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 mood-boosting tracks (51–60)
Eine KleineYonezu Kenshi
The parting from someone important and the loneliness of everyday life—something surely everyone experiences.
This song by Kenshi Yonezu gently embraces those complex emotions with warmth.
The clear melody of the acoustic guitar and his translucent vocals sink deep into the heart.
While carefully portraying the blend of sorrow and joy, it sings of the strength to keep looking forward and living on.
Included on the album “YANKEE,” this track was used in March 2014 as the CM song for Tokyo Metro’s advertising campaign “Color your days.” It’s a song to listen to when you feel down thinking about the sadness that might await beyond joy, or when you want to reflect on someone dear to you.
MiracleGReeeeN
This song is a hit by the popular music group GReeeeN.
It became a hot topic when it was used as the theme song for the drama “ROOKIES.” Even when you’re feeling down, if you have someone important to you, you can keep going, right? Listening to this song will surely lift your spirits.
Happinessarashi
It’s an uplifting anthem whose message—keep looking ahead and seize the future with your own two feet—truly resonates.
The bright guitar sound and exhilarating brass arrangement energize listeners.
Released as an Arashi single in September 2007, it was also used as the theme song for the drama “Yamada Taro Monogatari.” It’s a recommended track for anyone feeling anxious about a new chapter in life or wanting to take a step toward their dreams.
As you listen, you’ll find the courage to boldly move forward welling up inside you.
LetterAnjura Aki
A song that sings a reply from your grown-up self to a letter sent by your 15-year-old self.
Its lyrics resonate with many children around the age of 15, who often perform it in chorus, and it has also been sung widely as a song of encouragement for recovery after disasters such as the Great East Japan Earthquake.
It offers a cheer from adults to kids at that delicate age of 15, when they’re just beginning to struggle with choices about their future.
But adults, too, sometimes worry and get hurt.
Even so, they grit their teeth and live with a smile.
It’s a song that not only tells your 15-year-old self, “Don’t give up—keep going,” but also rallies your present self.
Songs to listen to when you’re feeling down: Recommended uplifting tracks (61–70)
Fragments of LoveEvery Little Thing
It was released in 2000 as Every Little Thing’s 16th single.
The song was used in a Shiseido “Ma Cherie” commercial, with lyrics written by Kaori Mochida.
While Every Little Thing has many songs about romance, this one is a message song, telling us that even in painful and difficult times, there is always someone who loves you.
It’s a song that comforts you when you’re feeling down, reminding you that you are not alone.
365 Days’ Paper AirplaneAKB48
It was released in 2015 as a coupling track to AKB48’s 42nd major single, “Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby.” Chosen as the theme song for the NHK morning drama series “Asa ga Kita,” it has a simple, folk-like melody reminiscent of the 1970s.
The lyrics feel as if they gently say, “Even if things don’t go your way, you can try again tomorrow,” making them resonate deeply when you’re feeling down.
At the End of SorrowElefanto Kashimashi
Released in 1999, this is one of Elephant Kashimashi’s biggest hit songs.
As the title suggests, it sings of the certainty that hope lies beyond sorrow.
When you’re hurt over and over and can’t seem to get back on your feet, it will surely give you courage.
