Forever Love (X Japan song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Forever Love"
"Forever Love" cover
Single by X Japan
Released July 08, 1996 (JP)
Genre J-Rock
Length 8:41
Label Atlantic East West Japan
Writer(s) Yoshiki Hayashi
Chart positions
  • #1 (Oricon) (JP)
X Japan singles chronology
Longing ~切望の夜~
(1995)
Forever Love
(1996)
Crucify My Love
(1996)

Forever Love is the twelfth single released by the Japanese band X Japan on July 8, 1996. The single debuted #1 on the Oricon charts, and was written by band leader Yoshiki Hayashi. It is a fan favorite and one of X Japan's most popular songs. In fact, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stated that his favorite song was Forever Love. In an interview, Toshi, the vocalist of X Japan, considered it to be Yoshiki's greatest love song.

Forever Love was played, along with Scars, at hide's funeral.

There are several versions of Forever Love. The acoustic version, with only vocals and strings appears on the Dahlia album, and an acoustic guitar version was released the following year in 1997 as Forever Love (Last Mix). A single containing all versions of Forever Love was released in 2001.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Forever Love (8:41)
  2. Forever Love (Original Karaoke) (8:38)
X Japan
Members
Toshi | hide | Pata | Heath | Yoshiki
Jun | Taiji
Discography
Studio albums: Vanishing Vision | Blue Blood | Jealousy | Art of Life | Dahlia
Singles: I'll Kill You | Orgasm | Kurenai | Endless Rain | Week End | Silent Jealousy | Standing Sex | Say Anything | Tears | Rusty Nail | Longing ~Togireta Melody~ | Longing ~Setsubou no Yoru~ | Forever Love | Crucify My Love | Dahlia | Scars | Forever Love Last Mix | The Last Song
Related articles
Extasy Records | Violet UK
This box: view  talk  edit
In other languages