Forever Love (X Japan song)

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"Forever Love"
"Forever Love" cover
Single by X Japan
from the album Dahlia
Released July 8, 1996
Genre Hard rock
Length 17:20
Label Atlantic
Chart positions
X Japan singles chronology
"Longing"
(1995)
"Forever Love"
(1996)
"Crucify My Love"
(1996)

"Forever Love" is a single released by X Japan on July 8, 1996. It reached #1 on the Oricon charts[1] and was written and composed by Yoshiki Hayashi. The single has been re-released several times, once on December 18, 1997, following the announcement of the band's breakup and also on July 22, 1998, after the death of guitarist Hideto Matsumoto. A CD containing previous versions, as well as a live recording of "Forever Love" was released on July 11, 2001. The song was also featured in the theatrical adaption of the manga X.

[edit] Track listing

Initial release/1998 re-release

  1. "Forever Love" (Single Edit) – 8:41
  2. "Forever Love" (Original Karaoke) – 8:38

1997 re-release

  1. "Forever Love" (Last Mix) – 8:31
  2. "Longing" (Bootleg) – 7:56

2001 re-release

  1. "Forever Love" (Single Edit) – 8:41
  2. "Forever Love" (Live) – 8:06
  3. "Forever Love" (Acoustic Version) – 7:55
  4. "Forever Love" (Last Mix) – 8:31

[edit] Alternate covers

X Japan
Members
Toshi | Hide | Pata | Heath | Yoshiki | 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 | Forever Love | Crucify My Love | Dahlia | Scars | The Last Song
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