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[Sunset Songs] Songs about sunsets and the evening glow you’ll want to listen to at dusk

I’ve put together songs you’ll want to listen to while watching the sunset.

When you gaze at a sky dyed by the setting sun, you feel the day coming to a close, and at the same time a hard-to-describe sense of poignancy and loneliness spreads through your chest.

In fact, there are many timeless, heart-wrenching masterpieces themed around sunsets, regardless of era.

Whether rock, pop, or folk, each track is filled with melancholy, nostalgia, and bittersweet emotion.

Give them a listen when you want to calm your mind or when you’re in the mood for a tender, sorrowful ballad.

[Sunset Songs] Songs about sunsets you want to listen to at dusk (21–30)

twilightAnarogu Fisshu

It’s a twilight rock number with an avant-garde vibe.

It’s a track by the three-piece rock band Analogfish, included on their major-label debut album “Analogfish,” released in 2004.

First performed during their indie days, it’s a piece born in the early stages of their career.

Its hallmarks are a dry sound, a distinctive melodic line, and lyrics that evoke a mysterious worldview.

You might find that before you know it, you’ve fallen under this song’s spell.

Araki Jakkan
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Madder-colored skyRemioromen

Remioromen – Akane-zora (Music Video Short ver.)
Madder-colored skyRemioromen

When you hear the rock band Remioromen, which season comes to mind? Many people probably think of “Konayuki,” but their 2007 song “Akanezora” is also a masterpiece.

It isn’t set in autumn but in a spring evening, capturing a dramatic twilight that could only belong to spring.

Dusk naturally stirs a sense of melancholy, and the lyrics, sung in vocalist Ryota Fujimaki’s distinctive voice, loosen the tear ducts.

It’s a song that quietly stays by your side as a companion to your own evening twilight.

Murakami Shinpei
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OrangeCreepHyp

“Orange” vividly portrays a man and woman who, despite caring deeply for each other, end up growing apart.

It’s included on the 2012 album “I Thought I’d Be Loved for the Rest of My Life.” The song begins with the chorus and gives off a very bright, catchy impression, but when you dig into the lyrics, you realize it’s anything but that kind of song.

It tells of the sacrifices made to preserve the happiness of ordinary days, and the outcome that befalls two people who chose to look the other way.

Once you know the story, hearing the chorus again brings a poignant, indefinable ache.

Perhaps the “orange light” was the sunset the two of them once watched together, dreaming of their future.

Yoimachi Jēn
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Twilight SurroundRIP SLYME

A laid-back mid-tempo tune released by RIP SLYME in 2004.

I especially long for it in the fall, and its mellow vibe fits the twilight perfectly—it’s just the best.

Isn’t it amazing how the sound of the words feels so pleasant? What we now call a chill sound might have been rare back then.

The hint of wistfulness and the enveloping sound design are cool.

Listening to “Tasogare Surround” while gazing at a beautiful sunset makes me feel like my body and soul are melting away.

It’s a truly lovely, relaxing song for the evening.

KEI
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Orange of that dayGReeeeN

The evening when I said goodbye to the person I like, the sunset was beautiful—and then came the lonely, dark night that follows.

When you’re in unrequited love, the time between “bye-bye” and the next “good morning” feels endlessly long, doesn’t it? GReeeeN’s “Ano Hi no Orange” portrays that aching, restless feeling of one-sided love, where you can’t stop thinking about the person you like.

It’s included on the album “Ima kara oyayubi ga kieru tejina shimaasu.” You feel the loneliness even on the way home after parting in the evening, and it only grows deeper at night… In the end, to escape that loneliness, the narrator resolves to confess their feelings.

For anyone carrying similar emotions, this song gives you the courage to tell the person you like how you feel.

SAKI
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I’ll give you a circle (correct mark).NO PLAN

NO PLAN is a vocal group formed by six comedians: Teruyoshi Uchimura, Ryo Fukawa, Summers, and TIM.

This song was used as the ending theme for the film Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called! The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun, and I think many people heard it in theaters at the time.

The movie itself evokes a sunset Western, and while the vocals are by no means polished, that somehow makes them all the more flavorful and endearing.

Much like the anime series, it’s a track that both adults and kids can enjoy.

Murakami Shinpei
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October’s (2025 mix)Harukamirai

How about a slightly bittersweet song that conjures up scenes of a crimson sunset sky and a flowing river? This work by Harukamirai, a rock band from Hachioji, portrays the determination to live powerfully “here and now,” even while carrying uncertainty and frustration about the future.

The contradictory emotions of youth—feeling more constrained the more you seek freedom—surge into your chest atop a melody that makes you want to hum along.

The track was included on the November 2017 mini-album “Hoshikuzu no Uta” and was later rebuilt with a new sound.

On a contemplative walk home, or on a night when you wish someone would sing just for you, listening to it might gently stay by your side.

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