Released April 15, 1998 Genre Alternative rock Label Universal | Format 8cm CD Length 11:02 | |
B-side "Kono Sekai no Hate de" | ||
"Storm" is the ninth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on April 15, 1998. It is their fourth to reach number 1 on the Oricon singles chart, and was the 29th best-selling single of the year with 720,370 copies sold, also making it the band's best-selling single. It was used as the April 1998 theme song for NHK's music television show Pop Jam.
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Composition
Guitarist Sugizo cited "Storm" as one of the songs he tried to replicate the "psychedelic feel of shoegaze bands" by using effects, "like playing fast with a wah-wah pedal, or using tape-echo and harmonizers. I couldn’t figure out how they did it, so I just made it into my own thing."
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Luna Sea.
- "Storm" - 5:05
Originally composed by J. - "Kono Sekai no Hate de (この世界の果てで)" - 5:57
Originally composed by Inoran.
Cover version
The song was covered by pop singer Nami Tamaki on 2007's Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.
It was also covered by Lolita23q on the compilation Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on January 26, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement.