Best Jojo Song

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Jojos Bizarre Adventure features a vast selection of music to accompany the anime. A few of the songs have become synonymous with the very identity of Jojo's, while others inevitably became meme material. Regardless, the music choices for Jojo's enhance the experience of the anime for fans, becoming an iconic piece of the franchise.

As with many anime, the music for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is every bit as crucial to enjoying the series as the plot and characters are. Ranging from classic rock hits to hard-hitting character theme songs, the music for Jojo's is a character in and of itself.


"Iggy Walk" is a track from the second Jojo's Bizarre Adventure anthology soundtrack. Meant to pay homage to Iggy, this song describes the Boston Terrier's apathy while accompanying the Joestar gang through Egypt during Stardust Crusaders. Over a glittering brass section, Coda sings, "Idiots always engage in meaningless fights, acting like a hero...you're crazy," reflecting how Iggy felt for the greater part of the journey through Egypt.


The song goes into detail reflecting the thoughts of this Boston Terrier who wanted nothing to do with Stands or fighting DIO. The song even ends with Coda singing, "Even if my breathing stops, I'll live by my own rules. I spit on this peaceful and boring world and say, 'Perfect.'" The song is rather low tempo, but the brass section coupled with Coda's outstanding voice as he articulates the thoughts of Iggy is pure excellence.


"Fighting Gold" is the first opening to part five, Golden Wind. It opens with heavy-hitting guitars that take abrupt pauses before leading into an ominous synth, building urgency within listeners. Coda sings the lyrics of this song with undeniable passion in his voice. The lyrics discuss the crushing weight of fate, which was a central theme in part five.


Coda sings, "Heading for a future no one's seen, embrace your unyielding bonds and wounded resolutions as you walk onward." His words refer to both Passione on their mission to overthrow the boss as well as the idea that fate is not something predictable or avoidable. "Fighting Gold" is packed with deep lyrics that could apply to the anime, and fans can turn to it when they need determination and strength when following their own path.


The main theme of part four, Diamond Is Unbreakable, is Josuke's character theme. This instrumental track will have listeners headbanging as soon as the first "Breakdown, breakdown!" chants are heard. This instrumental is a creative blend of funky beats and menacingly brazen guitars, with the flashy sound of the piano shining throughout the track.


This song is played while Josuke goes to town on beating up the enemies he encounters. Compared to other character themes, fans say that this is one of the most underrated. Though Josuke's character theme has been somewhat outshined in the discography of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, this headbanger deserves to be in your playlist.


Jotaro Kujo's theme, "Stardust Crusaders" is a fan favorite. This track is the perfect background noise to a slugfest between stands. This theme became iconic in Jojo's because it was always the prelude to a battle. It also shines through at the end of one as the protagonists' shadow looms over their defeated opponents.


"Bloody Stream" is the opening of part two, Battle Tendency. This song is another crucial piece of the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure soundtrack. This song's emotional lyrics paired with a fashionable brass section is the perfect companion to the story of Joseph Joestar and his battle against the three Pillar Men.


Many fans state that they will never forget the first time they heard this intro during part 2 because of how unexpectedly flamboyant the song is. Despite the song's vivid sound, the lyrics follow the intense plot of part two. The lyrics describe the awakening of the Pillar Men, Joseph's relation to Lisa Lisa, the death of Caesar, and the curse of the Joestar lineage.


"Akuyaku Kyōsōkyoku" is one of the endings of Stardust Crusaders. It has two variants, one with Oingo and Boingo and one between Hol Horse and Boingo. A song like this included in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is an excellent addition to the show's eccentric nature. During this song, the characters introduce themselves and their stand abilities, explaining that the prophecies are "absolute."


The brothers sing, "If we act according to prophecy, everything will go great!" even though any appearances they make in the series do not end in their favor. The song is absurd and hilarious, proving that the legendary series does not take itself too seriously.


The first opening of Stardust Crusaders, "Stand Proud" by Jin Hashimoto, calls back to the previous two parts of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure as the lyrics empower Jotaro to take pride in his newfound stand, Star Platinum, for the Joestar lineage. This track is a hard rock banger featuring an outstanding guitar solo in the song's middle. The guitar riffs become menacing as Jin pushes through the chorus. The song is an empowering battle cry, as "JOJO!" is chanted three times throughout the piece to represent the three Joestars the audience has met at that point. At the end of each chorus, declares that Jotaro must "STAND PROUD!"


