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Classic songs about dandelions. Recommended popular tracks.

This is a playlist of classic Japanese songs that feature dandelions in their titles.

Because dandelions are a common wildflower that grows throughout Japan, they feel familiar to many people.

Their charming yellow blossoms and the dreamy look of their fluffy seed heads give them strong visual appeal, making dandelions a very popular motif in music.

Classic songs about dandelions. Recommended popular tracks (1–10)

DandelionMONGOL800

This is a track from the three-piece rock band MONGOL800, formed in Okinawa Prefecture, included on their 2001 album MESSAGE.

Despite being an indie release, the album became a mega-hit and is considered a classic.

If you keep listening to this closing track, something will happen.

Dandelion (Toys II)LÄ-PPISCH

This is a track from the first full album “LÄ-PPISCH” by the rock/ska music group LÄ-PPISCH, who made their major debut in 1987.

The melody digs in alongside lyrics you can’t help but read over and over, and the tasteful arrangement and distinctive worldview are downright addictive.

Catch me in the dandelion fieldsutābō

This is a single released in 1983 by Starbow, a three-member female idol group active from 1982 to 1984.

When they debuted, their concept was that of “three gender-unknown space musketeers who escaped from the tenth planet of the solar system, Starbow, and came to Earth to bring A.I.

(ai, meaning love).” However, with this song, their concept was drastically revised, and they became a regular female idol group.

Classic songs about dandelions. Recommended popular tracks (11–20)

dandeliontanpopo

Tanpopo, a sub-unit formed in 1998 within Morning Musume—the idol group that took Japan by storm under the overall production of Tsunku—released this as their third single.

The song was also used as the ending theme for Fuji TV’s sketch comedy show “Warau Inu no Seikatsu – YARANEVA!! -.” It is sung by first-generation members Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida, and Mari Yaguchi.

It’s a bright song with a mature charm, distinct from Morning Musume’s usual style.

dandelionkyokyoku

Dandelion ♪ On a cold hometown night beneath the snow, in the wind and in the earth — Dandelion. Lyrics by Wakaru Kadokura, Music by Kiyoshi Horikoshi
dandelionkyokyoku

A song released in 1976 with lyrics by Satoshi Kadokura and music by Kiyoshi Horikoshi, best known through performances by artists such as Yoko Seri.

It was also sung as a labor struggle song at the Hitachi Steelworks.

In addition, it is often performed as a choral piece in kindergartens and elementary and junior high schools, making it a song loved by a wide range of generations.

Dandelion WaterwheelMakino Yui

Yui Makino – Dandelion Waterwheel (Makino Yui – Tanpopo Suisha) PV
Dandelion WaterwheelMakino Yui

While appearing in numerous anime as a voice actress, Yui Makino has also created many tie-in songs as a singer.

This is her self-cover of the ending theme from the final episode of the 2009 release of the anime “Sketchbook ~full color’s~.”

Dandelion meadowShimada Nami

Nami Shimada 'Dandelion Meadow' (1988) PV Edit
Dandelion meadowShimada Nami

This is the eighth single by idol singer Nami Shimada, released in 1988.

She retired from her idol career in 1990 and has since been active under the name Naoko Shimada as a music writer and disc jockey, among other roles.

It’s a refreshing song sung by Shimada in her teenage years.