Crying songs, tear-jerker tunes. A request of tears dedicated to you.
When you hear the phrase “tearjerker song,” what kind of track comes to mind?
A heartbreaking breakup song, a love song that sings of earnest devotion, a piece that tells a moving story, an anthem that cheers on life, a song about loss…
Even just listing them like this shows how many kinds of tearjerker songs there are, doesn’t it?
In this article, we’ll introduce a selection of masterpieces that shake us listeners to the core—songs you can’t hear without tears.
We’ve picked out all kinds of genres and moods—above all, songs that will make you cry.
If you find one that resonates with your experiences and feelings, it’s sure to become a treasured song for you.
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Crying ballads, tear-jerker songs. A request for tears dedicated to you (111–120)
It hurts.Kiyoshi Ryujin
The song is about a lover’s past.
It sways between the desire to know and the fear of being hurt by what you learn.
The lyrics convey jealousy toward the lover’s past and express the pain that comes from loving someone too much.
spring breezeKumaki Anri
Every seasonal song has a way of soaking into the heart.
Personally, songs about spring and summer move me deeply.
This track is a straight-up spring song that lets you feel the scent of spring.
Listening to it in winter makes you truly long for the spring that’s just a few months away.
Nothing at allbakudan jonii
A straight-up rock ’n’ roll track with dead-straight lyrics delivers a message that cuts deep.
The lyrics—saying we’ve got nothing, there’s nothing for us—inevitably push the listener to look forward.
Old RookieTakehara Pisutoru
He’s an artist every man should definitely listen to.
This song, “Old Rookie,” teaches the importance of chasing your dreams without fearing failure, and Takehara’s straightforward, manly voice that speaks to the heart—along with the lyrics—makes you reflect, as a man, on how to live your life.
For example, Hiro—just like you were.Takehara Pisutoru
When I first listened to this song, tears overflowed.
It’s a song about feelings for a friend who took their own life.
We met as a performer and an audience member at a live house, and from there we started talking and became close friends.
The lyrics weave together the sorrow, frustration, anger, and love over their sudden disappearance, and combined with Pistol Takehara’s straightforward vocals, the song shakes you to your core.
Goodbye, my beloved.Hana＊Hana
A single by Hana*Hana released in October 2000.
It was the theme song for the TV drama “Oyaji.” The song contains a message from Hana*Hana’s vocalist (Izumi Kojima) to her late grandfather, with lyrics that are purely tear-inducing.
The melody is moving as well.
It peaked at No.
6 on the Oricon chart and sold a total of 528,000 copies.
messageaobouzu
This is a song I hope reaches people who have found living to be painful.
It sings that people weren’t born to suffer, but to be happy.
It tells us that even in the darkness there is light, and that facing the small, ordinary moments of everyday life can be necessary to find that light.