Farewell Song: A Song About Changing Schools, A Song to Give to Friends
Transferring schools is a big event, isn’t it?
If you’re the one transferring, it means leaving the place you’ve spent so much time in.
And if it’s a friend who’s leaving, it can feel like a hole opens up in your heart… Just imagining it is bittersweet.
In this article, I’ve put together songs on the theme of “transferring schools.”
Most of them are farewell songs, but some pieces feel like they can save you from sadness.
It may be a tearful goodbye now, but someday you’ll feel through music that the experience was something good for your life… That’s the kind of playlist this is.
- A farewell song for a dear friend—an uplifting graduation song that conveys heartfelt gratitude.
- Recommended friendship songs for children. Songs about friends you’ll want to listen to with your pals.
- Friendship songs recommended for elementary school students. Bonding songs you’ll want to listen to with your friends.
- Farewell Song: A goodbye song. A tearful parting song.
- [A moving friendship song] For dear friends and best friends. Songs of friendship that make you feel the bond.
- A gratitude song for friends. A thank-you song dedicated to someone special.
- Farewell Songs: Karaoke tunes to sing at a farewell party. Goodbye songs.
- Six types of farewell songs: goodbye songs for each scene
- [Tearjerker] Songs that make your heart tremble with tears & moving tracks with lyrics that touch the soul
- [For High School Students] A Collection of Touching Friendship Songs
- Friendship Songs: Rediscover Your Bonds! A Carefully Curated Selection of Moving Masterpieces That Will Bring You to Tears
- A funny song that livens up a farewell party
- Songs to use in the memory movie. Let’s look back on our memories before graduation!
[Farewell Songs] Songs about transferring schools / songs to give to friends (1–10)
YELLikimonogakari
Ikimonogakari is a three-member group with a female lead vocal.
Since their major debut in 2006, they’ve released numerous classic songs.
They’re artists who cover a wide range, from energetic up-tempo numbers to ballads that make you want to cry.
Their song “YELL,” created by the trio, is a particularly sentimental track.
Released in 2009, it was also selected as the compulsory piece for the junior high division of the NHK National School Music Competition.
There are surely people who feel a sense of alienation due to transferring schools.
This work nurtures the inner strength to keep moving forward, even when you’re on your own in such circumstances.
flameLiSA
As I stand before the major life event of transferring schools, the song that feels like a reflection of my inner feelings is LiSA’s Homura.
It’s the theme song for the film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, and it resonates with the story’s emotional depth, winning broad support to the point of receiving the Japan Record Award.
The track blends sweeping strings with powerful vocals, inspiring courage in those who listen.
Its stirring melody captures that moment of farewell—cherishing the parting even as it propels you forward with strength.
It’s a work that conveys the idea of transforming the loneliness of goodbye into a force that overcomes separation and forges bonds with loved ones in a new form.
Even when we’re apartWANIMA
WANIMA is a three-piece rock band from Kumamoto that continues to lead the contemporary melodious hardcore scene from the front lines.
“Even If We’re Apart,” included on their 7th single Chopped Grill Chicken, features WANIMA’s signature fast-paced rock sound and a message that looks at parting in a positive light, stirring the heart.
Rather than ending things because someone has transferred schools, the lyrics encourage us to smile and dream of meeting again, offering a sense of hope for the future.
It’s a positive track filled with gratitude for a friend who’s moving far away.
[Farewell Songs] Songs about Thinking of Changing Schools / Songs to Give to Friends (11–20)
Best FriendNishino Kana
A song that stays by your side in the bittersweet moment of parting, “Best Friend.” This ballad carries a message about cherishing friendship, unshaken by time or distance.
Kana Nishino’s warm and powerful voice makes you feel that a friend is always by your side, no matter what.
It says “thank you” through music and sings of an unchanging bond from here on out.
How about giving it as a gift to that special friend, with those feelings in mind?
before longMiura Daichi
Daichi Miura—a singer-songwriter often dubbed the “Japanese Michael Jackson,” known not only for his phenomenal dance skills but also for playing various instruments during live performances—released the digital-only single “Itsushika,” written as the theme song for the animated film Break of Dawn.
Its message, a vow to reunite with friends who are drifting apart, evokes a friendship that remains unshaken by major life events like changing schools or graduation.
It’s a soulful ballad whose delicate piano tones and emotional beat feel wonderfully comforting.
secret base 〜What You Gave Me〜mafumafu
Mafumafu is a male singer.
The song “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~” that he sings is originally by ZONE, a girls’ rock band.
It has been covered by many artists besides Mafumafu.
The piano-centered sound is sure to grab your heart.
The many memories that appear in the lyrics bring back fun times with friends.
If you listen to it while thinking about transferring schools, it’s a song you can’t hear without tears.
Let’s do our best so that, in time, transferring schools will feel like a good experience for you.
BEST FRIENDGReeeeN
GReeeeN’s “BEST FRIEND” is the perfect song for thinking about a friend you’ll be separated from due to a school transfer.
It was released digitally in 2013.
Chosen as the theme for a Tokyo Individualized Educational Institute commercial, it drew widespread attention.
Singing about a bond that remains unshaken even when apart, this song gives courage and hope to everyone experiencing farewell.
It’s a moving track that reminds us physical distance cannot sever the ties of the heart, filled with gratitude for a friend and the hope of meeting again.