Jesus (Gackt song)

"Jesus"
Single by Gackt
from the album Re:Born
Released December 3, 2008 (Regular)
November 26, 2008 (Limited)
Genre Hard rock, Alternative metal,
Classical/Romantic music
Length 16:93
Label Dears
Writer(s) Gackt C.
Producer(s) 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 on December 4, 2008.[1]

Summary

"Jesus" marked the beginning of Gackt's move back into music scene after a year,[2] and the story of ЯR Project began in 2001 with release of the album Rebirth and Requiem et Reminiscence tour.[1][3] 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".[1]

"Jesus" is first Gackt's release from his own label Dears, but still supported by Nippon Crown. 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.[4]

In 2009, Gackt in a French magazine interview stated that Metallica's song "One" influenced him for writing the song "Jesus", whose certain part is a homage to "One".[5]

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

Charts

Charts (2008) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles[4] 7
Billboard Japan Hot 100[6] 41
Billboard Japan Top Independent[7] 2

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gackt 1年半ぶりの新作と約3年ぶりライブについて語る!!" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-12-03. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  2. "Gackt史上最大11万人動員の全国ツアーがスタート!". listenmusic.jp (in Japanese). Global Plus. 2008-12-15. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  3. "極限まで高められたヘヴィネスと、鋭く研ぎ澄まされたヴォーカリゼイション 強い存在感を堪能できるGacktのニュー・シングル". CD Journal (in Japanese). Ongaku Shuppansha. 2008-12-09. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  4. 1 2 ""Jesus" on Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  5. Cecile, Emilie, Valerie (Ongaku France). "GACKT" HardRock 2009: n. pag. Web. 23 April–May 2009.
  6. ""Jesus" on Japan Hot 100 chart". Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  7. ""Jesus" on Japan Top Independent chart". Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, February 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.