Looking back at EXILE’s classic and popular songs: a collection of unforgettable gems

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EXILE / Michi (Short Ver.)

A timeless ballad that continues to be loved across generations as a classic graduation-season song.

The lyrics, depicting the bittersweet feeling of setting out and the hope for the future, resonate deeply alongside the beautiful tones of piano and strings.

Released in February 2007 as the 23rd single, it is also included on the album EXILE EVOLUTION.

In addition to being featured in a music.jp commercial and as the opening theme for MUSIC FIGHTER, it also inspired a TV drama.

Furthermore, in February 2007 it achieved the remarkable feat of becoming the 1,000th number-one song in Oricon history.

It’s a track that gives courage not only to students embarking on a new chapter, but to anyone stepping into a new environment.

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EXILE / EXILE PRIDE ~To Love a World Like This~

An exhilarating upper-tune marked by dynamic beats and soul-stirring vocals that gives listeners a powerful push forward.

It carries a straightforward message: face forward even in difficult times and move ahead with love.

Every time I listen, I feel a fire welling up deep in my chest.

Released as a single in April 2013, it was featured in numerous tie-ins, including commercials for Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical’s Air Salonpas and Toyota.

In December of the same year, it won the Japan Record Award and became the group’s first million-selling single—truly a classic etched in history.

It’s a song I highly recommend when you’re taking on a challenge or need to fire yourself up.

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EXILE / 24karats GOLD SOUL

An aggressive dance track bearing the series-defining title “Golden Soul,” it radiates EXILE’s signature overwhelming intensity and the power of the collective.

Beyond sheer exhilaration, it’s infused with a return-to-roots spirit and indomitable fighting will—each listen sets your heart ablaze.

Released in August 2015 as their 46th single and included on the best-of album EXTREME BEST, the song was also beloved as the theme for Nippon TV’s Sukkiri!! and the program image song for Rugby World Cup 2015.

It’s the perfect anthem to hear before a make-or-break moment or whenever you need to steel your resolve—one that gives you a powerful push forward.

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M & A

This is the closing track of the million-selling album “EXILE ENTERTAINMENT,” released in December 2003.

Known for being written and composed by SHUN and ATSUSHI themselves, it’s one of the ballads that symbolize the group’s First Chapter era.

The lyrics express a strong resolve and a vow of love to protect a precious person for life.

Warm, celebratory-sounding production layered with the two singers’ beautiful harmonies makes it a song that naturally fills you with tenderness just by listening.

Among fans, it has long been cherished as a wedding staple.

It’s a gem of a track that we highly recommend to anyone beginning a life with their partner or seeking a pure love song that resonates deeply in the heart.

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EXILE / VICTORY

A track included on the double maxi single “FANTASY,” released in June 2010.

It was produced as an officially sanctioned Japan National Team support song by the Japan Football Association and was also used as a theme song for Apaman Shop commercials.

The lyrics, infused with the passion to seize victory and a strong will to charge into the future, seem to make your heart burn hotter the more you listen.

The music video also became a hot topic because the Japan National Team’s manager at the time appeared in it.

The grand sound and exhilarating vocals are truly overwhelming.

It’s a number that gives you a powerful push forward when you want to take a step toward your dreams and goals.

Fragments of Time ~Tokino Kakera~EXILE

EXILE / Fragments of Time ~Tokinokakera~ (Short Ver.)

This is a commemorative work chosen as the theme song for a drama for the first time, for “Yama Onna Kabe Onna.” In keeping with the theme of “cherishing each day and living to the fullest,” it was created as an anthem for life.

Behind its creation, there were reportedly about two months of meticulous meetings.

It’s a tour de force that lets you keenly feel that process.

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EXILE / I Just... Want to See You - Short version -

This is a song for which former member SHUN wrote the lyrics just before leaving the group.

Created under the concept of competing purely through singing at a time when dance-centered performances were drawing attention, this work has long been loved by not only fans but by many people as EXILE’s biggest hit song.