"Week End" is a single released by

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(then named X) on April 21, 1990.

Summary

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and an additional piano

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. The B-side is a live performance of "

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" recorded on February 4, 1990 at the

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. A live performance of "Week End" was included as the B-side of their 1996 single " Crucify My Love".

Commercial performance

The song reached number 2 on the

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charts, and charted for 16 weeks. In 1990, with 291,440 copies sold was the 32nd best-selling single of the year, being certified Gold by

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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 * 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

1989 songs 1990 singles Japanese-language songs Songs written by Yoshiki (musician) Songs about suicide X Japan songs CBS Records singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub