[For friends or a significant other] Recommended birthday songs for high school students
If you’re a high school student, you probably want to celebrate your close friends’ or your partner’s birthday in a big way!
And of course, music is essential for moments like these.
I’m sure many of you are looking for BGM for a birthday party or birthday songs you can sing together at karaoke.
A lot of people probably make birthday videos on their smartphones, too, right?
In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of recommended songs for birthdays that you’ll want to play in all kinds of situations!
They’re great for enjoying with everyone, and also perfect for listening to carefully on your own!
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Birthday songs for high school students (11–20)
Happy Happy Birthday!!naniwa danshi
Let me introduce a fun birthday song by Naniwa Danshi.
Included on their June 2024 album “+Alpha,” this track features lyrics full of surprises and love for someone special.
Its up-tempo melody and bouncy rhythm heighten the excitement of a birthday.
The festive sound crafted by Shun Kusakawa and Atsushi Shimada is wonderful, too.
It’s perfect for livening up a friend’s or partner’s birthday party—and it sounds like a blast to sing at karaoke.
It also makes great BGM when creating a birthday video on your smartphone.
It’s a song that lets you feel Naniwa Danshi’s positive energy.
Happy happy birthdayHigure no sora ni
This is a song that openly expresses the importance of birthdays and feelings of gratitude.
It features Higure no Sorani’s warm vocals and lyrics that truly resonate.
Weaving together everyday joys and sorrows, it sings about the preciousness of life.
Released in June 2023, the track is wrapped in a gentle atmosphere that feels close to the listener’s heart.
With its upbeat, cheerful sound, it’s perfect as BGM for birthday parties.
Highly recommended for high school students who want to celebrate a friend’s or partner’s birthday in a big way.
Why not dedicate it as a token of gratitude to someone special?
birthdayKumaki Anri
Sung by singer-songwriter Anri Kumaki, this birthday song is also known for being featured since 2009 in the “Mebae” segment of Kansai Information Net Ten!.
The lyric that says, “As long as you’re alive, any version of you is fine,” carries so many emotions that before you know it, tears well up in your eyes.
It hits even harder when you listen to it as an adult, so consider gifting it to a partner or a dear friend.
Happy birthday to myselfnakanekana
Kanakana NAKANE has an unusual background—she even passed the training program for the Shiki Theatre Company as a teenager.
Many of you might know her from the humor-packed song that blew up on TikTok, “Motesugite Kusa, Sasotete Mori.” Here’s her self-celebratory birthday anthem, “Happy Birthday, Myself,” in which she wholeheartedly praises her own existence.
It’s a catchy track filled with the spirit of “If no one’s going to celebrate me, I’ll celebrate myself!!” It’s perfect as background music for big birthday gatherings—an uplifting, highly recommended song that livens up any venue.
Happy BirthdayNishino Kana
This is “Happy Birthday,” the birthday song included as the second track on Kana Nishino’s 2014 single “We Don’t Stop”! The lyrics portray someone running around and thinking of ways to celebrate a loved one, along with the exciting atmosphere of a birthday party.
It’s perfect for welcoming the guest of honor or as background music for a video showing the party preparations at a birthday celebration! It’s a song that conveys how you feel—“Thank you for being born!” and “I’m so happy we can celebrate together!”
Birthday SongOchiai Wataru
Released in October 2019, this work is filled with a warm message for someone celebrating their birthday.
The lyrics, which sing of bonds with loved ones and feelings of gratitude, resonate deeply.
Wataru Ochiai’s gentle vocals and the simple arrangement color those special birthday moments and help you feel the happiness found in everyday life.
It’s perfect as background music for a birthday party or for a surprise for someone special.
It also makes a wonderful gift for a high school friend or a significant other.
Through this piece, you’re sure to reaffirm how important you are to each other.
Birthday songs for high school students (21–30)
A Poem to Giveyuzu
It’s said that this song was written by Yuzu for a fan who celebrated their birthday back when they were performing street gigs.
Yuzu are famous now, but in the days before that, they probably didn’t have much time or money.
That’s why the lyrics, which speak of giving a special “song” of their own, really hit home.
Some high school students aren’t allowed to have part-time jobs and can’t buy presents for friends or partners, right? In times like that, try giving them this song as a gift.