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Week End (X Japan song)

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Released
  
April 21, 1990

Length
  
12:44

Format
  
8cm CD

Label
  
CBS/Sony

Recorded
  
February 4, 1990 at Nippon Budokan (track 2)

Genre
  
Heavy metal, power metal

"Week End" is a single released by X Japan (then named X) on April 21, 1990.

Contents

Summary

Differences between this single edit and the album edit, found on Blue Blood, include an alternate guitar solo and an additional piano bridge. The B-side is a live performance of "Endless Rain" recorded on February 4, 1990 at the Nippon Budokan. A live performance of "Week End" was included as the B-side of their 1996 single "Crucify My Love".

Commercial performance

The song reached number 2 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 16 weeks. In 1990, with 291,440 copies sold was the 32nd best-selling single of the year, being certified Gold by RIAJ.

Track listing

All tracks written by Yoshiki.

Personnel

X
  • Toshi – vocals
  • Pata – guitar
  • hide – guitar
  • Taiji – bass
  • Yoshiki – drums, piano
    • Other
  • Co-Producer – Naoshi Tsuda
  • Recorder and Mixer – Motonari Matsumoto
  • Track 2 recorded by Satoshi Takahashi and Takashi Itoh
  • Orchestra Arranger and Conductor – Takeshi "Neko" Saitoh
  • Photo – Hiroshi Matsuda

    • References

    Week End (X Japan song) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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