Popular Love Song Bands Ranking [2026]

Summertime CinderellaRyokushokushakai43rank/position

Ryokuoushoku Shakai 'Summer Time Cinderella' Official Video / Ryokuoushoku Shakai – Summer Time Cinderella

It’s a song packed tight with a love that shines like the midsummer sun—dazzling, yet a little bittersweet.

Like Cinderella’s magic, it captures the thrill of a love that sparkles in a fleeting moment, along with the urgency to confess those feelings before summer ends.

The protagonist’s emotions—drawn in despite confusion by a romance sparked by an unexpected encounter—will deeply resonate with anyone who’s experienced unrequited love.

Released first digitally in July 2023 and later as a CD single in September of the same year, the track colored Fuji TV’s Monday 9 p.m.

drama, “Midsummer Cinderella.” It also won an Excellence Award at the 65th Japan Record Awards.

Why not listen to it with someone special as you make summer memories?

powder snowRemioromen44rank/position

Remioromen – Powder Snow

The song by Remioromen, released in November 2005, became widely known after being featured as an insert song in the Fuji TV drama “1 Litre of Tears.” This ballad, which depicts winter scenery and the feelings of love, has become a beloved classic that resonates with many listeners.

The lyrics, in particular, deeply connect with younger audiences in their teens through thirties, skillfully expressing the fleeting happiness shared with a lover and the loneliness of winter spent in solitude.

The track is included on Remioromen’s albums “HORIZON” and “Remio Best,” and it’s also a karaoke staple.

It’s a heartwarming number you’ll want to listen to as winter arrives.

Delusional DiaryShido45rank/position

SID – Delusion Diary

The four-piece rock band SID, which has designated October 4 as “SID Day,” has even formed a business partnership with Stardust Promotion—the agency that represents none other than Momoiro Clover Z.

Here’s one of their somewhat mentally unstable? tracks, “Delusion Diary.” The moment you hear “delusion,” you know you’re stepping into a whimsical, otherworldly space.

Actions that might seem bizarre—like “checking the trash of the person you like” or “making silent phone calls all night”—are all portrayed as expressions of love flipped inside out.

Stalking is prohibited, so please don’t imitate any of this.

It’s a creepy track packed with tongue-in-cheek elements, too!

Banzai ~ So glad I loved you ~Urufuruzu46rank/position

Ulfuls – Banzai ~I'm Glad I Fell in Love~

A popular song by Ulfuls sings of gratitude and joy for a loved one.

Released in February 1996, the track was also included on the album “Banzai.” For a Fujicco commercial, a version sung by Tomoko Ikeda (formerly of Shiggy Jr.) was used, and in the film “UDON,” Tortoise Matsumoto and Yusuke Santamaria perform it as a duet.

The chorus, which bursts in with a soaring vocal, is guaranteed to fire up any karaoke session! Feel the bond with someone special and be sure to sing or listen to it.

sunflowerSEKAI NO OWARI47rank/position

Himawari

The protagonist, who had been living in a dark world, ends up meeting “you,” someone dazzling like the sun—the beginning of a forbidden love as sung by SEKAI NO OWARI.

Listening to this song, you can feel that bittersweet thrill of knowing the person is off-limits, yet realizing thanks to them your world is starting to gain color.

Maybe it’s precisely because the melody is light and pop that it tightens your chest even more.

This track is included on the acclaimed album “Lip,” which topped the Oricon charts in February 2019.

It’s a song that gently stays with you in that helpless rush of feelings at the moment you fall in love, even when you know it won’t be returned.

I will love you for the next 100 years.Sonar Pocket48rank/position

Sonar Pocket “I’ll Love You for 100 Years.” [MV Short]

Sonar Pocket is a three-member group with many songs whose straightforward lyrics really hit home.

Their track “I Will Love You for the Next 100 Years” is, just as the title suggests, a proposal song pledging eternal love.

The title and lyrics mention “100 years ahead,” which may sound a bit unrealistic, but that’s exactly how strong their resolve is—to vow a lifetime of love until death.

It’s a song that conveys love in the way it embraces every memory so far—not just the fun times, but also the fights and bitter moments—and can regard them all as good memories, while saying, “Here’s to many more together.”

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A single miracle among seven billionACE COLLECTION49rank/position

ACE COLLECTION – The One and Only Miracle Among 7 Billion [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

“A Miracle One in Seven Billion” by ACE COLLECTION, a four-piece rock band formed in 2017.

This song also served as the theme for the AbemaTV drama “In a World Where Only I Am 17.” When you’re in love, you sometimes catch yourself thinking, “What if I had never met this person…?” This song sings about that miraculous encounter, and with that in mind, the longing and the feeling of love swell even more.

It’s a love song from a male perspective, but it’s a heartrending track that women will surely relate to as well.

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