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Week End (X Japan song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Week End'" is a single released by X Japan (then named X) on April 21, 1990.
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
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
Category:1989 songs
Category:1990 singles
Category:Japanese-language songs
Category:Songs written by Yoshiki (musician)
Category: Songs about suicide
Category:X Japan songs
Category:CBS Records singles
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