Songs for birthdays you’ll want to listen to and give—birthday songs with lyrics that touch the heart
We’re introducing Japanese birthday songs with wonderful lyrics.
Birthdays come to everyone—family, friends, lovers… and of course, you.
When it’s time to celebrate, a birthday song is essential!
In this article, we’ve carefully selected songs from among many birthday tracks that have especially great lyrics.
From moving message songs dedicated to someone special, to birthday songs you can sing to yourself on your own special day—birthday songs are sung from a variety of perspectives.
Take your time listening, or play them while you spend time with someone important to you!
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Birthday songs with lyrics that touch the heart (21–30)
PRESENTMrs. GREEN APPLE
It’s a warm song that gently wraps feelings of love and gratitude.
Included on the 2020 album “5,” Mrs.
GREEN APPLE created both English and Japanese versions of this track.
Its refreshing, pop-rock foundation and lyrics that celebrate the small joys of everyday life leave a lasting impression.
The melody carries the desire to carefully wrap your feelings like a gift and send them to someone special, resonating deeply in the heart.
It’s a recommended choice for background music in a video accompanying a birthday surprise or a present for a dear friend.
Using it in your video editing will help your gratitude come across even more strongly.
Happy birthday songkariyushi 58
On birthdays, it’s customary to put as many candles on the cake as the person’s age and blow them out while making a wish.
As we get older, the number of candles might be a little disheartening (lol), but I think it also makes you feel refreshed, like a new year is beginning.
This is a wonderful song that expresses gratitude for the special person celebrating their birthday being born into this world, and cheers them on for the year ahead.
It’s a song that lets you imagine a happy birthday, so please consider sending it to someone important to you.
A birthday song with lyrics that touch the heart (31–40)
Birthdaykururi
“BIRTHDAY” is Quruli’s 14th single, released in 2005.
It appears on their sixth album, NIKKI, as well as the best-of compilation TOWER OF MUSIC LOVER.
The song’s distinctive Quruli tonality is highly appealing, making it a perfect fit for a laid-back, solitary birthday like the one depicted in the lyrics.
It also invites you to imagine a charming world of spending your birthday alone.
Birthday SongGoose house
The vocal unit Goosehouse’s birthday song is a gentle, soothing ballad.
The lyrics celebrate a lover’s birthday, but it wouldn’t feel out of place to give it to a friend, either.
Just like in the lyrics, it would be nice to celebrate with a big cake and a small bouquet on their birthday.
Wouldn’t a solo cover performance make the perfect birthday present?
Happy BirthdayKawashima Ai
With a clear, “angelic” voice, this song creates a fresh and cheerful mood.
The lyrics, filled with the gentle love of Ai Kawashima—who is also involved in social contribution—are truly wonderful.
It’s a very popular birthday song, often dedicated to loved ones.
The first half of the song is perfect for expressing your feelings to a child on their early childhood birthdays.
Someone’s birthday again todayKirinji
“Today Is Someone’s Birthday” is Kirinji’s sixth single, released in 2007.
It’s a birthday song that seems to portend the wonderful luck of Free Soul Kirinji.
As a lovely birthday that comes to everyone, it makes you feel as if you’re in a dreamy, happy world.
It is also included on their seventh album, “7-seven-,” released in 2008.
Happy BirthdayB’z
Set in a world quintessentially B’z, this wonderful song portrays a birthday along the journey of living powerfully.
The lyrics overflow with a sense of vitality and leave a deep impression as a birthday song.
It was included on the original album “MONSTER,” released in June 2006.
It is the first birthday song B’z ever released.