Classic songs about women. Recommended popular tracks.

shameless; indecentchanmina

CHANMINA – Lewd (Official Music Video) –

As a song where seductive allure and a languid, ennui-tinged mood coexist, the title track of Chanmina’s October 2021 album “Harenchi” is particularly striking.

It portrays, with a distinctive rhythm, the tangle of emotions born from the desire to be loved—love itself, loneliness, inner conflict, and more.

You can feel both musical exploration and an evolution in expression in this work, which also served as a pivotal track that helped her break out of a slump.

Among the songs on the album, it stands out with a commanding presence and was performed at her first solo concert at the Nippon Budokan.

It’s a sensuous track suffused with a mature, sexy atmosphere.

Osaka Love Storyyashiki takajin

Yashiki Takajin – Osaka Love Story

It may be natural for lovers to keep chasing their dreams and wholeheartedly support the man they love, but continuing to do so is not something that can be done halfheartedly.

There are many hurdles to overcome in love.

Conflicts of interest may arise as well.

That is precisely why the woman in this song is apologizing.

This song makes us realize that apologizing is also one form of love.

atonementTeresa Ten

atonement

This work, which portrays a woman’s heartrending emotions, is a song that fully showcases Teresa Teng’s charm.

Bathed in the westering light streaming through a window, it beautifully expresses the loneliness of a woman recalling a past love and the pain of parting.

Released in January 1984, the song can be considered her re-debut in Japan.

It became a massive hit, selling over 1.5 million copies, and won the Japan Cable Awards that same year.

With Teresa Teng’s translucent voice blending perfectly with Toyohisa Araki’s lyrics and Takashi Miki’s melody, this piece stands out.

While holding onto the pain of heartbreak, the lyrics also suggest a faint glimmer of hope, offering solace to women troubled by love.

mandarin duckItsuki Hiroshi

Hiroshi Itsuki — Osidori

The woman who appears in this song is, so to speak, the ideal woman for men.

And since she’s portrayed in somewhat old-fashioned terms, many people might feel that such a woman is already extinct.

Even so, modern women may still be seeking some aspect of the way this woman is depicted.

Perhaps the essence of womanhood doesn’t change so easily, even as the times do.

In every era, it may be the gentleness and maternal nature to accept everything about the man they love, along with a certain fragility, that makes someone truly deserving of being called a woman.

My loverGorin Mayumi

My Lover

I think it’s the ultimate classic love song.

Above all, the lyrics are so beautiful they leave me spellbound.

Their simple, refined phrasing strikes straight at the heart.

The images it conjures are stunning, and I’m sure you can’t help but be captivated by the world of this song—a true masterpiece.

snowflowerGodai Natsuko

2.. Natsuko Godai… Snow Flower

It’s a song that portrays “mother = woman.” There are countless songs in which men sing about their love for their mothers, but perhaps there aren’t actually that many where a daughter sings about her mother and expresses her respect for her.

From what we can imagine, it seems to depict a remarkable mother who raised her child on her own.

It paints the image of an earlier generation of women—extremely diligent and hardworking, with no time to enjoy leisure—and likens the daughter’s love for her mother to a beautiful flower.

Woman of HakodateKitajima Saburō

Hakodate Woman “Hakodate no Hito” ~ Saburo Kitajima

This is a song that portrays the feelings of a man with an unrequited love for a woman.

Though he burns with longing, he can’t bring himself to confess his feelings on the spot, and the agony he keeps hidden in his heart comes through painfully.

Coupled with the beauty of Hakodate, his hometown, it’s a song that, despite its bright melody, leaves you with a sense of melancholy.