"Please Give Me Wings") is a popular Japanese folk song written by Michio Yamagami (山上路夫) and composed by Kunihiko Murai [jp] (村井邦彦).
In September 1973, Sumiko Yamagata released a reprise of the song in the album Ano hi no koto wa (あの日のことは).
Shoji Hashimoto, the editor of the publishing house Kyouiku Geijutsu-sha [jp], decided to include the song in a choir textbook, causing it to be sung by choirs across Japan.
The song was chosen as the official theme of the national team of Japan during the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
A version of this song performed by Megumi Hayashibara is part of the soundtrack for the 2009 anime film Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance by Hideaki Anno.