[Song of Gratitude] Timeless classics and the latest tracks that convey heartfelt “thank you” to your seniors
I want to give a heartfelt gift to the senior who supported me! You were scolded many times, taught important things, and worked together toward your goals… Surely you, too, have someone like that in your life, don’t you? When a senior graduates or retires, many of us want to express our gratitude to the fullest, yet still feel embarrassed to say it directly.
So in this article, we’ll share plenty of songs that express gratitude to seniors.
Find the song that perfectly matches your feelings, and try conveying your thanks to your senior along with the music.
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[Song of Gratitude] Timeless and Latest Gems (71–80) That Convey “Thank You” to Seniors
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Even though they’re our seniors, as long as we’re all students, there’s hardly any age difference between us.
More often than not, we end up becoming friends beyond the senior-junior dynamic.
This song is perfect for expressing gratitude to a senior who’s become a friend.
It sings about the belief that, even if our opinions clash and we butt heads, we’ll always be on each other’s side, and our bond will never fade.
Homeward Road in MarchHirai Dai
The song that makes me feel strongly that I will never forget the days I spent with my seniors is “The Way Home in March,” released by Dai Hirai in 2022.
With a piano-centered melody and a gentle vocal delivery, this track is perfect both as a song to send off your seniors and as a song for everyone, including them, to sing together at the end.
When March arrives and graduation draws near, that vague sense of loneliness starts to feel more real, doesn’t it? This song captures how the fun days, the tough days—every kind of day—come together and become beautifully colored in our memories.
Try singing it with your seniors one last time, reminiscing—“Remember this and that?”—and expressing your gratitude.
A Poem for YouDUFF
The MBS “Minna no Koshien” theme song is DUFF’s “Kimi ni Okuru Uta” (“A Poem I Give to You”).
When you listen to the lyrics, you can picture the baseball team giving it their all.
The irreplaceable time spent with your seniors is something you’ll truly understand only when you yourself have juniors.
Even after graduation, those seniors continue to set a powerful example, and we want to convey our gratitude and the feeling of “I can do my best because you’re there” along with this song.
[Song of Gratitude] Timeless and New Gems That Convey “Thank You” to Your Seniors (81–90)
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A wacci number that gently stays close to the listener’s heart.
It was used as the ending theme for the anime Your Lie in April.
While the lyrics read like a love song, if you imagine the other person as a senior who has taken care of you, they take on a different meaning.
It’s a song that makes you feel like you want to keep doing your best for that senior’s smile.
Let’s go back to my hometown.GMT
If you want to express gratitude to a local senior and share memories of how they helped you, how about this song? It’s an insert song from NHK’s morning drama Amachan, where Rena Nounen’s line “Jejeje!” became a social phenomenon.
The lyrics are delightfully comical and full of punchlines, written by Kankuro Kudo, the screenwriter of the series.
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A track included on the first mini-album Otoko no Ko, released in 2002.
Even during tough times, having our seniors around helps us get through.
And if those seniors ever lose their way from now on, this is a song that conveys: this time, we’ll be by your side—it’s going to be okay.
The bonds we’ve all built together won’t disappear so easily, right?
Thank youSMAP
If you want to express gratitude, straightforward words are the best after all! This is a song by the national idol group SMAP.
It was released in 2006 as their 40th single.
It was used as the theme song for the drama “Boku no Arukuk Michi” (My Road) and as the theme song for TBS’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The song conveys the feeling that I am who I am today because everyone was there for me.
