Moving Western songs: classic and popular tracks among the world’s most emotional songs.
Unlike Japanese music, one of the advantages of Western music is that you can be moved by the mood of the melody even if you don’t know the lyrics.
This time, I’ve selected Western songs that are especially moving.
In the first half, I’ve prioritized commercially successful works and well-known tracks.
In the second half, I’ve gathered truly moving Western masterpieces, regardless of their popularity or commercial scale.
If you’re well-versed in Western music, you’ll likely encounter masterpieces you haven’t heard before in the latter half—so be sure to check them out!
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Moving Western songs: Masterpieces and popular tracks among the world’s most emotional songs (81–90)
It’s A Beautiful DayQueen
This song was used in a 2007 commercial for Honda’s FIT.
It’s included on an album that was produced after the band’s lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, passed away.
It’s said that Freddie wrote this song knowing he didn’t have much time left.
Keeping that in mind as you listen makes its beauty even more apparent.
Take a bowRihanna
This song conveys the deeply heartrending feelings of a woman who was cheated on—she’s truly hurting and sad, yet she desperately hides those emotions and acts cheerful and as if nothing has changed.
Even though she must feel like crying, she hides it, and I thought she was a strong, cool woman.
I felt that many people would admire a woman like her.
Get Up Stand UpBob Marley
He is Bob Marley, a reggae musician from Jamaica.
Often called a messenger who cries out for peace, he stirred up controversy with this song by flatly rejecting traditional monotheistic worship and urging people to fully enjoy the world we live in now.
Cry Me A RiverElla Fitzgerald
“Cry Me A River,” a classic of jazz and blues.
In Japanese, its meaning is rendered as “tears become a river.” As you might imagine from that, it tells the story of someone whose breakup has turned into a big mess.
The weighty melody adds depth.
I Won’t Let You DownOK Go
OK Go is always in the spotlight for their music videos full of humor and ideas, and this time, the MV was actually filmed in Japan, with Perfume making a brief cameo.
The song features a lively, poppy melody paired with lovely lyrics that evoke a sense of trust in a lover.