[Male] Top Karaoke Crowd-Pleasers Ranking [2025]

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ff (fortissimo) HOUND DOG

A powerful rock tune that depicts passionate love and determination has captured the hearts of many as one of HOUND DOG’s signature works.

With a strong message about believing in the power of love and the importance of holding on to dreams and passion, this song stands out.

After its release in August 1985, it was featured in Nissin Foods’ Cup Noodles commercials and became a major hit, reaching No.

11 on the Oricon charts and No.

8 on The Best Ten.

Since March 2018, it has been used as the departure melody at JR East’s Sendai Station, and it has inspired cover versions by Akiko Wada and LGYankees.

It’s a song you’ll want to listen to when you need courage to pursue your dreams or when you want to convey your feelings to someone important.

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First Love — Kozo Murashita

This was Kozo Murashita’s fifth single, released in February 1983.

While it has very poignant lyrics and melody and isn’t exactly the kind of song to get everyone hyped at karaoke, it’s built on a mid-tempo, easy-to-catch rhythm with an extremely memorable chorus.

I think it’s a song you can still have fun singing together, even if you ignore the “bittersweetness” of the original.

Of course, the lyrics are about the pains of first love—something many people have experienced—so it’s also nice to let each singer overlay their own memories and get quietly emotional together.

The New Music-style hits of the ’80s—this song included—often have a way of really touching the heart.