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.
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Masterpieces about fights: Recommended popular songs (1–10)
Stop fightingKawai Naoko
“Stop Fighting,” one of the signature songs by Naoko Kawai, a leading idol of the 1980s.
The song was written and composed by Mariya Takeuchi, who later released a self-cover.
It portrays a love triangle in which two men are in love with the same woman and end up fighting over her, while she urges them to stop.
Though it sounds like a ballad that captures the wavering heart of a woman, matching Naoko Kawai’s cute and innocent image, when you carefully read the lyrics as you listen, you can’t help but feel she’s actually quite a little temptress.
A Dozen ExcusesInagaki Junichi
It’s themed around the kind of casual lovers’ quarrels that happen every day, and the lyrics feel so relatable because they’re so close to real life.
Junichi Inagaki’s high voice matches the words and melody perfectly, making it a wonderful song that feels like it’s depicting a scene from a drama.
Released in 1986, the song was also used in a commercial for an electronics manufacturer.
Oh well, is that okay?Shiraishi Mai & Akimoto Manatsu (Nogizaka Forty-Six)
The song “Ma Ii Ka?” is included as a coupling track on the Type-A version of Nogizaka46’s single “Itsuka Dekiru Kara Kyou Dekiru,” released in 2017.
It’s performed by the unit of Mai Shiraishi and Manatsu Akimoto, and it’s an adorable track that feels like a chatty back-and-forth between two childhood friends.
Since they’ve grown up together, they even tend to fall for the same people, leading to little spats and squabbles—but in the end, they just brush it off with a “Oh well, whatever,” because that’s the kind of relationship they have.
Classic songs about fights. Recommended popular tracks (11–20)
Let’s fight!airavumī
“Let’s Have a Fight!” by the male-female rock duo I Love Me.
This song is a single released in 2020, and although the title sounds like it’s picking a fight, it’s actually a love song packed with earnest feelings.
When couples or spouses argue, they often get irritated because they can’t understand each other, but in this song the couple has stopped even fighting—their relationship has cooled a little.
The girlfriend, saddened by these days, makes the suggestion captured in the title: “Let’s have a fight!” After all, fighting is a form of communication too.
Sudden deathshiritsu ebisu chūgaku
The idol group known by the nickname Ebichu, Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.
Their song Sudden Death is included on the album “Chukara” ~Ebichu no Wakuwaku Best~ released in 2016.
This track was produced by Okazaki Taiiku, who also directed the music video.
He has also done a self-cover of the song.
“Sudden death” is a term used in sports for a situation where the first side to score wins.
That intensity—a battle you can’t afford to lose—comes through vividly in the lyrics.
A man’s fight, beautifullyŌnishi Yōhei
Yohei Onishi’s “Otoko no Kenka Utsukushiku” is included on the CR Hana no Keiji 10th Anniversary Album, a collection of theme songs from “CR Hana no Keiji,” the pachinko adaptation of the manga Hana no Keiji that became a major hit.
The track was featured in CR Shin Hana no Keiji 2.
The lyrics were written by Onishi and Tetsuo Hara, the original author of the manga.
Framing Sengoku-period battles as “a man’s brawl,” the song passionately captures the male spirit.
The music video is also crafted around the theme of a fight.
First timeKoizumi Kyoko
This is a song that was broadcast on NHK’s “Minna no Uta” from December 3, 1987 to January 1988.
The story—about someone who knows he’s not good at fighting but can’t stand by while the girl he likes is being bullied, and ends up confronting the bullies without thinking—expresses what true strength is.