Heroin (Buck-Tick song)

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"Heroin"
Single by Buck-Tick
from the album Sexy Stream Liner
ReleasedNovember 12, 1997
RecordedJuly September 1997
Genre Rock
Length9:06
Label Mercury Records
Songwriter(s) Atsushi Sakurai, Hisashi Imai
Producer(s) BUCK-TICK
Buck-Tick singles chronology
"Candy"
(1996)
"Heroin"
(1997)
"Sasayaki"
(1998)

"Heroin" is the thirteenth single by the Japanese rock band Buck Tick, released on November 12, 1997. [1]

Contents

Track listing

#TitleLengthLyricsMusic
1"Heroin"4:21 Atsushi Sakurai Hisashi Imai
2"Rasenchuu (螺旋 虫) -tapeworm mix-"3:28 Atsushi Sakurai Hidehiko Hoshino

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References

  1. "Buck-Tick - Heroin CD Single". www.cduniverse.com.

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