Speed (Buck-Tick song)

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"Speed"
Victor Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Atsushi Sakurai / Hisashi Imai
Producer(s)Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick singles chronology
"Aku no Hana"
(1990) 		"Speed"
(1991) 		"
M・A・D
"
(1991)

"Speed" (スピード) is the fourth single released by the Japanese

CD in a cassette-like sleeve case that featured a re-worked version of the cover to Kurutta Taiyou. "Speed" peaked at number 3 on the Oricon music chart during the third week of 1991.[2] It is band's 3rd best-selling single, with over 180,000 copies sold.[3]

Background, recording and release

The song was written by vocalist

Victor Entertainment
. Sakurai has made references to this by whispering words for various drugs or not singing the line during live performances.

Live performances

Since its release, "Speed" has become a fan favorite and a live concert staple, being performed at most of the group's concerts since 1990. Though it has been performed less in recent years since 2010. During most live performances of the song, Sakurai will change the line "ii ashido" (good acid) and whisper the word "jouzai" (pill) as a reference to the line being censored in the album's original liner notes.[2] Though during a live performance on the TV show Music Station in 1991, Sakurai held the microphone down to the audience during this part and mouthed "kokain" (cocaine) to the camera.[2]

Cover versions

"Speed" has been covered by a number of other Japanese artists. It was covered by MCU from the

Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick- in 2005, as well as the visual kei rock band 9Goats Black Out
on the compilation album Crush!: 90s V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs in 2011.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Speed"Atsushi SakuraiHisashi Imai4:47
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Narcissus"SakuraiHidehiko Hoshino4:09

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Speed at CD-Universe". CD-Universe.com. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Speed review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  3. ^ "Buck-Tickの主な記録 『悪の華』など5作でオリコン週間アルバムランキング1位獲得" [Buck-Tick's main records: Achieved 1st place in the Oricon weekly album rankings with 5 albums including "Aku no Hana"]. Oricon (in Japanese). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

External links

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