Classic songs about fights. Recommended popular tracks
This is a playlist of Japanese songs where “fights” are the theme or appear in the lyrics.
You’ll find all kinds of fight scenarios in these tracks: quarrels between lovers, squabbles between friends, and even rough-and-tumble brawls where men trade punches.
There are also some cute, lighthearted ones that might make you chuckle.
If you’ve had a fight and you’re feeling irritated, not sure where to put those emotions—try diving into some fight-themed songs.
Listening might just help calm your nerves.
Masterpieces about fights: Recommended popular songs (1–10)
Let’s fight to the death over whether it’s a dog or a cat.Ofisharu Higedan Dism
Official HIGE DANDism has now become a truly national band.
This song with the slightly eyebrow-raising title “Let’s Fight Over Dogs or Cats Until We Die!” is included on their third mini-album, Report, released in 2017.
It’s based on one of those classic questions everyone’s been asked at least once: “Are you a dog person or a cat person?” Chances are, in this happy couple, she’s team cat and he’s team dog.
It’s a love-filled track about a couple who keep bickering over something so trivial, yet promise to stay together through it all.
Bring it onKishidan
Kishidan, a one-of-a-kind presence in the “Yank Rock” genre—Yankee culture meets rock.
When you think “yankee,” fighting is part of the image, right? This perfect-fit song, aptly titled “Kenka Joto” (Bring It On), was also the theme song for the drama “Gokuaku Gambo” starring Machiko Ono, and thanks to that connection, Ono appears in the music video.
The dance in this track gets the audience dancing along at live shows, making it insanely fun and hype.
And above all, even though it’s a fight song, the key point is that it’s sung from a female perspective.
It’s a track I’d recommend to women who are fired up and ready to take on a challenge.
HorizonShonan no Kaze
Shonan no Kaze, practically a byword for “hot-blooded” and “manly.” You can’t help but think their fight songs suit them perfectly, right? Their track Horizon was released as a single in 2016 and was selected as the theme song for GEO Channel’s original drama Ryu ga Gotoku: Tamashii no Uta, tied to the hit game Yakuza.
The lyrics connect with the work’s depiction of men’s lives in the nighttime pleasure district—so intense and it all feels strikingly real.
Doesn’t it seem like the kind of song that would leave you feeling refreshed when you’re irritated?
After a fightKentogirubaado Jun Marī
It’s a children’s song that was sung on the kids’ program Hirake Ponkikki in 1986.
When we’re little, it’s common to shed tears and feel regret after a quarrel.
It’s a heartwarming tune, but the male vocals are by Kent Gilbert, an American TV personality who was hugely popular at the time.
MAD HEAD LOVEYonezu Kenshi
Kenshi Yonezu, who could now be called a national singer without exaggeration.
This song, “MAD HEAD LOVE,” was released as a single in 2013.
Reading the lyrics to find the message, it turns out to be a complex love song: in the end, even lovers can’t truly understand each other, yet they keep moving forward, quarreling and suffering along the way.
Tsuppari High School Rock’n Roll (School Commute Arc)Yokohama Ginbae
This is the signature song of Yokohama Ginbae, who made a striking debut in 1980 with towering pompadours, sunglasses, leather jackets, and white baggy pants.
Thanks to the era’s backdrop—like the presence of biker gangs—it became a huge hit.
The lyrics portray the typical life of a rebellious “tsuppari,” but they also reveal a slightly cute side.
It’s also known for being covered by the “Kyo-Ore Band,” sung by lead actor Kento Kaku and others in the 2020 theatrical film Today’s My Turn!!.
Much Ado TonightToukyou Jihen
Tokyo Jihen, the rock band led by Ringo Sheena, disbanded once in 2012.
The song “Konya wa Karasawagi” is included as the final track on the album “color bars,” which was released before their breakup, and among fans it’s even called a “breakup song.” The band certainly didn’t part on bad terms, but the fact that the word “fight” appears in the lyrics and that the reasons for the breakup were never made explicit did fuel some odd speculation.
Even so, the song conveys what was in their hearts in the kind of beautiful Japanese Ringo is known for.