[Resonates with the Soul] A Roundup of Sambomaster’s Most Popular Songs and Hidden Gems

Shining, I run forward.Sambomasutā

Sambomaster / Starting to Shine and Run - MUSIC VIDEO

It’s Sambomaster who gives you the courage to believe in yourself and charge forward, especially when you feel like giving up.

Their 2018 single “Kagayakidashite Hashitteku,” released as the theme song for the drama Cheer✩Dan, is a heartfelt anthem packed with earnest passion.

Its affirmative lyrics—urging you to make your own flower bloom no matter how tough things get—give a powerful push to children standing at the major milestone of graduation from their team.

Also included on the album Love & Peace! Masterpiece!, this song’s emotional band sound is sure to tug at your heartstrings.

With memories of days sweating and striving alongside friends in your heart, you’ll feel the energy to leap into a new world.

Play it at the climax of the graduation ceremony, and the whole venue will be wrapped in warm emotion.

very special!!Sambomasutā

Very special!!!

Released in 2007, this is a dance tune perfect for summer.

It was also used as the opening theme for Nippon TV’s “Ongaku Senshi MUSIC FIGHTER.” With its driving sound, it’s guaranteed to make you want to start dancing after just one listen! Give it a try.

Affection and the walls of the heartSambomasutā

Affection and the walls of the heart

Released in 2006, this is Sambomaster’s eighth single.

It’s a dance number with a pleasant four-on-the-floor beat that gets you grooving just by listening.

The same single also includes a cover of Akiko Wada’s “Ano Kane o Narasu no wa Anata.”

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Ring the tambourine every night and every morning.Sambomasutā

Street performance: I covered “Sambomaster – Ring the Tambourine in Every Night and Every Morning.”

This is their sixth single, released in 2005.

The funky beat and Yamaguchi’s gentle, unpretentious vocals really resonate.

You can feel a strong influence from Black music, but the sound is quintessentially Sambomaster.

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Beloved DaysSambomasutā

The Beautiful Days of Humanity

Sambomaster is a three-man rock band formed in 2000.

They made their major debut with their first album, The Path and Light of New Japanese Rock.

Beloved Days is a highly popular song among fans included on that album.

Weekend SeoulSambomasutā

It’s a track included on the album “Sambomaster wa Katarikakete Iru.” The song expresses a feeling—almost a premonition—that the distance between him and the girl he’s interested in keeps getting smaller as the weekend approaches.

It has a nostalgic Showa-era vibe and is perfect for a drive.

I love you. I want you to love me.Sambomasutā

Sambomaster “I Love You, I Want to Be Loved” MUSIC VIDEO (short version)

This is their 19th single overall, released in 2014.

It’s a rock ’n’ roll track that opens with crisp, solid guitar cutting, yet the reggae rhythm that appears within the song gives it the feel of an eternal, deeply moving love song.

Even so, it never becomes pretentious; the irresistibly catchy chorus that makes you want to sing along is exactly what makes Sambomaster so great.