[Classics] Timeless Summer Hits Recommended for All Ages [Summer Songs]
Summer songs that you just want to listen to when the season rolls around.
What songs come to mind for you?
From the tracks you listened to a lot back in your school days to the trendy summer hits of today, everyone probably has their own personal favorites.
Here, we’ll pick out plenty of summer songs perfect for the hot season—from nostalgic oldies to the latest releases!
Feel free to use them as background music for outings and leisure time, too.
Let’s enjoy summer with timeless classics that never lose their shine and tunes that amp up the summer vibe!
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[Classics] Timeless Summer Hits for Any Generation [Summer Songs] (61–70)
Flowers blooming in the night skyMEGARYU
If you have memories of a summer festival date, this will probably resonate with you.
It’s a track by MEGARYU, a reggae duo from Gifu Prefecture, included on their first album, Updraft, released in 2005.
Watching fireworks with someone you love… just imagining it makes your heart race—a wonderfully romantic situation.
The mellow arrangement and the duo’s harmonies make for an exceptionally pleasant listen.
If you play it together with your partner, you might just be reminded of how important they are to you.
Fireworks MagicAnsako
This is a song that captures a girl’s wavering feelings on the last day of summer vacation—whether to confess her feelings to the person she likes or not.
During the school term you can see your crush every day, but if you don’t have any other connection, summer vacation can mean hardly seeing them at all.
Maybe you secretly wish someone in your class would plan something like fireworks or a camping trip.
If you’re lucky enough to get that chance, let this song lift your spirits! Confessing takes courage, but this song is sure to give you the bravery you need.
Can’t Say Anything… SummerTHE JAYWALK
This was the 18th single by the rock band J-WALK, used as the theme song for episode 4 of the 2005 TV drama “Otona no Natsuyasumi,” aired 14 years after its original release.
It’s a rearranged version of a track included on their 10th album, “DOWN TOWN STORIES,” and became one of the band’s signature, blockbuster hits.
The intro featuring an emotional guitar phrase and the wistful vocals create a poignant arrangement that evokes the end of summer and truly stirs the heart.
It remains a classic summer song that you’ll want to revisit every year when the season comes around.
Summer Melancholy [time to say good-bye]L’Arc〜en〜Ciel
![Summer Melancholy [time to say good-bye]L'Arc〜en〜Ciel](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tA8ZuVCxepo/hqdefault.jpg)
It was released in 1995 as L’Arc~en~Ciel’s third single.
It is a rearranged and reissued version of “Natsu no Yūutsu,” which was included on their third album, “heavenly,” released in September of the same year, and it was used as the ending theme for the TBS program “M-Navi.” As one of L’Arc~en~Ciel’s early works, it is a popular summer song.
Trace that dreamYOASOBI
A 2020 track by YOASOBI based on Sota Taishiki’s novel “Yume no Shizuku to Hoshi no Hana.” Its exhilarating, fast-paced melody and sparkling piano tones evoke the freshness of summer.
In the original story, a girl who has a precognitive dream of being confessed to by a boy in her class, and the boy who confesses to her, are depicted at a fireworks festival.
The song’s world makes you feel as if you can hear the girl’s heartbeat as she nervously waits for that moment, and it sets listeners’ hearts racing too.
For a summer romance, how about this song that brims with sparkle and sweet anticipation?
I just wanted to feel giddy tonight.tsubaki fakutorī
It’s a very sad summer love song about unrequited love.
It’s the fourth single released in 2018 by Tsubaki Factory, an idol group formed in 2015.
While the song’s overall tone is quite upbeat, reading the lyrics reveals that the protagonist is in a very difficult position.
Hello, my friendMatsutōya Yumi
Released in 1994 as Yumi Matsutoya’s 25th single, it was chosen as the theme song for Fuji TV’s Monday 9 p.m.
drama “A Summer with You” and became a million seller.
The song depicts late-summer scenes, with a somewhat wistful sound.
It remains one of Yumi Matsutoya’s signature tracks and a highly popular summer song.