Storm (Luna Sea song)

"Storm"
Single by Luna Sea
from the album Shine
B-side"Kono Sekai no Hate de"
ReleasedApril 15, 1998
GenreAlternative rock
Length11:02
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Luna Sea
Producer(s)Luna Sea
Luna Sea singles chronology
"In Silence"
(1996) 		"Storm"
(1998) 		"Shine"
(1998)
Music video
"Storm" on YouTube

"Storm" is the ninth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released by Universal on April 15, 1998. Their first release after switching record labels from MCA Victor, "Storm" became the band's fourth number 1 single on the Oricon Singles Chart. It was certified Platinum by the RIAJ and was the 29th best-selling single of the year with 720,370 copies sold, which makes it the band's best-selling single. It was used as the April 1998 theme song for NHK's music television show Pop Jam.

Composition

Guitarist Sugizo cited "Storm" as one of the songs he tried to replicate the "psychedelic feel of shoegaze bands" by using effects, "like playing fast with a wah-wah pedal, or using tape-echo and harmonizers. I couldn't figure out how they did it, so I just made it into my own thing."[1] He used a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Custom to record the song.[2]

Reception

"Storm" was Luna Sea's fourth number 1 single on the Oricon Singles Chart and charted for 10 weeks.[3] It was certified Platinum in April 1998 by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000.[4] "Storm" was the 29th best-selling single of the year with 720,370 copies sold,[5] making it the band's best-selling single. The song's music video was nominated for the International Viewer's Choice - Japan award at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.[6]

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Luna Sea.

No.TitleLength
1."Storm"5:05
2."Kono Sekai no Hate de" (この世界の果てで)5:57

Personnel

Luna Sea
Production
  • Hitoshi Hiruma – recording and mixing
  • Yasuji Maeda – mastering

Cover version

The song was covered by pop singer Nami Tamaki on 2007's Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.[7]

It was also covered by Lolita23q on the compilation Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on January 26, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Luna Sea rockers Sugizo and Inoran talk life at 25". Japan Times. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  2. ^ "GIBSON SPECIAL TALK SESSION 生形真一 × SUGIZO". Gibson (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  3. ^ "STORM LUNA SEAのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  4. ^ "Japanese album certifications" (Enter Luna Sea into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  5. ^ "What's This Year - Music 1998". interq.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  6. ^ "Remembering The MTV Video Music Awards' International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Japan". Arama Japan. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  7. ^ "Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  8. ^ "Lolita23q covers Storm". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-01-28.