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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Masterpiece songs about boys. Recommended popular tracks (91–100)
BELOVEDGLAY
It’s hard to define a “youth anthem,” but I think it refers to songs people spent their youth with, or songs aimed at those in the midst of their youth—songs they resonated with.
For a certain generation, GLAY is probably the most important band.
Blue-Sky Unrequited LoveSKE48
If it’s a youth song, you can’t not sing about bittersweet love.
And unrequited love or getting rejected is more youthful than mutual love.
This is a wonderful idol song that perfectly speaks for those feelings.
A must-listen for young people.
Hide-and-seekWhiteberry
Whiteberry is famous for their song ‘Natsu Matsuri,’ but this track—depicting love from a woman’s perspective—is also a must-listen.
It portrays, in various expressions, the desire to stay as tender and dependent as in childhood, and the wish to always have someone by your side, making it a song many can relate to.
Open your heartZARD
This song is like a classic youth anthem, and many people still remember it as an important, beloved classic.
Precious Memoriesglobe
This is a song included on globe’s first album.
Friends you stopped seeing after your school days ended, a best friend you can no longer meet.
Even while being swamped with work, when you pause for a moment, you remember those times…
Even now, listening to it makes my chest tighten.
It’s a song that brings back memories of my youth.
All of the YouthHanumān
The coolness of the three-piece really shines through.
The lyrics are great, of course, but above all the melody line is wonderful.
It’s a song that feels like youth racing past, and that final shout gives me chills.
You should definitely give it a listen.
Youth’s Flower PathPorunogurafiti
The title of this song is the very embodiment of youth.
It sublimates the excess energy and frustrations unique to young people into a brilliant rock sound.
Even listeners today, I think, wouldn’t find it dated and would be able to see it as a song of their own.