I'll Kill You

"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
ReleasedJune 1985
RecordedSound Market
GenreSpeed metal, power metal
Length7:34
LabelDada
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
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Kill You"Yoshiki Hayashi3:21
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Break the Darkness"Yoshiki Hayashi4:13

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

References
  1. Kawamoto, Hirotake (June 1988). "Track by track analysis of Vanishing Vision by X". Rockin'f.
  2. "Indies eXplosion: The Early History of X JAPAN". JRock Revolution. 2007-10-29. Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  3. "HEAVY METAL FORCE III". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  4. "リデンプション・プロセス". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  5. "September E.P." Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  6. "I'll Kill You" liner notes, 1985-06. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
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