Say Anything (X Japan song) explained

Say Anything
Cover:Sayanything jpg.jpg
Type:single
Artist:X
Album:Jealousy
Recorded:November 12, 1991 at Yokohama Arena (track 2)
Length:16:28
Label:Sony
Producer:X
Prev Title:Standing Sex
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Tears
Next Year:1993

"Say Anything" is a single released by X Japan on December 1, 1991.[1]

Summary

It is the band's last single released under the name X and the last to feature Taiji on bass. The B-side is a live version of "Silent Jealousy", recorded on November 12, 1991, at Yokohama Arena. Both songs were originally featured on the album Jealousy.

A cover of the title song appears on the album Global Trance 2, by the pop band Globe,[2] of which Yoshiki was briefly a member.[3] It was also used as the theme song for the TV drama .[4]

Commercial performance

The song reached number 3 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 25 weeks.[5] In 1992, with 537,790 copies sold was the 33rd best-selling single of the year, being certified Platinum by RIAJ.[6]

Personnel

X
Other

Notes and References

  1. Web site: X - Say Anything. discogs.com. 2011-11-13.
  2. Web site: Global Trance 2. cdjapan.co.jp. 2008-06-20.
  3. Web site: Globe profile. avexnet.or.jp. 2017-04-04. Japanese. https://archive.today/20120719163625/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/globe/profile.html. 2012-07-19.
  4. Book: The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. 2003. Jonathan Clements, Motoko Tamamuro. 9781880656815. 173.
  5. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/26180/ranking/cd_single/ . ja:X JAPANのシングル売り上げランキング. oricon.co.jp. Oricon. 2011-12-10. Japanese.
  6. Web site: 月次認定作品 認定年月:1992年 3月. RIAJ. 2017-05-10. Japanese.