We’ve put together a collection of songs with the theme of “smiles”! When you’re going through tough times or feeling down, your spirits sink and it gets hard to smile, right? But that’s exactly when you should try listening to songs that lift you up.
There’s an old saying: “Good fortune comes to a home that smiles.” Maybe a smile is most needed precisely when you can’t seem to smile.
In this article, we’ll introduce uplifting smile songs, focusing on tracks themed around smiles from a variety of genres.
These are all songs that will make you smile without even thinking about it and fill you with happiness!
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Songs about smiles. Smile songs that cheer you up when you listen (1–10)
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The opening lines of this song are wonderful, aren’t they? There’s nothing meaningless about what we’re doing right now.
This is surely helping someone and can even bring a smile to someone’s face! It’s a song that really encourages me and makes me smile.
If I can laughUrufuruzu
A quintessentially Ulfuls, upbeat song that lifts your spirits.
Even when work trips you up, things don’t go well with friends, you feel like you’re losing yourself, or you can’t tell what the right answer is, this track encourages you to keep moving forward.
You’re sure to find yourself smiling a little more after listening!
SmileMori Nana
Nana Mori is in such high demand for dramas and magazines that you see her everywhere—there’s hardly a day you don’t catch her on TV.
The song she covered for Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s Oronamin C commercial, produced by Hof Dillon—not Bob Dylan, mind you—is this “Smile.” The gentle refrain of “Always keep smiling” gives you a comforting sense that it’s okay to stay cheerful.
Mori’s unpretentious singing style perfectly matches her sunny image.
It’s a song you’ll want to listen to every day!
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A song from the album “blues.” The lyrics are very striking.
They describe lovers drifting apart with few words amid days that don’t make for a pretty picture, yet in reality they overcome it and smile—making it an optimistic song.
The world is smiling at you.Little Glee Monster
It’s the song we all heard in various places as the 2018 image song for Coca-Cola.
You could even call it one of Little Glee Monster’s signature tracks! It’s so upbeat that whenever it comes on TV, I find myself stopping what I’m doing to watch.
Commonly known as “Littleglee,” the group became a five-member lineup after three members graduated, and their performance shines even more in this song.
The music video, featuring collaborations with energetic figures like table tennis player Mima Ito, is full of smiles and really uplifting.
If you get the chance, definitely check it out!
HappinessAI
A massive hit by the hugely popular artist AI, known for her emotionally rich vocals that resonate with listeners and songs with powerful messages.
The lyrics—evoking the sparkling smiles and joyful feelings of loved ones as if they’re right before your eyes—are a key reason for its popularity, and the song has also become an anthem supporting those who are doing their best.
Fukuwarai (a traditional Japanese “lucky laugh” face-making game)Takahashi Yuu
Released in April 2011, this is a song of encouragement for humanity sung by the passionately soulful singer Yu Takahashi.
Lines like “I think the world’s universal language isn’t English, it’s a smile” are memorable phrases that feel beautiful even outside the realm of music.
It’s said the song was inspired by those words, which were sent in by a radio listener.
Just imagining a world where smiles spread from person to person and everyone ends up smiling is enough to make you feel happy, isn’t it? It was also used as the ending theme for the NHK Educational TV anime Bakuman.