Youthful songs to listen to in summer. Classic summer hits and recommended popular tracks.

Because I’ve always loved you.neguse.

Neguse. “Because I’ve Always Loved You” [2024 Summer High School Baseball Cheer Song / “Netto Koshien” Theme Song]

A classic song filled with passionate emotion set on the grand stage of Koshien! Neguse’s youth anthem overflows with a powerful message cheering on high school baseball players in their hard-fought efforts.

Released in June 2024, the track was also chosen as a summer high school baseball cheer song and as the theme for Nettō Koshien.

Its lyrics, which honor the value of perseverance, are lined with warm words that resonate in the listener’s heart.

You can practically picture young people overcoming grueling practices and strict coaching as they strive toward their dreams.

This piece is perfect for anyone who wants to look back on their youth or is right in the middle of it now.

It’s sure to become a song that stays with you.

Voice of the Seaurashima tarou

"The Voice of the Sea" Full ver. / Urashima Taro (Kenta Kiritani) [Official]

Kenta Kiritani is a singer who stands out as an actor with a distinctive presence and is also gaining attention as a musician.

Released under the name Urashima Taro—affectionately known as Ura-chan in the au Santaro commercial series—the digital single “Umi no Koe” features sentimental lyrics and vocals that evoke the story within the commercials and truly move the heart.

Its melody and ensemble, which convey the atmosphere of Okinawa, make you want to listen to it as background music while looking out at the sea.

It’s a song with a beautiful, timeless melody that will color your summer no matter how times change.

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Summer memories scented by the windAAA

AAA / “Summer Memories Fragrant on the Breeze” Music Video

A song whose bittersweet yet beautiful melody seeps into the heart, like recalling an old romance on a summer evening.

Don’t the memories of fleeting love and the summer days that have passed, sung by AAA, spread through your chest like a pale watercolor? The track was included as the coupling song to AAA’s single “Wake up!” released in July 2014, and also appeared on the album “GOLD SYMPHONY” released the same year.

It was later featured on the best-of compilation “AAA 10th ANNIVERSARY BEST” the following year.

Used in Ito-Yokado’s yukata commercial, it colored the memories of many alongside the sights and sounds of summer.

For those who want to bask in a sentimental mood at summer’s end, this song will gently accompany your sweet-and-sour memories of those days.

The Summer When You Were ThereMr.Children

Mr.Children “The Summer You Were Here” MUSIC VIDEO

This is Mr.

Children’s very first single, known for its refreshing guitar sound.

It blends the melancholy of late summer with faint memories of young love, making listeners’ hearts ache in the sweetest way.

It’s as if the melody itself carries the purity of youth and nostalgia for days gone by.

Released in August 1992, the song was featured again in 2017 as the theme for NTT Docomo’s 25th anniversary commercial, etching itself into many hearts once more.

Play it on a summer drive or by the seaside at dusk, and you’ll be wrapped in a feeling that’s bittersweet yet warm.

It’s also perfect for when you want to bask in the sweet-and-sour memories of youth.

Whimsical Romanticikimonogakari

Capricious Romantic – Ikimonogakari [A Cappella]

This is a charming song by Ikimono-gakari that delivers the bursting joy of love coming true and that unstoppable “I love you!” feeling, carried by straightforward lyrics and a bright melody.

You can really sense the protagonist’s giddy excitement, as if they could even say something a little bold.

The piece was produced in December 2008 as the theme song for the Fuji TV drama “Celeb to Binbo Taro” and was released as a single.

You can also find it on the album “My song Your song.” Even the slight loneliness you feel at summer’s end will be filled with a warm sense of happiness when you listen to this track.

It might be one of those songs that brings you a wonderful moment of dreaming about the future together with someone special.

I can see you againKetsumeishi

Ketsumeishi “I Can See You Again”

This is a song by Ketsumeishi that captures both the anticipation of reuniting with someone special as summer arrives and the fleeting moments of bittersweet longing.

The rap and beautiful melody intertwine pleasantly, and you can almost picture your heart fluttering as you realize the person you haven’t seen for a while has become even more charming.

Released in June 2007 and included on the album “Ketsuno Police 5,” the track became etched in many people’s memories as the theme for Shiseido ANESSA’s commercial, featuring Yuri Ebihara in sun-drenched summer scenes.

It reached No.

2 on the Oricon Weekly Chart—a number that resonates with sweet-and-sour summer memories and the wish to meet again.

TSUNAMISazan Ōrusutāzu

Tsunami – Southern All Stars

Like waves that surge and recede, this is one of Southern All Stars’ signature songs, painting an overwhelming swell of emotion you can’t control.

The lyrics, which layer the deep sorrow of heartbreak and a sense of helplessness over the irresistible force of nature, have touched countless hearts.

Beginning quietly with a piano melody and then enveloping you in grand strings as the feelings rise, the song was released in January 2000.

Embraced as the theme for the TV show segment “Mirai Nikki III” on “UNNAN no Hontoko!”, it became a work remembered both in records and in memories, winning the Grand Prize at the 42nd Japan Record Awards that same year.

On nights when you’re weighed down by unbearable sadness, listen to this song—surely it will stay close to your heart.