"Jesus" is the twenty-eighth single by Japanese musical artist

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. It was released on December 3, 2008.

Summary

"Jesus" marked the beginning of Gackt's move back into music scene after a year, and the story of ''ЯR Project'' began in 2001 with release of the album ''

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'' and ''Requiem et Reminiscence'' tour. The sequel to the story was the ''Gackt Visualive Tour Requiem et Reminiscence II 2008-2009'' tour, which he explained in detail on his website through "Asakura's Report". "Jesus" is first Gackt's release from his own label Dears, but still supported by

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. A limited edition version with a PV was released on November 26, 2008 for members of Gackt's official fanclub, ''Dears'', and the regular edition was released on December 3, 2008. In 2009, Gackt in a French magazine interview stated that

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's song " One" influenced him for writing the song "Jesus", whose certain part is a homage to "One". The song "Jesus" was covered in English version by Gackt's band

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's and performed live including at

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in 2011, released on DVD recording ''World Tour *Show Ur Soul.I* 世壊傷結愛魂祭 at Makuhari 2011'' in 2012.

Track listing

Charts

References

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