Rusty Nail (song)

"Rusty Nail"
Song

"Rusty Nail" is a single released by X Japan on June 10, 1994.

Summary

It was written and composed by Yoshiki, later appeared on the album Dahlia, and was used as the theme song for the 1994 Japanese TV drama Kimi ga Mienai.

Swedish metal band Dragonland added a cover of the song to the Japanese edition of their 2004 album Starfall. Max Changmin covered the song during TVXQ's fifth Japanese tour, Tone. It was also covered by Inugami Circus-dan for Crush! 3 - 90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Love Songs-, which was released on June 27, 2012 and features current visual kei bands covering love songs by visual kei artists of the 90's.

Music videos

Two music videos have been made for the song, an animated version released in 1994 and a newer one released on the X Japan Showcase in L.A. Premium Prototype DVD on September 6, 2010. The later features the band performing live on top of the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California.

In the video game X Japan Virtual Shock 001, released for the Sega Saturn on October 20, 1995, the player edits a live video of "Rusty Nail" using footage from the Shiroi Yoru concert.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yoshiki

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rusty Nail"	5:27
2.	"Rusty Nail (Original Karaoke)"	5:27

Commercial performance

The song reached number 1 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 20 weeks. In 1994, with 712,390 copies sold was the 28th best-selling single of the year, being certified Platinum by RIAJ, is the band's second best-selling single.