Breakup songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke. Heart-healing songs about parting ways.

Silent EveKarashima Midori

Midori Karashima / Silent Eve (Piano): Midori Karashima – Silent Eve (Piano)

Released in 1990, it was the theme song for the drama “Christmas Eve.” It is Karashima’s biggest hit.

The song is about a woman who falls in love with a man who already has someone, and resolves to leave him.

It’s also well-known as a Christmas karaoke song; the quiet, clear vocals match the slightly melancholy lyrics and are moving to listen to.

I forget you, who are so quiet, in October.aratayo

Atarayo - Forgetting You, the Quiet One in October (Music Video)

There’s a bittersweet breakup song that you find yourself humming when you feel that somewhat melancholic air of the season.

Created by Atarayo, known as a “band that grows by feeding on sorrow,” this piece features vocalist Hitomi delivering an emotional performance that lays bare the lingering attachment and pain of a relationship coming to an end.

When the music video was released in November 2020, it quickly resonated across social media, becoming a hit with over 100 million total views for related videos on TikTok.

It was also selected as the theme song for the ABEMA drama “The Night I Became a Beast,” tightening our chests with its dramatic progression and lyrical worldview.

If you let your emotions flow and sing it out at karaoke, it might help you let go of a bit of the heartache of a breakup.

Choose this song when you want to let the tears stored in your heart flow.

Song of the Eternal NightKami wa saikoro o furanai

God Does Not Play Dice “Yoru-Naga Uta” [Official Lyric Video]

On sleepless nights, I suddenly remember someone precious who’s no longer by my side.

This is a tear-jerking rock ballad that sings of a heartbreak so intense it feels like your chest might burst.

It’s a work by the Fukuoka-born band God Doesn’t Roll Dice, included on their mini-album “A View on Lambda,” released in May 2019.

Starting with an intro that feels like turning back the hands of a clock, it builds to a dramatic chorus where emotions spill over all at once, sending shivers through your heart.

It also served as the theme song for the film “Little Subculture Wars: The Rebellion of Village Vanguard!” released in October 2020.

It’s a song that gently stays with you on nights when you can’t let go of a love you can’t forget, or when you want to sing your heart out and cry at karaoke.

From our joined handsback number

back number – From the Hands We Held

Released in 2014, this is the 10th single.

It was used in a JTB Premium commercial.

The song expresses a man’s feelings as he realizes only now how important his former girlfriend was to him.

His lingering affection for her is sung alongside various memories, making it a song many listeners can likely relate to.

Blue BenchSasuke

Blue Bench / Sasuke

Their 2004 debut single reached No.

8 on the Oricon Singles Chart.

It’s the song that triggered Sasuke’s big breakthrough and later gained popularity as a cover by Tegomass (Johnny & Associates) in 2011.

It pairs a refreshing melody with the bittersweet feelings and regret of a man who couldn’t speak his true mind.

Someday at ChristmasDISH//

DISH// – Merry Christmas Someday [Official Video Short ver.]

It’s a high-energy, pop-style song packed with a man’s anxiety and pain as he prays to God about not having found a girlfriend since Valentine’s Day.

Technically it’s a heartbreak song, with lyrics overflowing with sadness.

A Christmas CarolZa Makkushou

The Mackshow Christmas Carol '84

It’s a very nostalgic number.

That said, it’s a breakup song: it portrays a man who had been eagerly looking forward to meeting his girlfriend, only for snow to start falling and for her not to show up—he finally realizes she isn’t coming.

The energy is high.