Uplifting Western songs that encourage you after a breakup. Popular anthems and recommended classics.
From among the world’s most iconic heartbreak anthems, our studio staff introduces their recommended classics and fan favorites.
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Western pop songs that cheer you up after a heartbreak: Popular anthems and recommended classics (61–70)
I long to see you now.MISIA
This is MISIA’s 23rd single, a song written specifically as the theme for TBS’s Sunday drama “JIN.” The main focus of the song is on the “weight of life,” but I think it also makes a perfect anthem for anyone trying to bounce back from a broken heart.
ForgetUVERworld
When you go through a breakup, it can be really hard to forget about the other person, and the painful days seem to go on and on.
At times like that, let’s make some noise with friends and just forget about it! This song tells us that it’s okay to let go of the bad stuff sometimes and have a blast.
It’s tough and painful right now, but time will surely heal you.
Let’s use this experience for your next love and go grab your happiness!
Be StrongNishino Kana
From the very start, Kana Nishino’s powerful voice rings out.
It’s a song brimming with strength, perfectly matching its title.
With a mid-tempo drive, it sings about proactively facing forward.
It carries a resolve and wish to become stronger.
Kana Nishino’s bittersweet yet powerful vocals give a boost to a weary heart! This track was also used as a Honda commercial song.
After a broken heartCHIHIRO
Keeping the title as is, this is CHIHIRO’s “Shitsuren no Ato,” packed full of all the familiar feelings and experiences that come with heartbreak.
If you listen to it right after a breakup, you’ll probably find so many relatable moments that it’ll feel like a storm of empathy.
And once you listen, you might just get caught in the tear-jerking trap…
Cry your heart out with this song, let yourself sink into the sadness, and hopefully move on to the next step.
It’s fine.Urufuruzu
A song that genuinely makes you think, “I’m fine as I am—let’s face forward,” even after heartbreak.
A classic recommended track from Ulfuls.
The lyrics are straightforward and positive, and Tortoise Matsumoto’s from-the-gut vocals together with the groovy rhythm lift you out of a slump.
Guaranteed to encourage you! This was the comeback release of bassist John B.
Chopper, who had left in ’99.