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"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 reissued 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. Also in 2001, the song was used as background music in several commercials for the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party. LDP member Junichiro Koizumi, at that time the country's Prime Minister has expressed fondness of X Japan's music.[2] "Forever Love" appears on the soundtrack of the theatrical anime adaption of the manga X as well.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yoshiki.
| Original 1996 release (AMDM-6170)/1998 reissue |
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Forever Love" |
8:41 |
| 2. |
"Forever Love (Original Karaoke)" |
8:38 |
| 1997 reissue |
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Forever Love (Last Mix)" |
8:31 |
| 2. |
"Longing (Bootleg)" |
7:56 |
| 2001 reissue |
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Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Forever Love" |
8:41 |
| 2. |
"Forever Love (Live)" |
8:06 |
| 3. |
"Forever Love (Acoustic Version)" |
7:55 |
| 4. |
"Forever Love (Last Mix)" |
8:31 |
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