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.