Songs to listen to when you're feeling down. Recommended feel-good, uplifting tracks.
When you’re feeling down, is there something you “always do”? For some people it might be exercise or going for a drive, but I’m sure many turn to listening to music.
As you listen to songs created by many artists, each infused with their own messages, you start to feel encouraged bit by bit, don’t you? This time, I’ll introduce plenty of songs that will stay close to your weary heart and lift your spirits.
I hope you catch the message in each song and that your heart feels a little lighter.
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Songs to listen to when you're feeling down. Recommended uplifting tracks (111–120)
Sterling StarKEYTALK
This KEYTALK song is an uplifting track themed around dreams, hope, and the spirit of challenge.
It describes having more dreams than small hands can hold, and looking back on those dreams after growing up.
Released in October 2015, it was also used as the ending theme for the anime Dragon Ball Super.
Its exciting introductory guitar phrase, positive lyrics, and soaring chorus are especially appealing.
The song conveys the importance of believing in yourself and having the courage to face any difficulty.
When you’re feeling down or losing sight of your path, it’s a piece that will surely stay close to your heart and lift your spirits.
Stay just the way you are.Mayo Okamoto
It was released in 1997 as Mayo Okamoto’s fourth single.
The song recounts memories with her high school classmate and best friend, who sadly passed away in 2000 at the young age of 26, and it was used as the image song for the Shinkin Bank.
It’s a precious song for both her best friend and Mayo Okamoto herself.
As the title suggests, it feels like it’s telling you, “Don’t change—just be who you are now,” making it a song that lightens the heart.
I should be able to fly (in the sky).supittsu
There’s a story about a school teacher who kept playing this song by the bedside of a child in a coma after a traffic accident, and in the end the child regained consciousness.
When I can’t sort out my feelings or lose the energy to pursue my dreams, I listen to this song to recharge.
Is there still anything that love can do?RADWIMPS
When you’re feeling down, there are times you crave something grand and sweeping, right? If that’s your mood, I recommend RADWIMPS’ “Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do?” This song was chosen as the theme song for Makoto Shinkai’s animated film Weathering With You.
Its world perfectly suits a movie theme, and just by listening, you’ll feel as if you’ve watched an entire film.
MonsterŌhashi Torio
This is a song included on the album “R,” released in 2011, featuring Motohiro Hata.
It uses a “monster” as a metaphor for the weakness everyone carries within, and it’s a song that encourages you when you feel down about your own fragility.
Precious thingsroodo obu mejyaa
The debut single by Road of Major wraps moments of meeting and parting in a melody brimming with momentum.
With straightforward lyrics, it captures the tears and smiles that accompany life’s milestones, as well as the bonds with those we hold dear.
Its energetic sound that evokes youthful days and its deeply resonant, message-driven lyrics blend beautifully.
Although released as an indie single in September 2002, it stayed in the Oricon Top 10 for 19 consecutive weeks.
In 2009, it was also featured as the theme song for the Taiwanese Mazda Mazda3 commercial.
For anyone about to take a new step forward, this song will gently—and powerfully—give you a push.
Resolution on the Seventh DayUVERworld
Based on a scene seen in a dream, this moving song questions the fragility of life and the meaning of living.
It speaks as if to remind us that “even in an imperfect state, people can find happiness” and that “change can begin right at this very moment.” Released in June 2014 as UVERworld’s 26th single, it was also included on the album Ø CHOIR and reached No.
2 on the Oricon weekly chart.
In live performances, it is positioned as a key track that creates a sense of unity with the audience.
This work gently stands by those who feel uncertain about their own worth or struggle to take the first step toward change.