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"I'll Kill You" is the debut single by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, then named X, released in June 1985.

"I'll Kill You"
Single by X
Released	June 1985
Studio	Sound Market
Genre	Speed metal, power metal
Length	7:34
Label	Dada
Songwriter(s)	Yoshiki Hayashi
Producer(s)	X and Nobukatsu Hayashi
X singles chronology
"I'll Kill You" (1985) "Orgasm" (1986)

Overview

In 1988, Yoshiki explained that the song is not about killing people as the title would suggest, but is a love song in the vein of a disgruntled married couple.[1] All 1,000 copies of the record sold out.[2] The cover art notoriously features numerous photographs of dead bodies taken during the Vietnam War.

A different recording of the B-side, "Break the Darkness", was included on the sampler Heavy Metal Force III in November 1985.[3] While a re-recording of the title track was later featured on the band's first album, Vanishing Vision. "I'll Kill You" was covered by French symphonic black metal band Anorexia Nervosa as a bonus track for the Japanese edition of their 2004 album Redemption Process and later included on their 2005 The September E.P. as well.[4][5]

Track listing

Personnel

X

• Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama – vocals
• Yoshiki Hayashi – drums
• Atsushi Tokuo – bass guitar
• Yuji "Terry" Izumisawa – guitar
• Tomoyuki "Tomo" Ogata – guitar

Production staff

• Photo – Kazuyoshi Mori
• Design – Atsushi Tokuo
• Engineer – Mr. Ohzeki
• Sleeve Design – Nobukatsu Hayashi[6]

References

На других языках

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- [en] I'll Kill You

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[ru] I’ll Kill You

«I’ll Kill You» — дебютный сингл японской метал-группы X Japan (на тот момент — X), изданный 15 июня 1985 года.

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