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Releases: Singles

Speed

release date: January 21, 1991
company: Victor/Invitation
formats: cassette ?, 5cm CD (VIDL-46)
initial price: ¥930
goodies: first copies of the CD came with a transparency; this poster may have been included with first copies sold; some people may have received these stickers

Tracklisting

Speed (Sakurai/Imai)
Narcissus (Sakurai/Hoshino)

Credits

No member credits contained within the single, however they are:
Atsushi Sakurai: vocal
Hisashi Imai: guitar
Hidehiko Hoshino: guitar
Yutaka Higuchi: bass
Toll Yagami: drums

all songs arranged by Buck-Tick
produced by Buck-Tick

[this page was last updated on Friday, 15-Feb-2008 13:27:04 PST]

Notes

Ranked #3 on the singles chart. 170,000 copies sold.

The original title of "Speed" was going to be "Acid" but the band decided that was too "yabai" (risky) since Hisashi was arrested for that drug two years prior. In the lyrics there is an unknown marked as "XXXX". During the song it sounds like Atsushi is singing "ii ashido" (good acid). On a live performance on the show "Music Station", Atsushi did not sing that line but rather let down his microphone and mouthed to the camera what appears to be "kokain" (cocaine).