Farewell Songs: Karaoke tunes to sing at a farewell party. Goodbye songs.
Graduations, job transfers, retirements…
Are you wondering what to sing at a farewell party karaoke held at all kinds of milestones? Songs that express gratitude to those who’ve helped you and the bittersweet feeling of parting can really set the tone of the occasion.
But if the mood gets too somber, things can feel flat, and if it’s too upbeat, your feelings may not come across—many people struggle to find that balance.
In this article, we’ll introduce farewell songs that are perfect for karaoke at send-off parties.
From moving masterpieces to sing-along classics, find the one song you want to dedicate to that special person.
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Farewell Songs: Karaoke tracks to sing at a send-off party. Goodbye songs (101–110)
HarukaYOASOBI
In 2020, YOASOBI was a name you heard everywhere, and their songs were ubiquitous.
By the end of the year, they even performed on NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen, becoming a hot topic.
Their song Haruka was released in 2021 and is a collaboration with broadcast writer Osamu Suzuki.
It’s a track that, no matter who listens to it or what generation they’re from, stirs a certain sadness and makes you think of someone—a song that makes your heart ache.
If this song were dedicated to you at a farewell party, you’d surely cry, and it would become a cherished memory.
GraduationOzaki Yutaka
Yutaka Ozaki delivers a work that captures the clumsy emotions of youth in their entirety with his powerful singing voice.
Frankly portraying the feelings of young people—such as the sense of suffocation in school life and distrust toward adults—this piece carries a universal message about the thirst for freedom felt within the school days that everyone experiences.
Released in January 1985 and peaking at No.
20 on the Oricon charts, it was issued as the lead single from the album Kaikisen (Tropic of Cancer).
Later, in 2016, it was also featured as the commercial song for a web-exclusive short film by a casual clothing chain, continuing to resonate with many people across generations.
It’s a track you’ll want to listen to when you’re wavering between ideals and reality or questioning the norms of society.
It’s goodbye, but it’s not goodbye.yamadakatsutenai Wink
Yamada Katsutenai Wink wraps this classic spring song—one you want to hear around graduation season—in warm, gentle vocals.
Its melody, which sings of the sorrow of parting and the hope of reunion, nestles close to the heart and gives you courage to face a new future.
Released in February 1991, the song was used as an insert track on Fuji TV’s “Hō-chan no Yamada Katsutenai Terebi” and became a major hit, reaching No.
2 on the Oricon weekly chart.
With lyrics by Kuniko Yamada and music by KAN in beautiful harmony, it’s a gem of a message song that teaches us that parting is not an end but a beginning.
Listened to in the season of departures, it’s a wonderful, heartwarming cheer song that continues to be loved by many.
Before GoodbyeAAA
This is ‘Sayonara no Mae ni,’ notable for AAA’s sexy vocals.
AAA is a seven-member super performance group, and since all members are both vocalists and performers, you can hear all seven voices in this song.
It expresses the important things you only realize after parting from your lover.
Beyond the goodbyeMatsushita Kohei
Kouhei Matsushita, who is also active as an actor, wrote “Beyond the Goodbye” as an original song for NHK’s Minna no Uta in June and July 2023.
It expresses the feelings of facing farewells that we experience many times in life, and it gently accompanies various goodbyes—parting with friends due to graduation or moving, breaking up with a lover, and the loss of someone dear.
Although it is a song about farewell, as the title suggests with the word “beyond,” it evokes what lies ahead—an uplifting sense of a bright future.
[Farewell Songs] Karaoke songs to sing at a farewell party. Goodbye songs (111–120)
Youth PhotographLittle Glee Monster
When it’s time to say goodbye and you’re filled with loneliness, you find yourself wanting to listen to something uplifting, don’t you? Released in March 2015, this Little Glee Monster track is a pop song distinguished by its cheerful clapping.
The piano and strings brighten their humming even more.
It’s a popular song that was also used as the ending theme for MBS’s “Hayashi-sensei ga Odoroku Hatsumimigaku!” and it’s a number that lets you embrace graduations and the culmination of club activities with a positive mindset.
After you capture memories with your precious teammates and friends in photos, turn this song into your BGM and get the party going!
Prologue.Yuika
As a song to listen to at the start of life’s journeys or when beginning a new chapter, Yuika’s “Prologue” is truly special.
The gentle tones of the acoustic guitar resonate in the heart, carrying messages that color both the days of youth and the fresh start that lies ahead.
Like memories captured in photographs, Yuika’s voice warmly looks back on days spent with loved ones while delivering hope for the future through song, offering comfort to those experiencing farewells.