[Tears of Joy] Beautiful Friendship Songs with Lyrics You’ll Want to Gift to a Dear Friend
For occasions like celebrating a friend’s wedding, farewell parties for a job transfer or move, or graduation…
Many people may be looking for songs to give in place of parting words, or background music for a message video.
But even when it comes to friendship songs, it can be hard to come up with ideas.
So in this article, we’ll introduce plenty of recommended friendship songs with especially moving lyrics!
There are many songs whose lyrics let you look back on the bonds and memories you’ve built and reaffirm your friendship, so please use this as a reference!
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Tearjerker: Beautiful Friendship Songs with Lyrics You’ll Want to Gift to a Dear Friend (51–60)
secret base ~What You Gave Me~ZONE
ZONE’s “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~” is a quintessential song themed around friendship.
Among friendship songs, this one especially conveys the bittersweet sadness of being separated from a friend due to a school transfer.
Released in 2001, it evokes a deeper sense of melancholy each time you listen, thanks to expressions that reflect the era’s social backdrop.
Our TomorrowElefanto Kashimashi
Here’s a song Elephant Kashimashi released in 2007.
At the time, the vocalist Hiroji Miyamoto was over 40, and the song feels like a greeting and a cheer sent to friends of the same generation.
It was used in a commercial for House Foods’ Ukon no Chikara, so many of you may have heard the chorus in particular.
It’s a masterpiece that deeply conveys how priceless friendship—built in our youth and continuing into adulthood—truly is.
braveNaoto Intiraymi
It’s a song that sends cheers to a friend.
The earnest way it offers encouragement conveys love and kindness for that friend.
It’s a song you’ll want to sing for someone when they set out on a new path.
It’s uplifting.
Also recommended for karaoke or a drive.
You are my friend.Hirai Ken
Here is a 2004 work that was released right after the hit “Hitomi wo Tojite,” as the theme song for the drama Wonderful Life.
To express human warmth, this song was created using only sounds made by Ken Hirai’s own voice and body.
It’s said the audio uses the equivalent of 100 layers of Hirai himself, and while the recording was quite challenging, the result is wonderfully soothing.
The clay-animated music video by Yuichi Ito is also lovely and memorable.
[Moved to tears] Beautiful friendship songs with lyrics you’ll want to give to a dear friend (61–70)
Full-Power BoySukima Suichi
It’s a cheer-up song for friends.
It’s packed with hope for the future, making it perfect for times of moving on.
The rhythm is great, so it’ll definitely hype things up at karaoke.
It’s a song I want to listen to and sing together with friends.
BEST FRIENDSMAP
SMAP has sung more timeless hits than you can count, but this song, in particular, enjoys fervent support from fans.
It was the B-side to the 1992 single “Makeruna Baby! ~Never give up,” and it gained attention after being broadcast on NHK’s music program Minna no Uta.
Originally written as a song from a child to their mother, the lyrics were later changed to make it a message song to a friend.
Although it wasn’t a single, it became widely known because it was often performed at pivotal moments in SMAP’s career.
If you want to express gratitude to a friend, this is the one.
My dear best friendShonan no Kaze
Shonan no Kaze’s 9th single “Shinyu yo” (Dear Best Friend), released on February 25, 2009.
Shonan no Kaze has several songs themed around friendship, but this one is especially recommended.
When you think of Shonan no Kaze, that gritty, masculine passion is irresistible.
This is a song I especially want those who want to feel the fiery bond of male friendship to listen to.