Recommended breakup songs for women in their 50s: classic and popular Japanese tracks

Goodbye, my beloved.Hana＊Hana

Hana*Hana “Goodbye, My Beloved”

“Goodbye, My Beloved” is one of those songs that makes your eyes well up just by listening.

When you’re the one who’s been dumped, you can spend a while in a daze.

Their feelings are no longer directed at you, yet you still have plenty of attachment left.

All you can do is wait for those feelings to fade little by little, and this song conveys that pain palpably.

Even so, it also expresses genuine gratitude toward the other person, making it a song you can sing with a clear heart—even through tears.

It was released in 2000.

Good-bye, My LoveAn Ruisu

Women ~ A Beauty Has A Short Life ~ Goodbye My Love / Ann Lewis w/ PINX

In the early 1970s, Ann Lewis was promoted more as a wholesome idol at the time of her debut.

Her songs matched that image, singing about heartbreak in a refreshing way.

Even now, they have a melodic beauty that doesn’t feel dated.

Later, she thrived with rock-style songs like “Roppongi Shinju,” and her extremely eccentric outfits became a major talking point.

silver ringchūrippu

Silver Ring / Tulip

During this era, Tulip also enjoyed very strong, enduring popularity, and especially Hineno, who handled vocals, stood out even more than Tazawa.

Their signature breakup song “Kokoro no Tabi” is similar in that respect: it’s uptempo, with a light, lively electric guitar sound, and its charm lies in the fact that it doesn’t quite sound like a breakup song.

My loverGorin Mayumi

My Lover

From its uniquely weighty intro, this song about an eternal farewell—one that lets you feel the changing seasons on your skin—has also been performed by Hibari Misora and Noriko Awaya.

It’s not uncommon for artists to cover or sing many classic songs, but this piece is such a masterpiece that even these two powerhouses felt compelled to sing it.

Drinks for twoAzusa Michiyo

Kazuyoshi Saito covers Mi Chiyo Azusa’s “Futari de Osake o,” covering a cover.

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Azusa, who won the Japan Record Award with “Hello, Baby” and had been known as a pure, innocent singer because of the song’s image, was in fact far from “pure.” She drank and smoked, and she has said she couldn’t stand the gap between her public image and her real self.

Amid all that, she sang a mature breakup song that fit her true image, and it became a huge hit.

The way she sat cross-legged and sang from the instrumental break was really cool.