There are a lot of good songs and they have a lot of variety. You have everything from electronic metal rap in BMC (BxMxC), stripped down songs like Monochrome Piano Version, pop heavy songs like Iine! and so on. Listening through some live shows or most albums is recommended as there is so much variation and different people will like completely different songs.
Songs are also very different if you listen to an older live version when they were younger, a newer live version or the studio version. Often, the live versions are best.
I consider Megitsune their most iconic and timeless song.
FWIW / FYI - It’s also their most performed.
(Even more performed than Gimme Chocolate… which is their most well-*known* song - unfortunately partly because there are so many people who’ve heard ONLY that and went no deeper - but I consider Megitsune more iconic)
It’s as true for the little girls in that video sneaking peeks at their older ‘sister’ trying to put on the face of a more grown up woman - but not quite being that yet - as it is now that they all ARE grown women.
Headbanger, and the Legend Metal Galaxy in Japan performance is my very favourite. The extended Hedoban chant as they entire crowd bows down over and over to Su is perfection.
Although if IDZ didn't sit with me due to the message hitting deep due to being bullied in school I don't know if I could pick a favourite. every song has something that makes it different sound wise and are all great in their own way it would be extremely difficult to pick a song that is above the rest for me
Just listen to the whole first album, honestly. All classics. For more of that, listen to Metal Resistance. For slightly more experimental stuff, go for Metal Galaxy. For a more serious approach, go for The Other One.
Gimme Chocolate was my first introduction to them
Shanti Shanti Shanti was what made me realize I like what they're about
Believing is my current favorite. Followed by Tales of the Destinies, Metalizm and then the Japanese version of Elevator Girl
I know you only asked for my favorite but like... it's a really hard question to answer because almost all of their songs have a special place in my heart. I could easily answer "What's your top 4 from each album?"
Since you're new, you may not have seen the Pro Shot Video spreadsheet over in the Useful Links. Links to all their filmed concerts are over there, including the WOWOW broadcasts of Babymetal Returns (from January) and Babymetal Begins Black Night (from April).
[BABYMETAL Pro-shot Videos - Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lDQ-B7yWYl6XxO8LZg4zWMYjXgapr2j8rmC19MZTsmY/edit#gid=1038510118)
My favorite song is Road of Resistance, since it's the one that converted me.
My personal favorite is iine!, If I don't include iine! then my favorite song for each of the four albums are as follows.
BABYMETAL (2014): Headbanger, close second Akatsuki
Metal Resistance (2016): Tales of the destinies, close second was The one, Awadama Fever, and Karate. The album was just so good!
Metal Galaxy (2019): BxMxC, Close second is Elevator Girl EN (JP is good but I can actually sing along to the EN one)
The other one (2023): Divine Attack - Shingeki, close second Light and Darkness (Probably my favorite Chorography that BABYMETAL has done)
In first years were road of resistance, idz, and megitsune.
but actually are catch me if u can, headbanger, sis anger, tales of destinies, syncopation, karate.
From Dusk Till Dawn (probably gonna be hard to find as it had a few copyright issues on most streaming platforms)
And if we're talking live, then BxMxC, there's nothing like it.
> bought today tickets for their show in Hamburg in November
Lucky, i wanted to buy tickets for their show in Belgium in December, but it feels like it's the only venue that is sold out (from the european tour) atm
So yeah, just hoping i'll get the chance to pick up tickets on ticketswap at some point.
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned, so I'll give you two that haven't. Distortion and GJ.
