Misorah Hibari Popular Song Rankings [2026]

Song is my lifeMisora Hibari29rank/position

Hibari Misora – 35th Anniversary of Her Entertainment Career – 15: I Will Walk This Path – Song Is My Life

A smash hit by Hibari Misora, an artist who created numerous masterpieces with her overwhelming musical sensibility and distinctive vibrato.

Even someone as renowned as Hibari Misora faced hardships and was sometimes the target of whispers and backbiting, yet the powerful message of her determination to keep singing makes this a classic that guides listeners’ lives in a brighter direction.

Foreign HillsMisora Hibari30rank/position

Hibari Misora ♪ Foreign Hill

Hibari Misora’s “Ikoku no Oka” (Foreign Hills) is a song that expresses the homesickness of soldiers interned in Siberia.

It begins with the opening line, “On these foreign hills, another day draws to a close,” and conveys a poignant longing for home.

Misora’s powerful vocals further heighten those emotions.

The song is included on an album commemorating the 30th anniversary of her entertainment career.

For many older listeners, it is a track that evokes fond memories while also reflecting the strength that carried them through hardships of the time.

The hopeful words in the lyrics, “The day to return will come, spring will come,” continue to encourage those of us living today.

Camping SongMisora Hibari31rank/position

Camp Song by Hibari Misora

The Rising Sun flag, the advance, the victory…

Even if it was an era dyed in a single color, being encouraged in a dream to die and come home is such a sorrowful song.

The young men in the song would still be high school students today.

Though it is a time of peace, they were slack—completely the opposite of now.

I sense the sad courage of those days, when one had to accept this as right.

The Enchanting WaltzMisora Hibari32rank/position

Enchanted Waltz - Hibari Misora - Commercial Song

This song was used in a Fit commercial.

Originally, it was the theme song from Audrey Hepburn’s film “Love in the Afternoon.” Many people have covered it, and on the tribute album for Nat King Cole, Hibari Misora covered this song.

StardustMisora Hibari33rank/position

Stardust

The original piece is the ragtime “Barnyard Shuffle,” performed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1927.

In 1929 it was arranged as a slow ballad, and lyrics were added by Mitchell Parish.

“Stardust” is an astronomical term referring to a small star cluster, and it also means “ecstasy.” It seems that both meanings are evoked in the song’s lyrics.

Beyond that hillMisora Hibari34rank/position

Beyond that hill

It became a huge hit along with the film of the same name starring Hibari Misora.

In the lyrics, the lonely protagonist identifies with a wild goose and a shrike.

It’s easy to see why she already had the charisma of a national singer—even at just fourteen or fifteen, her voice is astonishing.

Sad Little DoveMisora Hibari35rank/position

Sad Little Dove

Hibari Misora was 15 years old at the time, but her singing ability is unbelievable for a 15-year-old.

It’s the theme song of a film—a story about a sad parting with her family, set in a circus in which Hibari Misora herself stars.

In the past, circuses had the image of being poor, itinerant troupes living day to day.

People who grew up during the period of rapid economic growth say their parents would scold them with, “If you don’t listen, I’ll sell you to the circus!” That’s quite a different image from today’s glamorous, artistic theme-park-like spaces.