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 (81–90)
Racing through my horny springtimeichou BOYZ
After GOING STEADY disbanded, vocalist Kazunobu Mineta formed a new band, Ging Nang Boyz, and their track Kakenukete Seishun is included on the classic 2005 album Kimi to Boku no Daisanji Sekaitaisen-teki Ren’ai Kakumei.
It also drew attention for featuring YUKI—who was active as the vocalist of JUDY AND MARY—on vocals.
It’s a full-throttle love-punk song that hurls the impulses born from falling in love without holding anything back.
Mineta’s near-screamed vocals shower you with raw energy.
The sun also risesTakahashi Yuu
Isn’t youth all about making mistakes? This song turns that idea into a positive message, as if it’s speaking on behalf of young people.
I think many listeners will feel empowered by the lyrics about trying again no matter how many times you fail.
youth↑THE HIGH-LOWS↓
The punk band THE HIGH-LOWS’ legendary anthem “Seishun” (Youth).
It’s a well-known track used in commercials and more, but for punk fans, you can’t beat Maschi’s guitar sound and Hiroto Kōmoto’s vocals.
With striking lyrics and a driving, fast eight-beat, this song will supercharge your youth many times over!
Boy,Fuse Akira
In the sixth entry of the Heisei Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Hibiki, in addition to Hibiki who transforms into Hibiki, another protagonist, Asumu Adachi, appears, giving the show an aspect of a coming-of-age drama centered on a boy.
Its ending theme is Shonen yo, sung by Akira Fuse.
Snow SmileBUMP OF CHICKEN
A famous love song by BUMP.
When it was released, many junior and senior high school students probably went to and from school with their partners, tracing the story told in the lyrics.
The psychological depiction—of the other person’s character and of the narrator’s own character in the song—is superb.
Spread your wingsDEEN
It’s really hard to define a ‘youth song,’ but I think it’s fine to include groups and artists that became popular mainly among young people.
In that case, this rock band was also an extremely popular group whose albums surpassed a total of 10 million copies sold, primarily driven by young listeners.
Masterpiece songs about boys. Recommended popular tracks (91–100)
confessionFUNKY MONKEY BABYS
You just can’t leave FUNKY MONKEY BABYS out of any lineup of youth anthems! For those who were right in the thick of their youth around 2008 when it was released, this track hits dead center.
I remember playing it on repeat like crazy.
Just like the title “Confession,” the lyrics spill out feelings for a crush in a way that makes your heart flutter! Even listening again after a long time, that excitement vividly comes rushing back, and it makes me long for the straightforward kind of love from back then!