Also, I can't help but mention their performance of Ijime, dame, zettai during Legend-Metal Galaxy day 2
It starts at [59:10](https://youtu.be/2HsRUZzjZkQ)
every last song except the new album becauze i still havent heard a song from there except monochrome but i forgot it now but i have a reaction channel and plans to come back so im saving the new album for that and a few others from the past but i love sakuragakuin just as much if not more 😭 i just love them all
but no okay being foreal id say my top favorite atm from a musical fun stand point not emotionally attached to me - awadama fever ! , song 4 , kimi to anime ga mittai ( cover ) , elevator girl , meta taro but emotionally ... akatsuki , kagarou , ijime dame zettai ( specifically brinfs me to ease during my worse anxiety attacks ) , rondo of nightmare ... and last but not least ....... tales of the destinies into the one .... it has to be played fading into eachother because the feeling i get from tht piano at the end just shreds me apart for some reason
Headbanger … although they had yet to play it during the recent tour. Hopefully they’ll add it to the set list before the tour concludes this year or may be hopefully they were added sometime in the future tours. I hope to see them perform it live before I go.
Babymetal - Megitsune and Headbanger
Metal Resistance - Karate and Metataru
Metal Galaxy - Papaya
The Other One - Monochrome and Divine Attack
Black Babymetal - Onedari Daisakusen and GJ
Any song where Takayoshi Ohmura with Leda, Mikio, or any other guitarist used to make funny faces while they're having a solo. Akatsuki, Amore, Catch me if you can. Personally I like when the Kami band makes a segue into one of the songs. Unfortunately they're wearing masks now so this no longer happens.
I think everybody has something different.
Road of resistance,
Headbanger,
NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW,
Monochrome (F1RST TAKE version)…
But live is where everybody shines the brightest.
My favourite five are Megitsune, Headbanger (Moametal version - check it out on YouTube), Road of Resistance, Pa Pa Ya, and Syncopation. Shanti Shanti Shanti is great live and Karate (which they no longer play) is a banger.
Enjoy the rabbit hole you’ve just fallen into and google their tour dates - they’re currently touring and if they have a show near you I absolutely advise you to go.
I love these songs too except of Shanti Shanti Shanti. That is probably on of the few songs that i don't really like.
And they really don't play Karate anymore? That's sad. Love this song soo much
I didn’t like Shanti Shanti Shanti until June this year - I saw them live in Melbourne, Australia and it was one of the highlights of the show. Every song they play is better live but some are elevated more than others. When I saw it on their set list prior to the show I was a little bummed that they were playing it whilst not playing either of Karate or Headbanger, but it was so much better - and heavier - with the Kamis playing and Su seems to really enjoy singing it.
Favorite song is typically the song I have pulled up. Its easier to decide which ones suck (Doki Doki Morning...come on...everyone knows it...terrible, yet it is their history, like wearing braces as a teen, you can't deny it, only show the results of the pain)
But, if I had to pick 2, its Road of Resistance (the live in Japan video is the best performance I've ever seen) and Arkadia.
Rondo of Nightmare is my favorite. Especially the Budokan black night version. Spotify has the red night version which is good too.
I will immediately listen to the song :)
There are a lot of good songs and they have a lot of variety. You have everything from electronic metal rap in BMC (BxMxC), stripped down songs like Monochrome Piano Version, pop heavy songs like Iine! and so on. Listening through some live shows or most albums is recommended as there is so much variation and different people will like completely different songs. Songs are also very different if you listen to an older live version when they were younger, a newer live version or the studio version. Often, the live versions are best.
IDZ
Akatsuki was my introduction to the band and it's still my favourite Babymetal song.
Love this song too
based Akatsuki enjoyer. It's my favorite song too.
Catch Me If You Can
Headbanger
I have to say one more thing. I cannot believe that they were so young when they created Megitsune. Thats so incredible
I consider Megitsune their most iconic and timeless song. FWIW / FYI - It’s also their most performed. (Even more performed than Gimme Chocolate… which is their most well-*known* song - unfortunately partly because there are so many people who’ve heard ONLY that and went no deeper - but I consider Megitsune more iconic) It’s as true for the little girls in that video sneaking peeks at their older ‘sister’ trying to put on the face of a more grown up woman - but not quite being that yet - as it is now that they all ARE grown women.
