:Week End (X Japan song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Week End

| cover = Weekendx.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = X

| album = Blue Blood

| released = April 21, 1990

| recorded = February 4, 1990 at Nippon Budokan (track 2)

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Heavy metal, power metal

| length = 12:44

| label = CBS/Sony

| writer = Yoshiki

| producer = X

| prev_title = Endless Rain

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Silent Jealousy

| next_year = 1991

}}

"Week End" is a single released by X Japan (then named X) on April 21, 1990.

Summary

Differences between this single edit and the album edit, found on Blue Blood, include an alternate guitar solo and an additional piano bridge. The B-side is a live performance of "Endless Rain" recorded on February 4, 1990 at the Nippon Budokan.{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/X%20Japan/Week%20End|title=Week End|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|access-date=2017-05-10}} A live performance of "Week End" was included as the B-side of their 1996 single "Crucify My Love".{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/X_Japan/Crucify_My_Love/35860|title=Crucify My Love|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|access-date=2017-05-10}}

Commercial performance

The song reached number 2 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 16 weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/26180/ranking/cd_single/ |title=ＸＪＡＰＡＮのシングル売り上げランキング |work=oricon.co.jp |publisher=Oricon |access-date=December 10, 2011 |language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205051936/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/26180/ranking/cd_single/ |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }} In 1990, with 291,440 copies sold was the 32nd 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：1990年 5月|publisher=RIAJ|access-date=2017-05-10|language=ja}}