:Silent Jealousy

{{Infobox song

| name = Silent Jealousy

| cover = Silent Jealousy.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = X

| album = Jealousy

| released = September 11, 1991

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{flatlist|

| length = 13:24

| label = Sony

| writer = Yoshiki

| producer = X

| prev_title = Week End

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Standing Sex

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Oj9bvmzTR2A|"Silent Jealousy"}}

| type = single

| header = Music video

}}

"Silent Jealousy" is a single released by X Japan (then named X) on September 11, 1991.

Summary

The song's structure is comparable to "Kurenai", opening with a calm intro, performed on a single instrument, followed by a speed metal composition with symphonic elements. It also includes a short excerpt of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" during the piano-driven bridge.{{efn|Yoshiki often performs "Swan Lake" on piano solo.}} Yoshiki described the song as very fast and very hard to play, and said that while people may call the guitar riff heavy metal, he thinks of it as punk. On its composition he explained, "I really love punk rock, and I wanted to have it as punk as possible, but as melodious as possible. Which is very contradictory. Punk rock never really sees the orchestra, but I tried to combine those two aims."{{cite web|title = The 10 best X Japan songs, as chosen by Yoshiki |url = https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-best-x-japan-songs-as-chosen-by-yoshiki |work = Metal Hammer |date = 2017-11-08 |accessdate = 2021-02-24}}

The single's B-side is an alternate version of "Sadistic Desire", originally featured on the band's debut album Vanishing Vision.

Live recordings of "Silent Jealousy" can be found on the "Say Anything" single and various releases featuring the band's Tokyo Dome performance on January 7, 1992, as part of the three-day concert series On the Verge of Destruction.

On November 21, 1993, SME Records released {{nihongo4|X²|ダブルエックス|Daburu Ekkusu|lit. "Double-X"}}, a short film based on the manga series X by Clamp and set to X Japan's music. It features a slideshow of the manga's artwork set to a medley of X Japan's "Silent Jealousy", "Kurenai" and "Endless Rain" and a music video for the song "X" directed by Shigeyuki Hayashi.{{cite book|title=Clamp no Kiseki, Vol. 11|page=31|publisher=Tokyopop|author=Clamp|author-link=Clamp (manga artists)}}

Australian metal band Lord covered the title song as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their 2007 album Ascendence, with vocals performed by Hideaki Niwa.{{cite web| title = アセンデンス| work = amazon.co.jp| url = https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9-%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89/dp/B000RO5298/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1321219054&sr=1-2| accessdate = 2011-11-13}} Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica also covered part of the song during one of the concerts on their Japanese tour and according to Tony Kakko, the song is "absolutely splendid" but some parts are "hyperfast" and wouldn't suit Sonata Arctica's current stylings too well.{{cite web|url=http://www.lagrosseradio.com/metal/webzine-metal/interview-metal/p2098-tony-kakko-chanteur-de-sonata-arctica.html|title=Interview / Tony Kakko, chanteur de Sonata Arctica |publisher=La Grosse Radio|accessdate=2017-05-12|date=2009-08-15|language=French}} It also served as wrestler Chris Jericho's one night entrance song for his return to Japan.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hq2nAwAAQBAJ&q=chris+jericho+silent+jealousy&pg=PT119|title=The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea|author=Chris Jericho|publisher=Hachette UK|year=2014|isbn=9781409142300}}

Commercial performance

The song reached number 3 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 18 weeks.{{cite web| url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/26180/ranking/cd_single/| script-title=ja:ＸＪＡＰＡＮのシングル売り上げランキング| work = oricon.co.jp| publisher = Oricon| accessdate = December 10, 2011| language = Japanese}} In 1991, with 234,950 copies sold was the 58th best-selling single of the year, being certified Gold by RIAJ.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|title=月次認定作品認定年月：1991年 11月|publisher=RIAJ|accessdate=2017-05-11|language=Japanese}}