Week End (X Japan song)

"Week End"
Single by X
from the album Blue Blood
Released	April 21, 1990
Recorded	February 4, 1990 at Nippon Budokan (track 2)
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	12:44
Label	CBS/Sony
Songwriter(s)	Yoshiki
Producer(s)	X
X singles chronology
"Endless Rain" (1989) "Week End" (1990) "Silent Jealousy" (1991)

"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. ^[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

All tracks are written by Yoshiki.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Week End" (New Arrange Version)	5:45
2.	"Endless Rain" (Live Version)	6:57

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

1. "Week End". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2017-05-10.
2. "Crucify My Love". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2017-05-10.
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. "月次認定作品 認定年月：1990年 5月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-05-10.