For When You Need a Good Cry: Soul-Soothing Tearjerker Classics — Life, Love, and Work
There are moments in life when you just feel an overwhelming urge to cry, aren’t there?
In this article, we introduce songs that are guaranteed to make you cry and tracks to listen to when you want to let the tears flow.
We’ve gathered classic songs and masterpieces that support your desire to cry from various angles—heartache in love, the difficulties of life, the hardships of work, and more.
Anyone’s heart can get worn down if they push themselves past their limits.
If you’re feeling tired, please give these a listen.
I’m sure these wonderful pieces of music that gently stay by your side will bring you comfort.
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[For When You Want to Cry] Tearjerking Masterpieces That Heal the Heart: Life, Love, and Work (61–70)
PreciousGLAY
The first release from “loversoul music & associates,” a new label launched by the members of GLAY themselves.
The song is narrated by a husband speaking to his wife who passed away before him.
The lyrics depict their shared memories and their children left behind—a moving piece that’s impossible to listen to without tears.
Give it a listen when you feel like having a good cry.
Because I fell in loveaimyon
The title says it all—this is one of those songs.
“Because I Fell in Love,” that’s why it is the way it is, why things turned out this way.
Those feelings are poured out just as they are, raw and unfiltered.
Centered on acoustic guitar, the vocals aren’t shouted or forceful.
And yet, it still comes together as a track with the power to leap straight into the listener’s ears and heart.
You can do it!Nakajima Miyuki
Everyone has to fight as long as they live.
Yet there are times when people who aren’t fighting will laugh at you.
That’s when you should listen to this song.
It might be easier to let yourself be swept away by the rough waves of the world.
But if you don’t jump into the fight, you’ll gain nothing.
So you have no choice but to move forward.
This is a classic filled with a warm message, even amid that harsh line of battle.
It’s a song I want those who are struggling or suffering right now to hear.
Robinsonsupittsu
This is the song that catapulted Spitz to stardom.
You could say there isn’t a person who doesn’t know it—a love song that symbolizes the 1990s.
Kusano’s soaring vocals are truly a gift of nature, perfectly in sync with the song and moving you to tears.
Poem of SunlightLe Couple
This is an insert song from the drama “Under One Roof 2.” The heartrending lyrics really resonate.
Because the arrangement is so simple, the charm of the song comes through fully.
Released in 1997, it was Le Couple’s fifth single overall and a track that received strong support from fans of the drama.
I loved (it/you)erica
It’s a straightforward breakup song with beautifully arranged piano and strings.
If you listen to a track that sings so directly about a lost love, anyone fresh from a breakup will surely find it hard to hold back tears.
I think many people will feel the words resonate with them and empathize with every line woven into the lyrics.
Still, even though it’s a breakup song, it’s not just about lingering attachment—the lyrics also convey a determination to move forward, one step at a time.
That earnest resolve is moving in its own right.
Wakabasupittsu
It’s a moving song that makes you think about the memories held in each person’s heart.
Since forming in 1987, Spitz has continued to perform at the forefront as one of Japan’s leading rock bands.
Released on November 5, 2008, this track is their 34th single and was used as the theme song for the film “The Cherry Orchard.” It features inventive touches in its sound, such as expressing parts that would normally use strings with electric guitar, and incorporating mandolin influenced by Travis.