X Japan Popular Song Rankings [2026]

Easy Fight RamblingX JAPAN15rank/position

X Japan – Easy Fight Rambling [With Backing Vocals Turned Up] With Lyrics

It’s a rare shuffle-style song for X JAPAN.

With a bouncy feel, it showcases another possibility for X JAPAN.

It’s medium tempo within the context of X JAPAN, but by normal standards this tempo is fast.

WEEK ENDX JAPAN16rank/position

(PV) X JAPAN – WEEK END

This is a masterpiece that can truly be called X JAPAN’s signature song.

You can recognize it instantly from the opening guitar.

Its simple, catchy chorus lyrics and melody stick in your head, sparking massive sing-alongs at live shows.

The arrangement differs slightly between the album and single versions.

(This is the single version.)

Born to be freeX JAPAN17rank/position

X Japan – Born To Be Free (2015 ver) with lyrics

Opening quietly with rich piano melodies before surging into a heavy, grand sound, this track truly embodies the essence of X JAPAN.

It carries a powerful resolve to break free from all restraints and stride toward the future in one’s true, liberated form.

Toshl’s soul-stirring high tones overlap with the band’s own dramatic journey, striking deeply at the listener’s heart.

It was also featured as the commercial song for the film “Last Knights.” It’s a number that grants boundless courage when facing life’s obstacles or when you need to rouse your spirit.

JOKERX JAPAN18rank/position

X Japan – Joker [Backing vocals volume up] with lyrics

This is a rock number whose rapidly unfolding, high-speed sound grabs the listener’s heart.

With biting sarcasm that seems to mock society and common sense, and with the loneliness and true feelings hidden beneath a jester’s mask, it belts everything out over an aggressive metal sound.

You can fully enjoy the allure of Toshl’s powerful high-tone voice even in this intense track.

The song is included on the classic album “Jealousy,” released in July 1991, which reached No.

1 on the Oricon charts.

It has long been a live staple that ignites crowds and is beloved by many fans.

When you want to blow away the stifling feeling of everyday life or elevate your mood to the max, listening to it will give you a refreshing sense of release, as if the pent-up impulses inside you are being set free.

Longing ~A Broken-off Melody~X JAPAN19rank/position

Longing ~A Broken-off Melody~

X JAPAN, who fused magnificent orchestration with rock and revolutionized Japan’s music scene.

This work was released in August 1995 as their 11th single.

Showcasing YOSHIKI’s exceptional compositional sensibility, it’s an achingly lyrical ballad also included on the acclaimed album DAHLIA.

Toshl’s crystalline high tenor, as if singing of the swelling feelings for someone you can’t meet and a yearning for beautiful, lost memories, pierces the heart.

The promotional video directed by David Lynch also became a major talking point.

It’s a song you’ll want to listen to on a night when you want to sink deeply into a sentimental mood while thinking of someone dear.

VANISHING LOVEX JAPAN20rank/position

X JAPAN – VANISHING LOVE PV

It was often played as the opening at live shows during their indie days.

As you get intoxicated by the contrast between the speed that defines X and the moments where the tension suddenly loosens, you realize you’ve become completely hooked on the band X.

TearsX JAPAN（COVER：M.C The Max）21rank/position

M.C. The Max – Tears, 엠씨 더 맥스 – 눈물, Music Core 20070707

It’s no exaggeration to say this was the first time a true metal sound rang out in living rooms across Japan: the ninth single by X JAPAN, the five-piece rock band Japan proudly presents to the world.

A beautiful ballad that highlights the band’s classical side, it’s also known as their biggest hit in terms of sales.

Its covers by Korean bands MC THE MAX and TRAX, and its use as an insert song in the Korean film “Windstruck,” suggest that it’s a beloved track not only in Japan but in Korea as well.

This gem lets you experience the band’s profound musicality that goes far beyond sheer intensity.

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