Summer songs with great lyrics. Tracks that make your summer memories even more wonderful.
Great lyrics enhance the tone and add even more color to a song, don’t they? Works that take a literary approach as well as a musical one often become classics.
This time, I focused my research on summer songs with outstanding lyrics! Of course, “good lyrics” can mean many things: lines that move you to tears, words that tug at your heart with bittersweet emotion, or lyrics that sparkle with a touch of humor.
From masterpieces that artfully paint summer scenes with words to one-summer love songs, we’ve got them all.
Be sure to find your favorite lyrics!
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Summer songs with great lyrics. Summer tunes that make your memories even more special (141–150)
So it’s summer.↑THE HIGH-LOWS↓
“Natsu Nandana,” released in June 2003 by one of Japan’s leading rock bands, ↑THE HIGH-LOWS↓! It’s a quintessential High-Lows track with an exhilarating sense of speed.
Lyrics and composition by Masatoshi Mashima.
Hiroto Kōmoto’s rock ’n’ roll vocals hit you straight on.
As you might expect from its use in the Japan Coca-Cola Aquarius commercial, the upbeat, summery tempo matches the sound perfectly.
Every time I hear this song, I can’t help but feel that summer is just around the corner—the song’s progression and message are that powerful!
left-right confusionYorushika
This is a song by Yorushika that was released digitally in 2022.
Many of you may know it as the theme song for the film Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight.
The title term “sayūmō” refers to a state where one can’t distinguish between right and left.
It perfectly captures the protagonist’s painful feelings as their memories with someone important gradually fade, as depicted in the lyrics.
It’s a track that will make anyone who’s seen the film cry, but it’s also a deeply moving, heartrending ballad that I’d recommend even to those who haven’t watched the movie.
E.G.summer RIDERE-girls
The song that turns up the heat on a passionate summer romance is “E.G.
summer RIDER.” It was released in 2016 by E-girls, a dance and vocal group that defined the 2010s.
The track is a fervent piece of electronica, filled with bright, colorful synth tones.
Its energetic lines depicting a summer love story will set your heart ablaze.
It’s the perfect number for a summer date with your lover or someone you’re interested in.
How about riding out the summer with this cute, love-filled song?
Summer songs with great lyrics. Summer tunes that make your memories even more wonderful (151–160)
NatsuneGLAY
When it comes to romantic summer songs brimming with literary charm, “Natsune (Summer Tone)” tops the list.
Released in 2006 by GLAY, a rock band beloved across generations, it’s marked by a striking rock sound enriched with beautiful string arrangements.
The lyrics, which stir a melancholic mood as they recall days spent with someone dear, are deeply relatable.
TERU’s emotive vocals vividly capture the loneliness and desolation of heartbreak.
Be sure to listen while picturing scenes of summer.
OH!SHISHAMO
Starting with high school baseball, summer offers many chances for students to face all kinds of challenges, from club activities to studying.
In times like these, SHISHAMO’s 2019 release “OH!” is a song that cheers you on.
Summer is hot, it’s easy to lose focus, and there are plenty of moments when, even though you’re giving it your all, everyone around you seems to be having fun, or you feel like you’re about to lose the battle with yourself.
Even so, this song carries a message of encouragement: rile yourself up, and no matter how others see you, give everything you’ve got in this fleeting moment—now or never! It’s the season to dig in; with just one more step, then another, let’s keep pushing forward while singing this song!
August NightSilent Siren
A song I want you to listen to on a summer night while thinking of someone you like is “August Night.” It was released in 2015 by SILENT SIREN, a band formed mainly by reader models.
Its passionate rock sound matches a love that’s picking up speed.
It portrays girlish feelings that can no longer be contained for someone special.
The lyrics about two people slowly getting closer will make your heart race.
It’s a cute track where the passion of love overflows, sparked by a summer night.
Go ahead and take in its sweet, sultry message.
Surfside, at this pointTUBE
When you think of TUBE, energetic summer songs like 1986’s “Season in the Sun” and 1990’s “Ah, Natsu Yasumi” come to mind.
By contrast, 2015’s “Imasara Surfside” is a calmer, mid-tempo summer tune that’s a bit different from those tracks.
Notably, the lyrics make abundant use of TUBE’s signature techniques—light rhyming and playful wordplay in the chorus.
If you sing it with those rhymes in mind, it’s sure to fire up the room at karaoke!
