Masterpieces about fathers: songs about dads to listen to together as a parent and child

My father’s songZushi Tamami

A Song I Want to Give on Father’s Day: Dad’s Song / Tamami Zushi

“Otōsan no Uta” (Dad’s Song), sung by Tamami Zushi, is a song of gratitude to her father, carried by an acoustic sound and a lively tempo.

Now an adult, the daughter has come to understand her father’s hardships and love, and she resolves to finally express her true feelings to him.

The playful, slightly bashful lines sung at the end—brimming with teasing charm—are irresistibly cute.

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BENI – PAPA

This is a ballad in which BENI sings honestly to her father.

Included on her 2015 album “Undress,” the song’s music video was created using “photos of memories with fathers” collected from the public, showcasing many cherished father-child moments.

The lyrics that appear on screen are handwritten by BENI herself, and it’s a song whose gentle message she hopes every father will hear.

FatherReeSya

ReeSya 'Father' Official Music Video (Filming location: Casa de Angela, Yokohama)

The track “Father,” released by ReeSya in 2012, brims with a father’s love.

It’s hard to notice, even when living together, just how much your dad truly cares for you.

But at turning points—like moving out on your own or getting married—when it suddenly hits you, that kindness can really move you to tears.

If you haven’t talked much with your father, or if you’ve been avoiding him for a long time, why not use this song as a chance to sit down and have a heartfelt conversation with him?

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Kyushu Man – Father

“Father” is a song that tells, in straightforward words like a story, the journey from rebelling against the father who abandoned my mother and me when I was little, to realizing the feelings I still had for the father who kept coming to see me.

From addressing him distantly as ‘the father’ all along, the song ends with finally calling him ‘Father.’ The quietly savored regret and the great love are deeply moving.

Ariga juujuuHitoto Yo

Ariga juujuu

A single “thank you” isn’t enough to express my gratitude—I want to say thank you again and again, a thousand times, even ten thousand times.

It’s an exceptional song of appreciation.

With lyrics as gentle as a nursery rhyme and the beautiful voice of Yo Hitoto, it rekindles the warmth of family love.

My dad’s emailKetsumeishi

Ketsumeishi 'Dad's Email' Short Ver.

“Oyaji no Mail” (Dad’s Emails) is a song about a father who, despite being clumsy with technology, does his best to operate a cellphone he’s not used to in order to send emails, and the son who receives that effort with gratitude.

The father’s words—urging his son to keep at it without overdoing it—and the depth of love shown by the time he spends on every odd typo and emoji, along with the bond the son savors in response, are profoundly moving.

Daddy’s LullabyCRAZY KEN BAND

Crazy Ken Band – “Papa’s Lullaby”

Sung in a laid-back style by Crazy Ken Band, “Papa’s Lullaby” is the theme song for the first feature-length animated film of Tensai Bakabon, released in 2015.

The lyrics are unique, subtly sprinkled with Bakabon Papa’s unwavering philosophy of free living and his famous line, “This is fine as it is.”