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"'Dahlia'" is the thirteenth single by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, released on February 26, 1996.

Summary



"Dahlia" went on to become the title track of the band's 1996 album and one of Yoshiki's last compositions in his signature blend of speed and symphonic metal. The song's title, "Dahlia", appears in the lyrics as an acronym during a voice over, which says "destiny, alive, heaven, love, innocence, always, destroy, aftermath, hell, life, infinite".

The single was released with two different covers. The B-side is a live version of "Tears", recorded on December 30, 1993 at the Tokyo Dome. The same recording also appears on their live compilation album 'Live Live Live Tokyo Dome 1993-1996'.

Commercial performance



The single reached number 1 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 8 weeks. In 1996, with 412,810 copies sold was the 72nd best-selling single of the year, being certified Platinum by RIAJ.

Track listing



Personnel



*Co-Producer X Japan

*Orchestra arranged by Yoshiki, Dick Marx, Shelly Berg

*Scored by Tom Halm

*Orchestra American Symphony Orchestra

*Mixed by Yuji Sugiyama

*Assistant engineers Tal Miller, Brad Haehnel, Takaoki Saitoh, Cappy Japngie

*Recorded by Rich Breen, Mike Ging

*Mastered by Stephen Marcussen (Precision Studio)

References



Category:1996 singles

Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles

Category:X Japan songs

Category:Songs written by Yoshiki (musician)

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:Torch songs

Category:1993 songs


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