The lyrics describe the challenge ahead of Jotaro and the rest of the Joestar gang, even telling that each enemy has a tarot card. The lyrics even foreshadow events that are further along in the series, such as the existence of Reqiuem stands.


The lyrics describe a fate that never unravels, foreshadowing the Joestar bloodline's battle against the aftermath of Dio's schemes throughout the series. Perhaps the most iconic part of this song is how the vocalist yells "JOJO!" at the end of the song, perfectly introducing the audience to this story.


This song feels like the equivalent of consuming McDonald's Sprite. Upon the awakening of the Pillar Men in Battle Tendency, this song blared as Wamuu, Esidisi, and Kars rose after thousands of years and began their hunt for the Red Stone of Aja.


This song is menacing, terrifying, and immediately alerts the audience to the power of the Pillar Men. This song features a mix of Persian singing with rock and dubstep. The music starts with loud vocals and ominous synths. By the end of the song, the beat of the drums is a pounding force as a guitar riff overpower the track.


One cannot mention the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure soundtrack without mentioning Yugo Kanno's "Il Vento D'oro." Giorno Giovanna's character theme is played during his beatdown sessions in Golden Wind. This became wildly popular, even amongst people who knew nothing about Jojo's. An upbeat guitar riff kicks the track off, then the lyrics chant. The lyrics mention both Giorno and Bruno Bucciarati. The constant refrain is, "Go crazy; it's a dangerous world! Brrt! Stick up! GIOGIO!"


The song features a saxophone section leading to the chanting, "Get punching, get kicking, get fighting, get the win! GOLDEN WIND!" This song is undeniably the best beatdown song in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.


Another Part 4 pick, Great Days is the final OP for Diamond is Unbreakable. This opening is undoubtedly one of the best in terms of its usage of visual language, but those visuals are relatively basic compared to the inventive colored silhouettes, colors, and 3D work a lot of the other openings use.


Some JoJo fans might argue that Bloody Stream, the OP for Battle Tendency, deserves to be much higher on this list. And, even more fans will argue it deserves to be near the bottom. Ultimately, it is one of the best OPs in the series, but to be fair to everyone, it lands about here. No other JoJo opening nails this sort of atmosphere like artist Coda does with Bloody Stream.


This is all the first example of a JoJo opening where the villain literally interrupts the OP, with Dio using his The World Stand to stop time and walk behind Jotaro, quite literally throwing a wrench into the flow of the song.


It's an incredibly inventive approach to an anime opening. The only thing that lowers this OP from the peaks of the rankings is that the actual visuals are pretty basic and reuse footage from the episodes.


Joanna Nolle "JoJo" Levesque[1] (born December 20, 1990)[2] is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She began performing in singing competitions and local talent shows as a child. In 2003, record producer Vincent Herbert noticed her after she competed on the television show America's Most Talented Kids and asked her to audition for his record label Blackground Records. After signing with the label, JoJo released her eponymous debut studio album in 2004. It peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over four million copies worldwide to date.[3]


With her debut single "Leave (Get Out)" peaking atop the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, JoJo became the youngest solo artist in history to top the chart at age 13. The song peaked at 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA along with its follow-up single "Baby It's You".[4][5] Her second studio album The High Road (2006) spawned her first top-five Hot 100 hit "Too Little Too Late". The album was later certified gold, selling over three million copies worldwide.[6] By 2007, JoJo had sold more than seven million records worldwide,[7] including 2.1 million albums in the United States.[8][9]


Record label disputes delayed JoJo from commercially releasing her third studio album; she released two mixtapes independently, Can't Take That Away from Me (2010) and Agpē (2012).[10][11] After her contractual release, JoJo signed with Atlantic Records in 2014 and released her first commercial EP III (2015), followed by her third studio album Mad Love (2016), which became her third top-ten album in the US. She left Atlantic in 2017 and founded her record label Clover Music through a joint venture with Warner Records, where she re-recorded and re-released her debut and second albums as the label's first project in 2018.[12][13][14] In 2020, JoJo released her fourth and fifth studio albums Good to Know and December Baby, followed by her sixth studio album Trying Not to Think About It in 2021.

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