I for You
"I for You" is the eleventh single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on July 1, 1998 It reached number 2 on the Oricon singles chart,[1] and was the 49th best-selling single of the year with 481,390 copies sold.[2] This single is the third and last in a serial release after the band's hibernation from 1997 to early 1998.
During the recording of "I for You", guitarist hide of X Japan, who was a close friend with members of the band, died. Some of the lyrics are described as a tribute to him by the members. It was used as the theme song for the Japanese TV drama God, Please Give Me More Time (神様、もう少しだけ, Kamisama, mō Sukoshi dake), which was also aired overseas in Asia and helped to popularize the band internationally, leading to their First Asian Tour the following year.
Ryuichi recorded his own version of "I for You" for his 2006 cover album, Evergreen. It was also covered by Juichi Morishige of Ziggy for 2007's Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.[3] Inzargi, vocalist of Megamasso, also covered it for his 2012 cover album.[4]
Track listing
- "I for You" - 5:30
Original scores were composed by Sugizo as an orchestrated version; although it was first written around 1993, it had not been considered for recording until later, when an opportunity appeared for creating a theme song for a TV drama. Final version of the song was furnished with revisions by Ryuichi. Sugizo's mother is featured playing the cello.
- "With" - 5:57
Originally composed by Inoran around 1994. Clock ticking appears near the end of the song, connecting it to the first track of Shine, "Time Has Come".
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- Image or Real
- Sin After Sin
- Eclipse I
- Lunatic Tokyo 1995.12.23 Tokyo Dome
- Rew
- 10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Live!
- 10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Document!
- The Final Act Tokyo Dome
- Eclipse II
- Eclipse I+II
- Mafuyu no Yagai
- Manatsu no Yagai
- God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~ Tokyo Dome 2007.12.24
- Mafuyu no Yagai & Manatsu no Yagai
- First Asian Tour 1999 in Hong Kong
- Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II in Taipei
- A Documentary Film of 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon-
- 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- 24th December, 2010 at Tokyo Dome
- Lunacy Kurofuku Gentei Gig ~the Holy Night~
- God Bless You Document Ichiya Kagiri no Fukkatsu Live Luna Sea Chinmoku no 7 Nen wo Koete
- Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles
- For Japan A Promise to the Brave
- Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos ~20000803 Osaka-jō Hall~
- The End of the Dream -Prologue-
- The End of the Dream Zepp Tour 2012 "Kourin"
- Live Tour 2012-2013 The End of the Dream at Nippon Budokan
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- Under the New Moon Episode I-III
- Image or Real
- After the Image
- Search for My Eden
- The Garden of Sinners
- Mother of Love, Mother of Hate
- Lunatic Tokyo
- Un Ending Style
- Mafuyu no Yagai
- Manatsu no Yagai
- First Asian Tour
- 10th Anniversary Gig ∞
- Brand New Chaos
- The Final Act
- God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~
- 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon-
- A Promise to the Brave
- The End of the Dream
- 25th Anniversary Live Tour The Lunatic -A Liberated Will-
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