnest feelings delivered with driving melodies—yet it’s undeniably beautiful.
It remains so popular that it still shows up in karaoke rankings.
Kokoro-eroodo obu mejyaa
This song, known as the theme for the anime Major, is one that anyone from that generation has probably heard.
It’s a bright track with a thrilling rock sound and vocals that soar with refreshing clarity.
Listening to it, there are parts that resonate and seem to connect with the anime’s storyline.
In particular, I think anyone who was involved in a school club—not just baseball—has their own episodes it brings back.
It’s a youth-filled song that revives the passion we felt back then.
Youthful AmigoShūji to Akira
Seishun Amigo by Shuuji to Akira is often cited as a leading youth anthem of the 2000s.
The golden duo of Kazuya Kamenashi from KAT-TUN and Tomohisa Yamashita, who was in NEWS at the time, co-starred in the drama Nobuta wo Produce, and the song became a huge sensation.
Beyond stage performances and party acts, many people likely sang and danced to it at school as well.
Its catchy, kayō (Japanese pop) flavor that appealed across generations—and lyrics about caring for a cherished partner—capture the very sparkle of youth.
It’s a song that sets students in the midst of their youth ablaze, and still makes grown-ups’ hearts swell.
Until graduationBoku ga mitakatta aozora
This song is the second single by Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora.
Released in January 2024, it portrays a bittersweet love centered around the theme of graduation.
The music video, set in a fishing port, captures scenes of youth steeped in melancholy.
With the group’s first-ever selection system, 12 members handle the vocals.
Their expressive singing conveys the unique poignancy of adolescence.
The protagonist’s complex emotions on the verge of graduation are sure to resonate with listeners.
If you’ve ever experienced the sweet-and-sour ache of an unrequited crush during your school days, this is a song you’ll surely relate to.