Classic songs about roads. Recommended popular tracks.
This is a playlist of songs with roads as the theme.
It’s fascinating to compare how artists from different eras and genres portray the road—whether it’s the way there, the way back, an uncharted path, or a highway.
Even when it’s the same “road,” each artist expresses it differently.
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Classic songs about the road. Recommended popular tracks (71–80)
Like a white cloudsaruganseki
A gemlike ballad that beautifully captures the feelings of a traveler gazing at distant clouds.
Anxieties and hopes about an unseen future are conveyed through a delicate melody.
The poetic worldview, likening a freely moving figure in the wind to white clouds, resonated with many.
Released as Saruganseki’s debut in December 1996, the song ultimately became a million-seller with 1.131 million copies.
It was also used as the image song for Kadokawa Shoten’s World Walker and as the theme song for the film I Want to Play All My Life.
It’s a track that gently gives you a push as you try to take a new step forward.
HOWEVERGLAY
This is the 12th single by GLAY, a four-piece rock band from Hokkaido that can be considered a leading presence in Japan’s 1990s rock scene.
Although the song was unpopular among the members at the demo stage, it became the band’s first million-selling hit.
It’s also a staple at weddings and has celebrated many newlyweds.
At the major life milestone of marriage, listening to this song—overflowing with love—can make you feel as though it will brightly illuminate the road ahead.
Thank youikimonogakari
A heartwarming song overflowing with Ikimonogakari’s charm, released in 2010.
Kiyoe Yoshioka sings each phrase carefully and with great tenderness.
The sound, led by Yoshiki Mizuno—who handles the lyrics and composition—gently wraps around you.
No matter how many times I listen, Ikimonogakari’s ballads always bring me to tears.
They fill me with a gentle, kind feeling.
Life, where we take each other’s hands and live together, is truly wonderful.
It makes me want to express my gratitude not only to those dearest to me, but to many people.
Get fired upDaikoku Maki
It was chosen as NHK’s theme song for the Atlanta Olympics and became a hit.
There probably aren’t many moments in life when we can truly burn with passion.
This song makes you think about how you’ll strive when you encounter something that sets your heart on fire.
Something CertainOda Kazumasa
I don’t think this song needs any explanation.
Whatever our positions may be, Oda gently sings about the “love” that everyone feels.
If everyone in the world could approach “you” with the sentiment of this song, perhaps no unhappy children would be born, and no conflicts would arise.
Chasing the RainbowOkamura Takako
When I listen to this song, I realize I’ve been caught up in trivial things.
I notice that I’m only satisfied when I’m the same as others, and that I complain unless my life seems better than theirs.
Why is it so hard to simply accept that people are who they are? As Takako Okamura says in this song, I want to become a straightforward, good-natured person.
Close your eyesHirai Ken
It’s the theme song of the film “Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World.” It’s a ballad that mourns the loss of a dearest loved one, expressing the inability to move on, yet also the strength to walk forward by drawing on the power received from that person.
I think it’s a song that teaches us we can transform many kinds of farewells—not only to lovers but also to parents, pets, mentors, and more—into strength.