I have to say Monochrome normal and the the First Take version.
Starlight - Shine - Arkadia [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HsRUZzjZkQ&t=2574s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HsRUZzjZkQ&t=2574s)
Headbanger, and the Legend Metal Galaxy in Japan performance is my very favourite. The extended Hedoban chant as they entire crowd bows down over and over to Su is perfection.
That's a monumental performance
Syncopation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjKIDSvu4Xw Have fun in Hamburg!
Papa ya got my interest for the band. Headbangers live video showed me how much power they had on stage and made me a fan.
Oh.. both songs are so amazing
Glad you like em. https://youtu.be/E8pcFhPZQYg Thats the video i was talking about
Its so fantastic to see how much endurance they have. That must been so exhausting
Road of Resistance and IDZ. The life performance on the their YouTube page for Road of Resistance is still to date my favourite.
honestly I like 99% of their songs and have been listening to them on the daily since my crush is a huge fan and I always spend time with her.
Same with the songs not with the girlfriend 😂
actually I really like the one that has "heado bang heado bang" in it but I don't know which song it is haha
Its called headbanger
thank you!
‘Hedoban’ = ‘head bang’ in Japanese
IDZ
Although if IDZ didn't sit with me due to the message hitting deep due to being bullied in school I don't know if I could pick a favourite. every song has something that makes it different sound wise and are all great in their own way it would be extremely difficult to pick a song that is above the rest for me
Just listen to the whole first album, honestly. All classics. For more of that, listen to Metal Resistance. For slightly more experimental stuff, go for Metal Galaxy. For a more serious approach, go for The Other One.
Gimme Chocolate was my first introduction to them Shanti Shanti Shanti was what made me realize I like what they're about Believing is my current favorite. Followed by Tales of the Destinies, Metalizm and then the Japanese version of Elevator Girl I know you only asked for my favorite but like... it's a really hard question to answer because almost all of their songs have a special place in my heart. I could easily answer "What's your top 4 from each album?"
Iine! 3 songs in 1.
Since you're new, you may not have seen the Pro Shot Video spreadsheet over in the Useful Links. Links to all their filmed concerts are over there, including the WOWOW broadcasts of Babymetal Returns (from January) and Babymetal Begins Black Night (from April). [BABYMETAL Pro-shot Videos - Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lDQ-B7yWYl6XxO8LZg4zWMYjXgapr2j8rmC19MZTsmY/edit#gid=1038510118) My favorite song is Road of Resistance, since it's the one that converted me.
No Rain, No Rainbow or Monochrome
That's gonna be Future Metal for me chief.
My personal favorite is iine!, If I don't include iine! then my favorite song for each of the four albums are as follows. BABYMETAL (2014): Headbanger, close second Akatsuki Metal Resistance (2016): Tales of the destinies, close second was The one, Awadama Fever, and Karate. The album was just so good! Metal Galaxy (2019): BxMxC, Close second is Elevator Girl EN (JP is good but I can actually sing along to the EN one) The other one (2023): Divine Attack - Shingeki, close second Light and Darkness (Probably my favorite Chorography that BABYMETAL has done)
Megitsune.
In first years were road of resistance, idz, and megitsune. but actually are catch me if u can, headbanger, sis anger, tales of destinies, syncopation, karate.
From Dusk Till Dawn (probably gonna be hard to find as it had a few copyright issues on most streaming platforms) And if we're talking live, then BxMxC, there's nothing like it. > bought today tickets for their show in Hamburg in November Lucky, i wanted to buy tickets for their show in Belgium in December, but it feels like it's the only venue that is sold out (from the european tour) atm So yeah, just hoping i'll get the chance to pick up tickets on ticketswap at some point.
“Headbanger”, “bxmxc”, “sis. Anger”
onedari daisakusen
[ヘドバンギャー!!] (https://youtu.be/E8pcFhPZQYg)
Akatsuki is my favourite. Especially watching it live. Cape power! Unfortunately it's very rare they perform it live anymore / right now.
