[Summer Tunes] A roundup of commercial songs featured in summer ads
As summer approaches, we start seeing more and more commercials for summery products—everything from soft drinks to sunscreen and deodorant.
These ads often feature summery scenes like blue skies and the ocean, or coming-of-age stories starring students in school uniforms, all designed to evoke the feeling of summer.
Of course, the music often matches the season too, with many songs that have become summer staples.
In this article, we’ll introduce a wide selection of songs used in those summer commercials all at once.
We’ve picked out everything from slightly older, nostalgic ads to ones currently on air, so take your time and enjoy!
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[Summer Tunes] A roundup of commercial songs used in summer TV ads (41–50)
A Perfect SkyBONNIE PINK
Known as the sunscreen commercial song, BONNIE PINK’s “A Perfect Sky.” With its stylish sound and BONNIE PINK’s captivating vocals, it quickly became a hot topic.
Despite being such a big hit, it’s said that when the commercial first aired, only the chorus of this song existed.
After the commercial broadcast, inquiries flooded in, and the song’s full production and release were decided in a hurry! It’s surprising that such a cool track has that kind of backstory, isn’t it? Just listening to it makes you feel like a confident, irresistible woman.
OrangeGReeeeN
This catchy song featuring exquisite harmonies is the 16th single by GReeeeN, a four-man vocal group that captivates fans as a national-level act despite keeping their appearances private.
Chosen as the theme song for Shiseido’s SEA BREEZE commercial, it’s a refreshing number whose arrangement progresses from a spacious-feeling opening into a fast-paced rock sound.
The GReeeeN-typical melody line—where high and low vocals intertwine—creates a unique dynamic even within the sense of speed.
It’s a rock tune that makes you want to run, overlapping with the summers of your youth.
White kiteMy Little Lover
The song used in the Horoyoi “Summer is White Sour” commercial probably felt quintessentially summery to younger listeners.
At the same time, those who spent their youth in the ’90s may have suddenly felt transported back to a summer in that decade.
The track is My Little Lover’s classic Shiroi Kite, a huge hit by the ’90s music unit.
Released as a single in 1995, Shiroi Kite is a refreshingly breezy song bursting with summer imagery.
Beyond vocalist akko’s transparent, crystalline voice, the UK rock–tinged arrangement characteristic of the era and the rhythmic guitar cutting by Kenji Fujii—who later joined The Birthday—add a great flavor.
The hottest summer in the worldPRINCESS PRINCESS
A song by the five-member rock band PRINCESS PRINCESS—affectionately known as “PuriPuri” and revered as legends among girl bands in the J-POP scene.
Released as their second single in 1987, it’s recognized as one of their signature tracks, with additional editions appearing in 1989 and 2001.
True to its title, the lyrics and arrangement carry a sense of heat and exhilaration that evoke the feeling of summer no matter the era.
Twenty-five years after its original release, it was featured in 2012 as the CM song for Sapporo’s “Ice Lager 7,” cementing its status as a quintessential summer anthem and a rock tune synonymous with the season.
Sunny Day SundaySENTIMENTAL:BUS
Sentimental Bus is a male-female rock duo that debuted in the late ’90s.
The vocalist, NATSU, performed rock sounds as a female singer-guitarist in pop-styled outfits, and I’d say it’s no exaggeration to claim she had a major influence on later girls’ bands and the like.
Their song “Sunny Day Sunday” is about high school baseball players set in the sweltering summer.
It was used in a TV commercial for Pocari Sweat at the time.
The track even features a sound effect of hitting a ball, and it’s packed with subtle baseball elements throughout.
Swaying feelingsZARD
When it comes to iconic artists who produced numerous hit songs in Japan’s music scene from the 1990s to the 2000s, ZARD immediately comes to mind.
Their song “Yureru Omoi” was featured in a Pocari Sweat TV commercial in 1993.
The imagery of playing under the blue sky and by the sea, then refreshingly drinking Pocari Sweat, is unforgettable.
As one of ZARD’s signature tracks, this song portrays the bittersweet feelings of summer love and sincerely expresses the emotions and thoughts felt amid various uncertainties.
Summer, don’t stop—You’re Romanticflumpool
It was also used as the TV commercial song for Sky PerfecTV’s 2015 J.League.
Under the summer sun, players chase the ball with all their might, dripping with sweat—this song fits that scene perfectly.
The gentle lyrics seem to cheer you on, saying, “Believe in yourself and give it your all!” and the melody, firmly along the royal road of Japanese pop, is superb.
It’s a song I want to hear at a big festival, working up a good sweat.
Be sure to check out the music video too—it’s full of highlights, including the members getting splashed with paint in their image colors!