[A moving friendship song] For dear friends and best friends. Songs of friendship that make you feel the bond.
Have you ever wanted to express your feelings to a dear friend through a song?
Feelings like everyday gratitude, encouragement for a friend you’ll soon be apart from, or congratulations for a wedding can be hard to put into words…
So in this article, we’ll introduce plenty of recommended friendship songs that can truly convey those emotions!
Even when we call them “friendship songs,” the sentiments embedded in each one vary widely, so you’re sure to find a moving track that perfectly fits you and your friend.
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[Heartwarming Friendship Songs] Dedicated to your precious friends and best friends. Friendship songs that let you feel the bond (91–100)
MY FRIEND ~Thank you~Bekkī♪#
It’s a piano-centered ballad that tugs at anyone’s heartstrings, an emotional piece that expresses feelings for a friend.
Framed with the scenery of “parting,” the lyrics use “darling” as a keyword and carry a powerful sense of realism that extends beyond thoughts of “friendship” to encompass feelings for one’s loved ones—family, partners, and other important people.
Brand New DaysKyūshūdan
It seems that Kushu-Oh sang this song in place of a speech for his best friend.
The lyrics and title express the complicated feelings of being happy that a best friend you’ve always been with is getting married, yet feeling as if they’re going far away.
It brings back nostalgic memories and images that could bring you to tears.
It’s a perfect song to sing or give as a gift at a best friend’s wedding.
[Moving Friendship Songs] For cherished friends and best friends. Friendship songs that let you feel the bond (101–110)
If I Didn’t Have YouSarī, Maiku (Ishizuka Hidehiko, Tanaka Yūji)
“If I Didn’t Have You,” the theme song of Pixar’s 2001 film Monsters, Inc.
In the original version, it’s sung by John Goodman and Billy Crystal, who voiced Sulley and Mike in the film, and in the Japanese version it’s performed by Hidehiko Ishizuka and Yūji Tanaka, who voiced the characters in the dub.
The song captures the laid-back banter and friendship between the two monsters, but it’s a friendship anthem that resonates not only with monsters, but with humans as well.
It reminds you how important it is to care for one another.
Friends for lifeAoyama Teruma
“Lifelong Companions” is, as the title suggests, a song that expresses her pure feelings about cherishing bonds.
The lyrics are very positive: whenever she looks to her side, her friends are there, and it’s because of them that she can keep going.
It’s a song filled with gratitude for those precious friends—one you’ll want to give to friends you want to thank.
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How about sending a song like this when you’re not sure what to say to a dear friend who’s feeling down? Ikimono-gakari’s “Egao” is their 26th single, released in 2013, and it was also the theme song for a Pokémon movie.
It’s a message song filled with the desire to say how much your friends have helped you and how wonderful you are.
Sometimes music can encourage us even more than words, right?
Song of Thoughts ~Thinking of Companions~Kiyosaku
Starring Takumi Kitamura, the series Omouta gained popularity as songs used in JT’s commercials.
These tracks weren’t originally planned for release, but due to the strong response, they were put out on CD and became fan favorites.
In addition to “Thinking of My Friends,” there are songs about parents, married couples, loved ones, colleagues who joined the company at the same time, and sisters.
The songs evoke those casual moments from our youth—words and events we didn’t think were that important back then—that we realize are incredibly precious once we grow up.
Doesn’t this song make you want to meet up with your friends?
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A song by LiSA that was chosen as the theme for the blockbuster film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
It was created to follow the film’s story, with the hope that, while staying close to the pain and sorrow each character carries, it would help them keep moving forward.
Tanjiro and his friends bear their own wounds and fight on, thinking of one another and supporting each other.
This is a song I’d like to give to friends who, like them, can be there for each other when something happens—so that we can continue to support one another, share our joys, and say, “Thank you for everything up to now, and let’s keep taking care of each other from here on.”
