[Minna no Uta] Beloved Across Generations: Nostalgic Classics and Popular Songs
We’re introducing some nostalgic songs from Minna no Uta, a program that has continued to produce countless classics.
I’m sure each of you has that one song that makes you think, “When it comes to Minna no Uta, it has to be this one!”
The pieces that stick in your memory may vary by generation, but in this article we’ve focused on songs that everyone knows.
They’re all tunes that feel nostalgic to anyone—just seeing the title will have you humming along before you know it.
If you’re thinking, “I want to listen to the classics from Minna no Uta,” be sure to check these out.
Let’s listen to these timeless favorites, loved across generations, with family and friends, and keep passing them down through song.
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[Minna no Uta] Timeless, Beloved Classics and Popular Songs (31–40)
Song of Dracula
This is a song that expresses how Dracula feels.
Dracula is a very popular character among children, isn’t he? A bad Dracula who targets kids would be nothing but terrifying if he really existed, but slightly scary characters like this are hugely popular with children.
Some of you might even have painted plastic sheets black to play Dracula, right?
A birthday for a child with a cavity
This is a song about the tragedy of getting a cavity right before a birthday.
It portrays the realistic feelings of a child who can do nothing but pray to God when the worst thing happens on the eve of a fun event.
It’s a song that teaches children about the fear of cavities and the importance of brushing their teeth.
Just imagining losing your front teeth to cavities is terrifying, isn’t it?
Song of the Boy Pirates
When people hear “boy pirates,” they tend to picture those folks with straw hats, but this has nothing to do with them.
Listening to it as an adult somehow brings back memories of make-believe play.
It’s a lively song, so it seems likely to become popular with children to come.
It’s being used for performances at various daycare centers and kindergartens.
Bath Song
This is a song about taking a bath told from a child’s point of view.
It portrays the feelings of a slightly older child who says they don’t want to bathe with Dad or with Mom.
What’s more, even bathing with big brother or Grandma doesn’t offer any benefits, so they think, “I’ll go in alone”—but then they’re afraid of drowning.
Right, they realize they can just not take a bath at all.
It really speaks for what a child would feel.
Of course, if they actually did that, they’d definitely get scolded.
The Prince with the Big Belly
It’s a song themed around a prince who, in today’s terms, would be called chubby.
The princes who appear in various stories are usually slender, right? But this lets you enjoy imagining what it would be like if such a prince were chubby.
A prince who keeps eating and can’t ride the magic carpet sounds like he could show up as a villain, doesn’t he?
In conclusion
We introduced some nostalgic classics from “Minna no Uta.” I’m sure many of you were familiar with a lot of the songs.
Each one is a piece that’s loved across generations, so let’s keep passing them down by singing them with our children and grandchildren.
It’s exciting to think about what new masterpieces will come from “Minna no Uta” in the future, too.