Summer songs that get middle schoolers excited: Popular tracks you’ll want to listen to in your youth
When it comes to the most active season of the year, it’s definitely summer! Are you, a current junior high school student, making the most of your youth? With love, studies, and sports to give your all to, there are of course lots of fun times, but also tough and trying moments.
In this article, we’ve researched classic and popular summer songs that will fire up your middle school summer life.
Be sure to share them with your friends! It’s also great to listen with someone you like, or use as refreshing BGM for club activities or studying.
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Summer songs that get middle schoolers excited: Popular tracks you’ll want to listen to in your youth (81–90)
The Summer of BeginningsŌhara Yuiko
The theme song for the feature film Teasing Master Takagi-san is Yuiko Ohara’s Hajimari no Natsu (The Beginning of Summer).
It’s a fresh yet wistful track that perfectly matches the manga’s story about middle school romance.
The song is included on her 2022 mini-album Island Memories and marks her fifth work related to the series, following her contributions of theme and insert songs for the TV run.
With its charming blend of acoustic guitar tones and an innocent vocal performance, it’s a song you’ll want to hear when you go see the movie with your boyfriend or girlfriend.
mintUno Misako (AAA)
Many teenagers probably take advantage of summer vacation to head to the beach with school friends or family.
Misako Uno’s “mint” is a standout track with a music video themed around the ocean.
With footage of a beautifully blue sea, it lets you soak up the summer vibe visually as well.
Its overall fresh, stylish feel makes it perfect as BGM for a family drive or for listening by the seaside.
The summer you gave meieiri reo
It was the theme song for Fuji TV’s Monday 9 p.m.
drama “Koinaka.” Whenever I hear this song, I remember Tsubasa Honda’s bittersweet smile…
That said, since “Koinaka” aired in 2015, those of you who are now in junior high were only around seven or eight years old back then, right? Even apart from the drama’s emotional impact, it’s a great song!! The track I recommend is “Kimi ga Kureta Natsu.” Leo Ieiri’s high-toned voice really suits it.
Try listening to it while you’re waiting at a fireworks festival or setting off fireworks at the park.
It’ll definitely make your heart flutter!
Festival MamboYamazaki Ikusaburo
Here’s a collaboration between singer Ikusaburo Yamazaki and composer Hyadain! If you’re a teen, you might not be very familiar with it, but this song is a cover of Hibari Misora’s “Omatsuri Mambo.” The original is enka, but Hyadain has arranged it into an incredibly poppy track.
It even incorporates sounds reminiscent of Indian music, giving it a summery vibe.
THE GIFTHirai Dai
Another track by the singer Dai Hirai, whose overwhelmingly powerful vocals are anything but typical for a Japanese artist.
His sweet singing layered over a gentle yet heart-wrenching melody is simply beautiful.
The dreamily colored music video is also a highlight, and thanks to its role as a movie theme song, the sudden appearance of Doraemon illustrations is sure to bring a smile.
If you like this song, I hope you’ll dive into more international artists too—this is a truly worldwide track.
Slow & EasyHirai Dai
This is the definitive summer song by singer-songwriter Dai Hirai! The music video is gorgeous, with the sun setting over the summer seaside, and that slow vibe with the ukulele is irresistible.
Since you’re a middle schooler who often goes to karaoke, how about using it as your final closing song?
Summer songs that get middle schoolers excited: Popular tracks to soundtrack your youth (91–100)
Voice of the Seaurashima tarō (kiritani kenta)
This is the song that became a nationwide sensation in Japan the moment it aired in the au commercial, performed by Kenta Kiritani as Urashima Taro while playing the sanshin.
Beginning with the sound of waves crashing, Ura-chan’s powerful vocals, as vast as the open sea, vividly capture the grandeur of the summer ocean.
The arrangement is breathtaking—made to be sung boldly under the expansive earth and sky—yet it also reveals a hint of loneliness.