Yurameki Explained

Yurameki
Cover:Yurameki.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Dir En Grey
Album:Gauze
B-Side:Akuro no Oka “K.N.Y. Mix”
Recorded:One on One Recording North (Los Angeles)
Genre:Alternative rock, pop rock
Length:11:00
Label:East West (AMDM-6290)
Composer:Shinya
Lyricist:Kyo
Producer:Yoshiki
Prev Title:Akuro no Oka
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Zan
Next Year:1999

is a single released by Dir En Grey on January 20, 1999, simultaneously along with "Akuro no Oka" and "Zan". The single peaked at number 5 on the Oricon music charts in Japan.[1]

The song was covered by R-Shitei on the compilation Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on November 23, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the 1990s visual kei movement.[2] For their 25th anniversary, Dir En Grey re-recorded "Yurameki" for the 2024 single "19990120".[3]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CDTV PowerWeb! : Dir En Grey. 2008-07-07. tbs.co.jp. Tokyo Broadcasting System. 1. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20080621110947/http://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv/artistdb/artist1097-j.html . 2008-06-21.
  2. Web site: Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album. tokyohive.com. 2011-09-28.
  3. Web site: Dir En Grey's "19990120" revives three debut singles. 2023-11-14. 2024-03-03.