[July Karaoke Songs] Carefully selected summer classics and popular Japanese summer hits!

Midsummer FruitSazan Ōrusutāzu

Midsummer Fruit / Southern All Stars. cover collabo by taka & makigon

This is a single released by Southern All Stars in 1990, but it may be better known as the theme song for the film Inamura Jane, directed by Keisuke Kuwata.

The movie is a surfer film set in Shonan in 1965.

That’s why it’s a song that tends to come to mind—and makes you want to sing it—when summer arrives.

The song features many high notes, large jumps in pitch, and even uses very unstable scales, making it very difficult to sing.

However, precisely for that reason, it’s a song that offers a strong sense of satisfaction once you’ve finished singing it.

I no longer pray for miracles.Haruka to Miyuki

Haruka to Miyuki “I Won’t Pray for Miracles Anymore” Lyric Video

Haruka to Miyuki’s songs include lyrics and melodies that evoke the golden era of folk.

This track features Haruka’s unadorned, resolute vocal work, which is a big part of its appeal.

It was released in 2016 as their 14th single.

If you can nail it at karaoke, it’ll look seriously cool! In particular, the opening vocal phrase strongly defines the song’s impression, so be mindful of expressing the world of the song clearly with your voice.

It’s extremely hot.Higuchi Ai

Ai Higuchi / It's a Heatwave - e.p ver -

Do you prefer Ai Higuchi with a full band or Ai Higuchi singing and playing the piano? If you’re an anime fan, you might strongly associate her with “Akuma no Ko,” the ending theme of Attack on Titan.

Among her songs, if you’re singing karaoke in sweltering July, I recommend “Mousho Desu” (“It’s Scorching Hot”)! While it depicts the kind of lovey-dovey scenes common to couples, the lyrics ultimately don’t lead to a happy ending—something many can relate to.

Don’t miss the music video, which features a cheongsam (Chinese dress)!

Sinbad on the Shorepinku redii

Sinbad on the Shore

It’s no exaggeration to call them legends: lyricist Yu Aku and composer Shunichi Tokura, the golden duo behind this towering idol classic, “Nagisa no Sindbad.” It works when you want to revel in your own delight, it works when you want to hype up the room—if you’re ever stuck for a summer song to sing, this is the one.

The lyrics liken a man who steals a maiden’s heart to Sindbad the thief—a quintessential touch of the good old days of idol pop.

This was even tested on the TV show “Detective Knight Scoop,” but supposedly any woman over 50 can dance to Pink Lady’s songs!?

swallowtail butterflyPorunogurafiti

PORNOGRAFFITTI “Agehachou” (Tsumagoi Romance Porno ’11 ~ Pornomaru) / PORNOGRAFFITTI “Agehachou (Live ver.)”

Agetaka-cho, Porno Graffitti’s sixth single released in 2001.

Alongside Saudade, it’s one of the band’s signature songs and remains hugely popular.

It was also used as a Shiseido tie-in and featured in commercials.

Beloved not only by fans but by a wide audience, it’s famous as a song that really hypes up a karaoke session.

A summer-tinged, mood-lifting number! At karaoke, clap along together and get the energy going!

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