We’ve gathered a selection of popular and classic songs that capture the feeling of “pure love.”
From love songs that put the other person first, to straightforward songs about falling in love, to songs about a love you can’t forget even after the person is gone—we’re introducing tracks that portray pure love in many forms.
There’s love that becomes possessive because the feelings are too strong, or love that constantly asks things of the other person.
And then there are feelings that simply wish for the other person’s happiness, growing deeper even if they’re never conveyed.
The songs featured in this article are tender, sincere, and so moving they might bring you to tears when you listen.
Please give them a listen.
- Songs to give to your lover or someone you like. Love songs devoted wholeheartedly to your boyfriend or girlfriend.
- A famous song about first love. Recommended popular songs.
- [Unrequited Love] Heart-wrenching Love Songs | A Roundup of Tear-Inducing Crush and Breakup Tracks
- Mutual love, unrequited love, familial love... classic songs that sing about affection
- “I Want to See You”: A love song that makes you cry when you listen to it while you can’t meet
- [Songs for Thinking of Someone You Love] Love Songs That Make Your Chest Tighten—From Unrequited to Mutual Love
- [Heart-Throbbing Songs] Timeless tunes that make your heart flutter and keep the excitement unstoppable
- [Love Songs] Recommended love songs. Masterpieces that sing about feelings of love.
- [Carefully Selected] Popular Love Songs: Recommended Romance Tracks
- Masterpieces that sing of love. Recommended popular songs.
- [Vowing Eternal Love] A Love Song to Sing on Your Special Anniversary
- Heal your heart with love ballads: A collection of pure love and heartbreak songs.
- I love it… A wonderful love song with lyrics that touch the heart. Classic and popular tracks from Japanese music.
Songs of pure love. Recommended masterpieces, popular pure-love love songs (1–10)
KanadeSukima Suichi
Listening to the songs performed by these two somehow gives you energy.
This track by Sukima Switch has been used in films and TV dramas, and it remains a long-standing favorite.
Its lyrics, which sing about a relationship between lovers living far apart, will surely resonate with people in the same situation.
THE OVERUVERworld
This song by the six-member rock band UVERworld was used as the theme song for the TBS Friday drama “Kuro no Onna Kyōshi” (The Black Female Teacher).
The lyrics, though tinged with sadness, are filled with a sincere devotion to someone you love and cherish.
orionYonezu Kenshi
It’s a pure love song by the popular singer Kenshi Yonezu.
It portrays the struggle to overcome various obstacles to be united with a beloved person, and the effort to draw closer no matter what.
It also expresses gratitude for the hope, love, and dreams that became possible precisely because of meeting that special person.
It can be called a masterpiece by Kenshi Yonezu that depicts the beauty of sincerely caring for someone.
If only I could remain at zeroOfisharu Higedan Dism
Spending time with someone you love is happiness for anyone, but those moments always have to end.
This song captures a single scene at the end of such a date.
It’s that classic love feeling: everything feels warm while you’re together and laughing, but the moment you part, loneliness sets in.
It’s a down-to-earth love song that also conveys the frustration of having to overcome obstacles to always be together.
Shape of LoveMISIA feat.HIDE
The song “Ai no Katachi,” which was featured as the theme for the drama Gibo to Musume no Blues, became a hot topic.
MISIA is known for her grand ballads, and this track certainly lives up to that image.
Though it conveys a deep love that can apply to a wide range of relationships—lovers, family, friends—its straightforward emotion perfectly fits the image of “pure love.” If you’re looking for a song about pure love, be sure to give it a listen.
Happinessback number
A song that portrays the heartbreaking image of “watching from the side as the one you like falls in love with someone else.” The pain of unrequited love comes through plainly—like listening to them talk about the person they like just to be able to stay by their side.
It also makes you think that being with someone who wishes, “Even if it doesn’t come true, I just want you to be happy,” would be a blessing.
It’s a heartbreak song about unrequited love, but it’s also one that makes you want to cherish the people around you who quietly watch over you.
After the nightadieu
This song blends a gentle accompaniment with a sultry worldview.
It captures the bittersweet complexity of falling in love with someone who was supposed to be just a one-night stand.
The wish for the person you love to live honestly and straight is the very essence of pure love.
It’s a masterpiece that teaches us that even love in a fleeting moment can be pure.
The progression from a lustful love to genuine love, followed by their parting, feels like watching a drama.