"Silent Jealousy" is a single released by

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(then named X) on September 11, 1991.

Summary

The song's structure is comparable to " Kurenai", opening with a calm intro, performed on a single instrument, followed by a

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composition with symphonic elements. It also includes a short excerpt of

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's " Swan Lake" during the

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-driven

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. Yoshiki described the song as very fast and very hard to play, and said that while people may call the guitar riff heavy metal, he thinks of it as

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. On its composition he explained, "I really love punk rock, and I wanted to have it as punk as possible, but as melodious as possible. Which is very contradictory. Punk rock never really sees the orchestra, but I tried to combine those two aims." The single's B-side is an alternate version of "Sadistic Desire", originally featured on the band's debut album '' Vanishing Vision''. Live recordings of "Silent Jealousy" can be found on the "

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" single and various releases featuring the band's

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performance on January 7, 1992, as part of the three-day concert series '' On the Verge of Destruction''. On November 21, 1993,

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released , a

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based on the manga series '' X'' by Clamp and set to X Japan's music. It features a

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of the manga's artwork set to a medley of X Japan's "Silent Jealousy", " Kurenai" and "

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. Australian metal band

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covered the title song as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their 2007 album '' Ascendence'', with vocals performed by Hideaki Niwa. Finnish power metal band

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also covered part of the song during one of the concerts on their Japanese tour and according to

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, the song is "absolutely splendid" but some parts are "hyperfast" and wouldn't suit Sonata Arctica's current stylings too well. It also served as wrestler

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's one night entrance song for his return to Japan.

Commercial performance

The song reached number 3 on the

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charts, and charted for 18 weeks. In 1991, with 234,950 copies sold was the 58th best-selling single of the year, being certified Gold by RIAJ.

Track listing

Personnel

;X * Toshi – vocals *

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– guitar * hide – guitar *

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– bass *

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– drums, piano ;Other *Co-Producer – Naoshi Tsuda *Mixer – Rich Breen *Cover photo – Michihiro Ikeda

References

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