RADWIMPS Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

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RADWIMPS – Empty Window

This is a RADWIMPS song created based on words submitted by high school students in Fukushima who faced school closures after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Even seven years after the disaster, the lingering sense of loss and the parting with cherished everyday life are woven together with a quiet soundscape.

Their delicate expression, akin to a prayer, will resonate deep within your heart.

Released in April 2018, the song was later included on the album “2+0+2+1+3+1+1 = 10 years 10 songs,” released in March 2021.

With a background of being voluntarily shared as an effort to prevent memories from fading, this work gently stands beside those who have lost beloved people or places and continue living with unhealed wounds.

Gimme GimmickRADWIMPS79rank/position

Gimigimic

The track “Gimi Gimmick,” included on “RADWIMPS 4: Okazu no Gohan,” is a quintessential gem of the late 2000s Japanese rock scene, marked by a strikingly arresting guitar riff in the intro.

Despite being a short song of about two and a half minutes, its overall technically intricate ensemble really stands out.

By Noda’s standards, the vocals aren’t particularly fast, and the range is fairly average and not especially wide, so try singing it while locking into its rhythmic groove.

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KOH-1

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RADWIMPS – Tin (Buriki)

Released on March 11, 2013—the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake—this is RADWIMPS’ song in support of recovery.

It’s a slow-tempo ballad that begins with a quiet piano arpeggio, deliberately holding back any flashy rock sound.

The arrangement is striking in how it lets each word and Yojiro Noda’s vocals sink deeply into the heart.

Rather than offering a straightforward “Let’s do our best” kind of encouragement, the lyrics consistently stand beside the weight of what was lost and the wounds that have yet to heal.

This work is the second installment in the band’s “3.11 Series,” created in remembrance of the disaster, and in 2021 it was included on the album 2+0+2+1+3+1+1=10 years 10 songs.

Proceeds have been donated to support natural disaster relief efforts through organizations such as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

The song was also used as the ending theme for Daisuke Shimada’s short film Tadaima.

Even for those who did not experience the disaster firsthand, it offers a chance to reflect on one’s own way of engaging with it.

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RADWIMPS – Steel Wings [Official Music Video]

The Calorie Mate Liquid commercial featuring Yojiro Noda from RADWIMPS was produced in 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The images of Noda singing and of people persevering through the pandemic appear in succession, striking a chord in the heart.

The song Noda performs in the commercial is Steel Wings, written specifically for it.

Reading the lyrics—which he said he wrote while continually thinking about how to survive the pandemic—brings back the anguish and inner conflict of that time.

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Hane Keisuke

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HINOMARU – RADWIMPS (cover)

The B-side track “HINOMARU” from RADWIMPS’ single “Catharsist” is a message song about the national flag and Japan.

Lyrics such as “Mikuni no Mitama” (the spirit of our nation) and “the land where the sun rises” sparked controversy for evoking the Greater East Asia War.

It seems the song, created out of love for Japan, ended up being misconstrued.

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RADWIMPS – Love and Me

“What is love, really…?” This is a message song that makes you ponder just that.

Created by the rock band RADWIMPS—also known for hits like “Zenzenzense” and “Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do?”—it was released in 2015.

The song reflects on those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and every voice, sound, and word resonates deeply in the heart.

If you sing it while thinking of someone precious to you, it may strike you even more.

Please, pour your whole heart into it.

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Araki Jakkan

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Sparkle (movie ver.)RADWIMPS84rank/position

Your Name/Kimi no Na wa/君の名は。 Orchestra Concert: Sparkle/スパークル

In the scene where this song plays, countless viewers must have clasped their hands and wished, “Please! Remember her name.” It’s the moment when the situation becomes most fully revealed in the story.

As Mitsuha, together with Tesshi and Sayachin, works to carry out the evacuation, the comet begins to break apart.

The dreamlike visuals leave a deep impression, and amid the beautiful imagery and the swelling sense of heartbreak, this song felt truly epic.

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Yoshizaki Keiko

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