Aim for a high score! Karaoke songs for men to achieve top scores
If you’re simply aiming for a high score at karaoke, the key points for song selection will naturally be to choose songs with “easy-to-sing melodies,” “easy-to-understand lyrics,” and “clear, straightforward rhythms.”
That being the case, your picks will tend to come from the ’90s and earlier—so-called Showa-era and early Heisei kayōkyoku, new music, and J-pop.
Many recent songs have complex melodies and rhythms, and plenty of people think “This is hard!” after just one listen.
In this article, aimed at men who want to score high at karaoke, I’ve also proactively selected relatively singable tracks even from among more recent songs.
Compared to older hits, these are a bit more challenging to sing, but each song’s write-up includes tips and points to watch for to help you boost your score, so please use this as a guide and give them a try!
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Aim for a high score! Karaoke songs for men to get high scores (211–220)
scale (as of a fish or reptile)Motohiro Hata
Hata Motohiro’s 2007 release “Uroko” is highly recommended as a song to aim for a high karaoke score, since its key isn’t extremely high for a male vocalist.
However, the chorus starts a bit low at F# and then rises to A# in its latter half.
To avoid straining your throat by pushing too hard there, make sure to support your chest voice firmly with your core and let the sound out.
Also, the final chorus briefly goes up to B, a half step above A#.
That’s the toughest part, so it’s best to practice it many times to avoid going off pitch!
KindnessFujii Kaze
This is the third digital-only single by Japanese singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze, released in April 2020.
As the title suggests, it’s crafted into a beautiful, gentle, slow-tempo piece.
Because of its slow tempo, the vocal melody includes many spots that call for long sustained notes, vibrato, and falls; if you can deliver all of these nicely, it should definitely help you earn a high score.
The original song is quite challenging, so it’s a selection geared a bit toward advanced singers, but it’s a track I’d love confident vocalists to take on.
It's nothing good.Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
This is singer-songwriter Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi’s 16th single, released in May 1987.
It became a huge hit, partly because it was used as the theme song for the TBS drama series Oyako Zigzag, in which Nagabuchi himself starred.
The main body of the song is excellent, of course, but the intro and interlude phrases are especially memorable.
The vocal melody is easy to remember and sing, so I highly recommend choosing this song when you want to aim for a high score at karaoke.
If you sing the whole song in a somewhat plain, unaffected manner and then pour your emotions into the final title call to create a contrast with the other parts, it will make for a truly wonderful performance!
Aim for a high score! Karaoke songs for men to achieve top scores (221–230)
Goodbye, KobeEiichi Takahashi
This is the third single by Eiichi Takahashi, an authentic enka singer from Shiga Prefecture, released in 2018.
The song was written and composed by the popular young enka singer Yoshitaka Oishi, who provided the track.
Incidentally, this is also one of my productions.
Although it hasn’t become very well-known yet, it features a very memorable, easy-to-sing, and heartrending melody.
The vocal range Takahashi sings in should be manageable for most average male singers, so many people will likely be able to sing it in the original key.
Be sure to learn it and aim for a high score!
YES MY LOVEEikichi Yazawa
This was Eikichi Yazawa’s 11th single, released in February 1982.
It was also used that year in a Coca-Cola commercial.
It’s one of those classic Showa-era songs that really brings out Yazawa’s wonderfully deep, gritty voice.
The vocal melody doesn’t have any particularly tricky parts, so I’d recommend it to men with a rich, low tone—pick this at karaoke and aim for a high score.
It’s a song where the handling of rests within the melody is important, so it might help to practice focusing on the sense of space between phrases—how you “hold the pause.” Since the melody sits mostly in the low to mid range, using chest resonance effectively will make it sound even better.
Young manHideki Saijo
This was Hideki Saijo’s 28th single, released in February 1979.
It’s a remake of the Village People’s hit “Y.
M.
C.
A.
,” which was popular in the U.
S.
at the time, with Japanese lyrics and arranged in a kayō pop style.
When it came out, it became such a massive hit that you could say there wasn’t a person in Japan who didn’t know it.
As of 2020, anyone in their late 40s or so has probably sung and played along to it at least once, doing the Y.
M.
C.
A!! hand motions.
It’s a very fun song with a sporty vibe.
While I’m introducing it under the theme of aiming for a high score, it might actually be a bit uncool to worry about points when singing this one.
I hope you’ll just enjoy it to the fullest—choreography and all—no overthinking needed!
SubaruShinji Tanimura
This was Shinji Tanimura’s second single, released on April 1, 1980.
Counted among his signature songs, it remains his best-selling number as a solo artist.
Tanimura himself reportedly said he came up with the song while lying down, and it features a very singable melody.
It’s an ideal choice when you want to aim for a high score at karaoke.
Try singing it by tracing both the melody and rhythm as precisely as the original.