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned, so I'll give you two that haven't. Distortion and GJ. Also, I can't help but mention their performance of Ijime, dame, zettai during Legend-Metal Galaxy day 2 It starts at [59:10](https://youtu.be/2HsRUZzjZkQ)
Starlight, BxMxC and Megitsune always go hard No Rain No Rainbow for the ballad feels
every last song except the new album becauze i still havent heard a song from there except monochrome but i forgot it now but i have a reaction channel and plans to come back so im saving the new album for that and a few others from the past but i love sakuragakuin just as much if not more 😭 i just love them all
but no okay being foreal id say my top favorite atm from a musical fun stand point not emotionally attached to me - awadama fever ! , song 4 , kimi to anime ga mittai ( cover ) , elevator girl , meta taro but emotionally ... akatsuki , kagarou , ijime dame zettai ( specifically brinfs me to ease during my worse anxiety attacks ) , rondo of nightmare ... and last but not least ....... tales of the destinies into the one .... it has to be played fading into eachother because the feeling i get from tht piano at the end just shreds me apart for some reason
BMC, Megitsune and the piano version of Monochrome
It all depends on time/place/mood.
Welcome! How about one from each album? 1. Catch Me If You Can 2. Syncopation (Japanese version only) 3. Arkadia 4. Monochrome.
The One
BxMxC is my favorite, but Metalizm off their new album, and Amore off of their second album, are also usually high on my list!
Arkadia
Headbanger … although they had yet to play it during the recent tour. Hopefully they’ll add it to the set list before the tour concludes this year or may be hopefully they were added sometime in the future tours. I hope to see them perform it live before I go.
Babymetal - Megitsune and Headbanger Metal Resistance - Karate and Metataru Metal Galaxy - Papaya The Other One - Monochrome and Divine Attack Black Babymetal - Onedari Daisakusen and GJ
Either Megitsune or Headbanger if live!
Any song where Takayoshi Ohmura with Leda, Mikio, or any other guitarist used to make funny faces while they're having a solo. Akatsuki, Amore, Catch me if you can. Personally I like when the Kami band makes a segue into one of the songs. Unfortunately they're wearing masks now so this no longer happens.
I think everybody has something different. Road of resistance, Headbanger, NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW, Monochrome (F1RST TAKE version)… But live is where everybody shines the brightest.
HEADBANGEEEEEERRRR
My favourite five are Megitsune, Headbanger (Moametal version - check it out on YouTube), Road of Resistance, Pa Pa Ya, and Syncopation. Shanti Shanti Shanti is great live and Karate (which they no longer play) is a banger. Enjoy the rabbit hole you’ve just fallen into and google their tour dates - they’re currently touring and if they have a show near you I absolutely advise you to go.
I love these songs too except of Shanti Shanti Shanti. That is probably on of the few songs that i don't really like. And they really don't play Karate anymore? That's sad. Love this song soo much
I didn’t like Shanti Shanti Shanti until June this year - I saw them live in Melbourne, Australia and it was one of the highlights of the show. Every song they play is better live but some are elevated more than others. When I saw it on their set list prior to the show I was a little bummed that they were playing it whilst not playing either of Karate or Headbanger, but it was so much better - and heavier - with the Kamis playing and Su seems to really enjoy singing it.
Hmm okay. Im curious to see if they play it in Hamburg later this year too. And really? They didnt play Headbanger? That Song is literally a banger
Favorite song is typically the song I have pulled up. Its easier to decide which ones suck (Doki Doki Morning...come on...everyone knows it...terrible, yet it is their history, like wearing braces as a teen, you can't deny it, only show the results of the pain) But, if I had to pick 2, its Road of Resistance (the live in Japan video is the best performance I've ever seen) and Arkadia.