Week_End_(X_Japan_song)

Week End (X Japan song)

Week End (X Japan song)

1990 single by X

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

Quick Facts Single by X, from the album Blue Blood ...

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.[1] A live performance of "Week End" was included as the B-side of their 1996 single "Crucify My Love".[2]

Commercial performance

The song reached number 2 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 16 weeks.[3] In 1990, with 291,440 copies sold was the 32nd best-selling single of the year, being certified Gold by RIAJ.[4]

Track listing

More information No., Title ...

All tracks are written by Yoshiki

Personnel

X
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

  1. [1]
    "Week End". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  2. [2]
    "Crucify My Love". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  3. [3]
    "Ｘ ＪＡＰＡＮのシングル売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "月次認定作品 認定年月：1990年 5月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-05-10.


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