Say Anything (X Japan song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Say Anything

| cover = Sayanything jpg.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = X

| album = Jealousy

| released = {{start date|1991|12|1}}

| recorded = November 12, 1991 at Yokohama Arena (track 2)

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{flatlist|

| length = 16:28

| label = Sony

| writer = Yoshiki

| producer = X

| prev_title = Standing Sex

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Tears

| next_year = 1993

}}

"Say Anything" is a single released by X Japan on December 1, 1991.

{{cite web

| title = X - Say Anything

| work = discogs.com

| url = http://www.discogs.com/X-Say-Anything/release/2304774

| accessdate = 2011-11-13}}

Summary

It is the band's last single released under the name X and the last to feature Taiji on bass. The B-side is a live version of "Silent Jealousy", recorded on November 12, 1991, at Yokohama Arena. Both songs were originally featured on the album Jealousy.

A cover of the title song appears on the album Global Trance 2, by the pop band Globe,{{cite web| title = Global Trance 2| work = cdjapan.co.jp| url = http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVCG-70012| accessdate = 2008-06-20}} of which Yoshiki was briefly a member.{{cite web| url=http://www.avexnet.or.jp/globe/profile.html| title=Globe profile| work=avexnet.or.jp|accessdate=2017-04-04|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120719163625/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/globe/profile.html|archivedate=2012-07-19}} It was also used as the theme song for the TV drama {{nihongo|Lullaby Keiji|ララバイ刑事}}.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzeSd4SvU7cC&q=Lullaby+Keiji+say+anything&pg=PA173|title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|year=2003|author=Jonathan Clements, Motoko Tamamuro|isbn=9781880656815|pages=173}}

Commercial performance

The song reached number 3 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 25 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 = 2011-12-10

| language = Japanese}} In 1992, with 537,790 copies sold was the 33rd best-selling single of the year, being certified Platinum 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：1992年 3月|publisher=RIAJ|accessdate=2017-05-10|language=Japanese}}