Jesus (Gackt song)

"Jesus"
Single by Gackt
from the album Re:Born
Released December 3, 2008 regular edition, November 26, 2008 limited edition for fanclub.
Genre Hard rock, Alternative metal,
Classical/Romantic music
Length 16:93
Label Dears
Writer(s) Gackt C.
Producer Gackt
Gackt singles chronology
"Returner (Yami no Shūen)"
(2007)
"Jesus"
(2008)
"Ghost"
(2009)
Alternate cover
Dears only

"Jesus" is the twenty-eighth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt. It was released in 2008.

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Summary

"Jesus" marked the beginning of Gackt's move back into music scene after a year and the story of ЯR Project, began in 2001 with release of the album Rebirth and Requiem et Reminiscence tour. The sequel to the story was the Gackt Visualive Tour Requiem et Reminiscence II 2008-2009 tour, which he explained in detail on his website through "Asakura's Report".

"Jesus" is first Gackt's release from his own label Dears. A limited edition version with a PV was released on November 26, 2008 for members of Gackt's official fanclub, Dears, and the regular edition was released on December 3, 2008.[1]

In 2009, Gackt in a French magazine interview stated that Metallica's song "One", which touched him, influenced him for writing the song "Jesus", whose certain part is a homage to "One".[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Gackt.C, all music composed by Gackt.C.

No. Title Length
1. "Jesus"   3:37
2. "Sayonara -ЯR II ver.-"   5:14
3. "Jesus (Instrumental)"   3:36
4. "Sayonara -ЯR II ver.- (Instrumental)"   5:06

Chart performance

Release Provider(s) Chart Peak position
December 3, 2008 Oricon Daily Singles 6
Weekly Singles 7
Monthly Singles

References

  1. ^ "JaME U.S.A". jame-world.com. http://www.jame-world.com/us/news.php?archive=10/2008. 
  2. ^ Cecile, Emilie, Valerie (Ongaku France). "GACKT" HardRock 2009: n. pag. Web. 23 April–May 2009.

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