Famous songs about gifts: recommended popular tracks
This is a playlist of songs that feature gifts in the title, include presents in the lyrics, or use gifts as a theme or motif.
Pay attention to what is referred to as a “gift” in each song.
It’s fun to compare interpretations across different artists.
Masterpieces that sing about gifts. Recommended popular songs (1–10)
GIFTNEW!Nissy
It’s an exquisite love song that delicately portrays the flutter of hurrying to a meeting spot and the warmth felt amid the winter chill.
The falling snow and city lights beautifully color the time the two share, making you realize that simply being together is the greatest gift of all.
Many listeners will likely find their hearts moved by its romantic worldview.
Released digitally in December 2014, the music video features model Moeka Nozaki and drew attention for its drama-like storyline.
It’s a heartwarming number you’ll want to listen to on a Christmas night with someone you love or on the way home from a winter date.
GIFTMr.Children
This is a famous hit song by the hugely popular band Mr.
Children, which was also used as NHK’s theme song for the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics.
It’s a message song directed at people who keep working hard despite setbacks, suggesting that everyone possesses different talents—that is, their own gifts.
GiftPorno Graffitti
It’s a catchy pop song by the rock duo Porno Graffitti.
In English, talent is called a “gift,” as in a gift from God.
The song is a very positive anthem that says: even if my own talent is small, I’ll still live proudly.
My Color Gifttokkureeshon
It’s a pop, upbeat idol song featured as an insert track in the anime The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls.
The lyric “How exactly should I try my best?” is something many people can relate to.
It sings about ways to make an effort and the image that suits oneself, describing them as a gift—my own color of talent.
GiftET-KING
This is a song by ET-KING about a wonderful present.
I’ve received many things from you—some visible, some invisible, and of many kinds—but among them, the gift of a “reason to live” is sung as something truly special.
GiftSakamoto Maaya
This is a lovely motivational message song by the popular voice actress Maaya Sakamoto and the hit-making composer Yoko Kanno, used as the ending theme for the anime CLAMP School Detectives.
It really makes you wonder what kind of gift could help you love yourself even more.
Giftarashi
It is a song by Arashi, a nationally beloved idol group, about a moving gift.
The lyrics read like a letter to an older girl who took care of the singer in childhood, conveying gratitude and prayers.
The gift mentioned in the song is “the courage to live.”