Famous songs about couples: recommended popular tracks

By your side.riria.

riria. / By Your Side [Music Video]

This is a song by Riria whose sweet, heartrending voice resonates with the heart.

The lyrics, which carefully depict the longing for a future with a loved one and the struggle with reality, leave a strong impression.

Released in July 2023, the song was also chosen as the opening theme for the TV anime “My Happy Marriage.” It was later released as an EP on November 22—Good Couple Day in Japan—imbuing it with a special sentiment.

It’s recommended for times when you want to convey your feelings to someone important, or when you’re troubled by love.

It will surely stay close to your heart.

fragileEvery Little Thing

Every Little Thing / fragile

The music videos for “fragile” and the following single “Graceful World” are structured as a continuous drama, forming one story across the two works.

The release boasts a No.

2 sales ranking and also achieved the first No.

1 of the 21st century.

It was used as the theme song for the TV show “Ainori,” and it remains popular today as a classic.

LOVEMACO

MACO – LOVE

A song overflowing with cuteness and charm.

A love song by MACO, popular mainly among teens and people in their twenties.

She originally created and posted original Japanese versions of Western songs on YouTube, which sparked her popularity, and she has since been active as a new-generation love song maker.

AutomaticUtada Hikaru

Hikaru Utada – Automatic

A well-known classic and Hikaru Utada’s debut single.

It sold over two million copies and became a social phenomenon.

Composed by her in her teens with a strikingly mature touch, it’s truly the work of a genius, resulting in an R&B-style love song.

The music video is especially memorable for the scene where she sings in a low-ceilinged room, seated on a yellow sofa.

May it be filled with kindnessFlower

Flower “So That It Overflows With Kindness” [Movie “Evergreen Love (A Herb Book): I Picked Up a Fateful Love” Theme Song ver.]

We covered a song originally released by JUJU as Flower.

It was also featured in the film “Evergreen Love (Shokubutsu Zukan: Unmei no Koi, Hiroimashita),” and has become a popular track covered not only by Flower but also by artists such as Hideaki Tokunaga, Tomomi Kahara, and Kaname Kawabata.

I don’t want to let go.T-BOLAN

I don't want to let go.

A song that boosted T-BOLAN’s popularity.

It was used as an insert song in “Hotel Woman.” It’s also performed as a wedding song, and the album and single versions have slightly different lyrics.

There’s also an anecdote that GACKT once performed “Hanashitaku wa Nai” during his amateur days at a street live with a friend, as mentioned on TV.

the red threadKobukuro

Red Thread – Kobukuro (Full)

This is the coupling song to their 16th single “Footsteps of Time,” which was used in a Nippon Life commercial.

Lyrics and composition by Kentaro Kobuchi.

Actress Yui Aragaki appears in the music video and later went on to cover the song herself.

It was created during their indie period.