Rusty Nail (song)
| "Rusty Nail" | ||||
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| File:Rustynail1.jpg | ||||
| Single by X Japan | ||||
| from the album Dahlia | ||||
| Released | June 10, 1994 | |||
| Format | 8cm CD | |||
| Recorded | One on One Recording, Sedic, Sound City Studio | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 5:27 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer(s) | Yoshiki | |||
| Certification | Platinum (RIAJ) | |||
| X Japan singles chronology | ||||
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"Rusty Nail" is the tenth single by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, released on June 10, 1994.
Summary
It was written and composed by Yoshiki, later appeared on the album Dahlia, and was used as the theme song for the 1994 Japanese TV drama Kimi ga Mienai.
Swedish metal band Dragonland added a cover of the song to the Japanese edition of their 2004 album Starfall.[1] Changmin of Tohoshinki covered the song during the band's fifth Japanese tour, Tone: Live Tour 2012. It was also covered by Inugami Circus-dan for Crush! 3 - 90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Love Songs-, which was released on June 27, 2012 and features current visual kei bands covering love songs by visual kei artists of the 90's.[2]
Music videos
Two music videos have been made for the song, an animated version released in 1994 and a newer one released on the X Japan Showcase in L.A. Premium Prototype DVD on September 6, 2010. The later features the band performing live on top of the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California.
In the video game X Japan Virtual Shock 001, released for the Sega Saturn on October 20, 1995, the player edits a live video of "Rusty Nail" using footage from the Shiroi Yoru concert.[3][4]
Commercial performance
The song reached number 1 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 20 weeks.[5] In 1994, with 712,390 copies sold was the 28th best-selling single of the year, being certified Platinum by RIAJ, is the band's second best-selling single.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yoshiki.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rusty Nail" | 5:27 |
| 2. | "Rusty Nail (Original Karaoke)" | 5:27 |
Personnel
- Co-Producer – X Japan
- Orchestra arranger – Neko Saito
- Mixing – Mick Ging
- Recording engineers – Rich Breen, Mick Ging, Shinichi Tanaka, Motonari Matsumoto
- Assistant engineers – Mike Stock, Tal Miller, Naoya Takahashi
- Mastering – Chris Bellman
- A&R direction – Yoshinobu Toida
- Art direction and design – Mitsuo Izumisawa
- Executive producers – Takayuki Takeshi, Sekiji Murata, Ryuzo "Jr." Kosugi
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