Back Number’s Most Moving Songs and Popular Tracks Ranking [2026]

With love from a certain futureback number22rank/position

Sincerely, from a Future

This is a song that was featured in a MOS Burger commercial aired in 2025 and released the same year as a digital single.

The song was written specifically for this commercial.

The lyrics are composed as a message sent from the future to the past.

For those who are finding life difficult right now, it may serve as a spark to nurture hope for the future.

Along with Iyori Shimizu’s gentle vocals and the calm melody line, listening to it can make you feel as if you’re being softly, kindly encouraged from behind.

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Blue amberback number23rank/position

back number – Blue Amber [Theme song for the Kansai TV/Fuji TV Monday 10 p.m. drama 'From the Day I Took You']

A ballad that epitomizes back number, fully portraying deep sorrow and complex emotions.

Released in April 2025, this song served as the theme for the drama “From the Day You Were Taken,” aligning closely with its weighty narrative.

Like rare amber that changes color depending on the angle, the piece explores the multifaceted nature of the human heart.

Even when acting with firm resolve, another self is screaming inside—its wavering comes through with piercing clarity.

The grief of being torn apart by inescapable fate and the indelible memories of love are carried by a beautiful melody, drawing you in until you can’t help but empathize.

It’s a track you’ll want to hear on sleepless nights when you’re burdened with feelings you can’t tell anyone.

I like you, but it seems you don’t really like me.back number24rank/position

Bokuwa Kiminokotoga Sukidakedo Kimiwa Bokuo Betsuni Sukijyanaimitai

A quintessential back number love song that distills the pain of unrequited love right into its title.

It’s a track from the album “Chandelier,” released in December 2015.

With plain, direct lyrics, it draws the gap between a wholehearted devotion to someone and the reality that those feelings don’t reach them.

Even while realizing that your world revolves around that person, you’re not someone special to them—that frustrating ache hits hard.

It’s a song you’ll want to hear if you’re in a one-sided love or struggling because the person you like won’t look your way.

loveback number25rank/position

back number – Love (Short ver.)

Back number is a three-piece band that captures the hearts of many listeners with poignant lyrics and melodies.

Here is a classic song representing their early work, released in March 2012.

This piece is a sentimental number depicting a gaze fixed on you from a school building window and an earnest wish to confess one’s feelings before graduation.

In addition to being used as an ending theme on shows like TV Asahi’s “Music-ru TV,” it was included on the album “blues” and the best-of album “Encore,” and has continued to be loved over the years, surpassing 100 million total streams.

The band sound, enriched with strings, tightens the chest and evokes the bittersweetness of youth that everyone has experienced.

It’s a song you’ll want to hear in March—especially if you’re facing graduation with unspoken feelings or want to immerse yourself in memories of a fleeting love.

To new loversback number26rank/position

back number – To the New Lovers

This song delicately portrays bittersweet emotions buried deep in the heart.

Released in 2024 by back number, it was written as the theme for Fuji TV’s Monday 9 p.m.

drama “Umi no Hajimari” (The Beginning of the Sea).

Set to a melody that resonates, it expresses the weakness of a self that can’t quite grow up, a yearning for the innocent faces of children, and hopes for the next generation.

With lyrics that contrast light and shadow and a clear, translucent vocal, the piece achieves beautiful harmony and offers comfort to anyone carrying unspoken, aching feelings for someone.

It’s a recommended track for those who wish to feel the sense of loss and regret that comes with living, as well as hope for the future.

Sing of springback number27rank/position

Sing of spring

A gemlike ballad that delicately portrays tender emotions, where the gentle scenery of spring melts softly together with the ache of heartbreak.

With imagery of a soft breeze blowing along a tree-lined street that stirs memories of a past love, it’s a warm, encouraging song that stands by those who have experienced parting.

Included on back number’s mini-album “Nogashita Sakana,” released in February 2009, this piece carefully traces the feelings of trying to be strong while sensing emptiness, and the resolve to move forward while holding reasons they cannot meet.

It’s a song perfect for the spring season, one that quietly stays close and gives a gentle push to those carrying the pain of goodbye.

Nishifuji Parkback number28rank/position

Saito Park/back number (cover)

This is a hidden tear-jerker by back number, a rock band that sings about love and is hugely popular among teenagers, with their live shows selling out instantly every time.

It’s a track from one of their albums, but just listening to this song brings back memories of my partner and fills me with a deep, aching sadness.

That very sadness, however, turns into a positive feeling that makes you want to fall in love even more.