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.

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. All 1,000 copies of the record sold out. 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. 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.

Personnel

 * X
 * Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama – vocals
 * Yoshiki Hayashi – drums
 * Atsushi Tokuo – bass guitar
 * Yuji "Terry" Izumisawa – guitar
 * Tomoyuki "Tomo" Ogata – guitar


 * Production staff
 * Photo – Kazuyoshi Mori
 * Design – Atsushi Tokuo
 * Engineer – Mr. Ohzeki
 * Sleeve Design – Nobukatsu Hayashi