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Classic Western Songs to Gift for the 2025 Entrance Ceremony: For the Big Day

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Active as a club DJ. Centered on dance music, they mix a wide range of genres including US hip-hop and J-rap, captivating audiences with their unique musical style.
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Started working as a music writer as a side job while employed at a record shop, and have been contributing to music magazines and web media for over 15 years. Although Western music is my main field, I always strive to stay curious with the motto, “I like what I like.” I have experience playing in a band, where I was a bassist responsible for songwriting and composition. Instruments I’ve performed on include bass, guitar, and piano. I resumed piano lessons after turning 40 and have been continuing ever since!

While there are plenty of straightforward entrance-themed songs, celebratory tracks, and pep anthems in J-pop that are perfect for entrance ceremonies—a major milestone for teens that arrives with spring—there are surely young music fans who are searching for Western music too.

In this article, we’ve selected hit songs and popular numbers from Western music that we highly recommend listening to as you head into your entrance ceremony.

From timeless classics to recent hits, we’ve put together a wide-ranging lineup that crosses eras and genres.

Be sure to use it as a reference!

[For the Big Day] A Compilation of Classic Western Songs to Gift at Entrance Ceremonies [2025] (41–50)

Brand New DayDizzee Rascal

Brand New Day

“Brand New Day” is a classic track included on Dizzee Rascal’s groundbreaking debut album “Boy in da Corner,” released in 2003 when the pioneering figure of the UK grime scene was just 19.

Its raw realism and streetwise lyrics, coupled with a message full of hope, will ignite strength and optimism in anyone standing at the starting line of a new chapter—like entering a new school.

For an entrance ceremony that marks the kickoff to change and growth, why not engrave “Brand New Day” in your heart and take a bold, fearless first step?

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[For the Big Day] A Collection of Classic Western Songs to Gift at Entrance Ceremonies [2025] (51–60)

Hungry Like The WolDuran Duran

Hungry Like the Wolf (2009 Remaster)

Hungry Like The WolDuran Duran

A track with a catchy melody and a great sense of tempo, especially characterized by a “piko-piko” style synthesizer arpeggio.

In the lyrics, the singer compares themselves to a wolf, singing about the presence of rivals closing in and a hungry spirit.

I think it would even work well for an entrance ceremony! The lyrics’ unrealistic metaphors actually keep it from feeling too literal, so they don’t bother you.

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Mr Blue SkyElectric Light Orchestra

Mr Blue Sky

Mr Blue SkyElectric Light Orchestra

This is a song by Electric Light Orchestra, the rock band from England, commonly known as ELO.

The track starts with a weather forecast announcing clear skies, and the lyrics go on to celebrate an endlessly cloudless blue sky.

It would be wonderful to have weather like that on a school entrance ceremony day, a fresh new start! The song’s upbeat, springlike vibe perfectly suits such a cheerful occasion.

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Good FeelingFlo Rida

Flo Rida – Good Feeling [Official Video]

Good FeelingFlo Rida

A track that belts out “I’m gonna do it!” with powerful EDM sounds and tough rap.

It’s not a song that mourns an ending, nor one that celebrates a beginning, but rather a send-off that fires you up for who you’re about to become.

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Shake It OutFlorence & The Machine

Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out

Shake It OutFlorence & The Machine

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it Florence and the Machine’s greatest masterpiece.

There will be many hardships in the life ahead, but never belittle yourself—stay positive and keep striving with single-minded effort.

That’s what this song is about.

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Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)Green Day

Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) [Official Music Video] [4K UPGRADE]

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)Green Day

A song about turning points in things and in life.

Its theme fits graduation ceremonies, but I think it’s a song about beginnings that only a punk band—infused with Billie Joe Armstrong’s feelings after recovering from drugs—could truly sing.

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Tongue TiedGrouplove

Grouplove – Tongue Tied [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Tongue TiedGrouplove

Though they were an indie band, this is a song many people know because it was featured in an iPod touch commercial.

It’s a happy song delivered with dreamy sounds and a slightly laid-back vocal, the kind of track that sweeps away the anxieties of a new beginning.

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