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Yurameki

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"Yurameki"
Single by Dir En Grey
from the album Gauze
B-side"Akuro no Oka “K.N.Y. Mix”"
ReleasedJanuary 20, 1999 (1999-01-20)
RecordedOne on One Recording North (Los Angeles)
GenreAlternative rock, pop rock
Length11:00
LabelEast West (AMDM-6290)
Composer(s)Shinya
Lyricist(s)Kyo
Producer(s)Yoshiki
Dir En Grey singles chronology
"Akuro no Oka"
(1999)
"Yurameki"
(1999)
"Zan"
(1999)

"Yurameki" (ゆらめき, "Waver") is a single released by Dir En Grey on January 20, 1999, simultaneously along with "Akuro no Oka" and "Zan". The single peaked at number 5 on the Oricon music charts in Japan.[1]

The song was covered by R-Shitei on the compilation Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on November 23, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the 1990s visual kei movement.[2] For their 25th anniversary, Dir En Grey re-recorded "Yurameki" for the 2024 single "19990120".[3]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Kyo

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Yurameki" (ゆらめき; "Waver")Shinya5:09
2."Akuro no Oka “K.N.Y. Mix”" (アクロの丘 “K.N.Y. Mix”; "Hill of the Acropolis “K.N.Y. Mix”", remix by Gary Adante, Rob Arbittier, Eddie DeLena)Kaoru5:51

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "CDTV PowerWeb! : Dir En Grey". tbs.co.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  2. ^ "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  3. ^ "Dir En Grey's "19990120" revives three debut singles". 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2024-03-03.