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Uplifting songs to listen to in spring. Classic spring tunes that warm the heart.

When you feel the arrival of spring, doesn’t your mood feel lighter too? On your commute to work or school, things you see seem to shine more than usual, and you might find yourself humming without thinking.

There’s something magical about spring that makes you want to enjoy everyday life.

In this article, we’ll introduce bright, feel-good spring songs that are perfect for the season! From timeless classics to recent hit releases, we’ve picked a wide variety.

Find the one song that will color your spring!

Upbeat songs to listen to in spring: Classic warm-and-fuzzy spring tracks (51–60)

Harusaki KobeniYano Akiko

A perfect song to color the arrival of spring—that’s Akiko Yano’s “Harusaki Kobeni.” Since its 1981 release, it has transcended time and continues to warmly embrace listeners’ hearts.

With lyrics by Shigesato Itoi, music by Yano herself, and arrangements featuring YMO, the song’s gentle melody and hope-filled lyrics heralding spring give courage and smiles to everyone taking a new step forward.

Give it a listen, and it’s sure to carry a pleasant breeze into this season of new beginnings.

Why not let this warm voice brighten your new season?

Come, springthe shes gone

the shes gone “Spring, Come” Music Video
Come, springthe shes gone

‘Spring, Come to Me’ is a song that makes your heart flutter at the start of a new season.

Packed with the musical essence of the shes gone, it shines brightly among the tracks on the mini-album ‘HEART,’ released on February 15, 2023.

The lyric ‘I love you so much I can’t even put it into words’ is crafted so beautifully that just reading it makes your heart skip a beat.

It’s a song that gently accompanies the everyday life of you and your partner.

Spring colors.haji→

Haji→ 'Spring Colors.' Official PV
Spring colors.haji→

“Haruiro” is a song by Haji→, a singer-songwriter who’s active mainly on social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok.

It was his debut single released in 2011 during his indie days, and an album version is included on his album “Hajibum 2,” which came out the same year.

Since 2014, Yoshiyuki Kamei of the Yomiuri Giants has used it as his walk-up song, so baseball fans may have heard it.

If you like Ketsumeishi’s “Sakura,” this is a perfect, feel-good track for spring that’s sure to lift your spirits!

In the Morning of DeterminationAqua Timez

Aqua Timez 'Ketsui no Asa ni' Music Video (Theme song of the film 'Brave Story')
In the Morning of DeterminationAqua Timez

If you were born in the Heisei era, chances are you spent your youth listening to their songs! Along with their refreshing sound, the lyrics that encourage you when you’re feeling a bit uneasy are incredibly reassuring.

It’s an uplifting track that’s perfect for spring, a season of stepping into new environments.

Upbeat songs to listen to in spring: Classic warm-and-fuzzy spring tunes (61–70)

Blue Springback number

back number – Aoi Haru (full)
Blue Springback number

It was also used as the theme song for the drama “High School Entrance Exam.” The track is striking for its tense sound and lyrics and vocals that seem to convey a sense of instability.

It also feels like it depicts the process of growing up through various stimuli during one’s youth.

It suggests that people aren’t shaped by school studies alone; rather, they grow by piling up successes and failures and struggling desperately.

It’s a song packed with a powerful message that can give you energy when you feel anxious during transitional seasons.

Doki itnaniwa danshi

Naniwa Danshi – Doki it [Official Music Video]
Doki itnaniwa danshi

It’s a heartwarming song that wraps you in a refreshing spring breeze and cheers on everyone taking a new step forward.

While valuing your true self, this piece sings of the strength and courage to overcome hardships and inner conflicts, delivering a message that supports a hopeful new beginning.

Released in 2025, the song was also featured in AOKI’s Freshers Fair commercial.

It’s a track brimming with positive energy that gently nudges new graduates, incoming students, and anyone leaping into a new environment this spring.

to blossom; to bloom (literally: flowers smiling). Often used poetically to describe flowers blooming or a gentle, smiling expression like a flower.sumi ka

Released as if marking a light, springlike step, Sumika’s “Hanaemu” (“Smiling Blossoms”).

Like a page from youth itself, this song has continued to bathe many hearts in warm sunshine since its debut on March 28, 2022.

Its lyrics, which sing of the courage and hope to walk one’s own path, give energy to those taking a step into a new season.

Sumika’s clear vocals and the exhilarating, beautiful sound are just like spring sunlight.

A perfect song for spring, when meetings and farewells overlap.