Recommended love songs for high school students! A handpicked selection of heart-throbbing romance tunes.
Romance is inseparable from high school life.
Meeting someone you like and growing closer to them is thrilling and exciting.
Once you become a high school student, your world expands, and many people experience new kinds of love that are a bit different from before.
In this article, we’ve gathered our top recommended love songs that color high school romance.
From unrequited love to mutual love, heartbreak, first love, and more—these are all wonderful tracks that capture many different forms of love!
“If I only had the courage to keep loving,” “I want a song that speaks for my pain,” “I want to know the love songs everyone’s listening to”—these gems that resonate with such feelings are sure to support your heart in love!
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Recommended Love Songs for High Schoolers! A Curated Selection of Heart-Fluttering Romance Tracks (21–30)
You still don’t know my prettiest girl.Nissy
Many people probably enjoy male-vocal love songs.
For a high school student like you, I highly recommend Nissy’s “Mada Kimi wa Shiranai MY PRETTIEST GIRL,” by the AAA member Nissy.
The lyrics, from the perspective of a boy with a crush on a cute girl, are very relatable.
Singing it at karaoke with someone you like could create a great vibe.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYback number
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY” portrays the bittersweet wish of wanting the person you love to celebrate your birthday.
Released in 2019 by back number, a rock band indispensable to any discussion of J-pop love songs, it beautifully captures the faint melancholy one feels on their birthday.
The passionate band performance—enriched by the lovely timbres of piano and strings—conveys a sense of pent-up emotion.
It’s a sentimental ballad that supports you on that special day when loneliness and uncertainty creep in.
Fuzzy NavelConton Candy
This is a song by Conton Candy that perfectly captures the heart of a lovestruck high school student! The protagonist’s complex emotions are vividly portrayed through the sweet scent of the cocktail “Fuzzy Navel.” While basking in memories with someone they love, a bittersweet feeling swells as they sense the relationship may be coming to an end.
Released in April 2023, the track became a major topic on social media, resonating with many young people.
The lyrics, which evoke sweet-and-sour memories of youth, are sure to tug at your heartstrings.
It’s a must-listen not only for high schoolers struggling with love, but also for adults who fondly remember past romances.
RomanticismMrs. GREEN APPLE
An upbeat unrequited-love song whose lyrics overflow with feelings for that special someone.
It’s a track by the rock band Mrs.
GREEN APPLE, also known for hits like “Inferno,” released in 2019 as their ninth single.
Chosen for a Shiseido commercial, it became a hot topic.
With a catchy sound that blends lightness and energy, it’s a refreshing listen! It might resonate especially strongly with those in the midst of their first love.
OrangeGReeeeN
A perfect song to listen to on your way home at dusk after classes or club activities is “Orange,” released in 2012 by GReeeeN, a music group known for delivering songs that resonate with people’s hearts.
Just walking side by side with someone you have feelings for on the way home can make your heart race, right? The song captures that universally nerve‑wracking moment, portraying how the more you think about it, the more your feelings overflow.
It’s a love song that makes you want to confess, carried by a brisk, driving band sound.
Why not listen to it while taking in a nostalgic sunset backdrop?
From Me to Youflumpool
It’s a song that people strongly associate with the live-action film adaptation of the popular shoujo manga Kimi ni Todoke.
Since the manga’s story is a high school romance, the song links to it and refreshingly portrays that heart-fluttering feeling of first love.
It captures the ache of unrequited love, and even when feelings are mutual, there are still words and emotions you can’t express, moments of anxiety.
This song packs all those feelings about love into one.
Rather than overthinking everything, it makes you want to spill it all out and say exactly how you feel!
Eine KleineYonezu Kenshi
Falling in love with someone brings lots of joy, but there are also times when you suddenly feel sad or scared, and your mood drops.
This is a sentimental love song that perfectly fits those feelings: Kenshi Yonezu’s “Eine Kleine.” Even though thinking about the person you like should make you happy, you can’t help but think negatively—everyone experiences that.
It’s a slightly sad yet deeply moving love song about wishing for that person’s happiness, even if it means sacrificing your own feelings.