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)
STAND BY MEGOING STEADY
Bittersweet romance, a weak man…
that’s the kind of lyrics it has.
Going Steady have sung many songs about youth, but perhaps none exposes vulnerability like this one.
The way it starts slow, almost like a ballad, and then suddenly becomes intense toward the end is also a must-hear.
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.