Recommended summer songs for weddings and receptions: moving classics and popular hits
Introducing perfect Japanese summer songs for weddings!
Classic wedding songs are great, but if you two “met at the beach in summer,” “both love the summer season,” or “have a venue with a beautiful ocean view,” you might be thinking it’s the perfect chance to use summer songs for your wedding BGM.
In this article, we’ve gathered summer songs that are perfect for weddings.
From lively tracks to refreshing ballads, there’s plenty to choose from! Mix and match depending on the scene.
Don’t be bound by the classics—find the one song that truly fits your wedding.
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Recommended summer songs for weddings and receptions: moving classics and popular tracks (11–20)
Summer Colorsyuzu
Yuzu’s song “Natsuiro,” released in June 1998, was selected as SPACE SHOWER TV’s POWER PUSH track for June 1998, and 19 years after its release, in 2017, it was also used in a commercial for Lotte’s “Sou.” It’s one of Yuzu’s signature songs, widely known by people of all ages, from children to adults.
Its gentle, refreshing melody and lyrics add a moving touch to weddings and receptions.
You are here.ikimonogakari
It was released in 2010 as Ikimono-gakari’s 19th single.
The song was used as the theme for NTV’s Wednesday drama “Hotaru no Hikari 2” and as an insert song in the film “Peach Girl,” with lyrics and composition by the vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka.
It has also been featured on the TBS variety show “Nainai no Omiai Daisakusen!” and is a bright track that’s perfect for summer wedding scenes.
Voice of the Seaurashima tarō (kiritani kenta)
It was released in 2015 as a digital single credited to Urashima Taro, played by Kenta Kiritani.
It’s an original song created for the au Santaro series, serving as the commercial song for the ad where Ura-chan sings in the spot “au Feature Phone ‘Umi no Koe’.” It became a major hit, reaching No.
1 overall across 13 distribution platforms including the iTunes Store and RecoChoku.
At the 58th Japan Record Awards, it won the Excellence Award.
It’s a love ballad that expresses feelings for a cherished person.
I Was Looking for You ~New Jersey United~CHEMISTRY
It was released in 2002 as CHEMISTRY’s fourth single.
It is a re-cut single from their first original album, “The Way We Are,” and was used as the theme song for the Fuji TV drama “Wedding Planner: SWEET Delivery.” In 2001, “Kimi wo Sagashiteta ~The Wedding Song~” was released, and both songs are very popular at weddings.
ALL FOR YOUAmuro Namie
Released in 2004 as Namie Amuro’s 27th single.
Chosen as the theme song for Fuji TV’s Tuesday 10 p.m.
drama “Kimi ga Omoide ni Naru Mae ni,” it marked her first drama theme in about six years.
Reaching No.
6 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, it’s a grand love song that showcases Namie Amuro’s powerful vocal ability.
Love Rainbowarashi
It was released in 2010 as Arashi’s 32nd single.
The song was used as the theme for the Fuji TV Monday 9 p.m.
drama “Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku,” starring group member Jun Matsumoto.
It was Arashi’s first theme song for a Monday 9 p.m.
drama.
It topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and is a refreshing track that evokes the feeling of summer.
Recommended summer songs for weddings and receptions: moving classics and popular hits (21–30)
Be My LoveSPEED
This is a love ballad wedding song whose organ tone in the intro evokes the atmosphere of a wedding.
Its theme is truly a “pledge of eternity,” making it a perfect choice for receptions or after-parties attended by those who spent their youth in that era.
The melody is gentle yet builds to just the right uplifting moments, giving it a fresh progression that makes it especially easy to use as BGM during the summer season.