Silent Jealousy
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Silent Jealousy
| Cover =
| Cover size = 125
| Artist = [[X Japan]]
| from Album = [[Jealousy (album)|Jealousy]]
| Released = [[September 11]], [[1991]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<br />[[Power metal]]
| Length = 13:24
| Label = [[Ki/oon Records|Ki/oon]]
| Producer =
| Chart position = * #1 <small>([[Japan|JP]])</small>
| Last single = "[[Week End (song)|Week End]]"<br />(1990)
| This single = "'''Silent Jealousy'''"<br />(1991)
| Next single = "[[Standing Sex]]"<br />(1991)
| Misc =
}}
"'''Silent Jealousy'''" is a single released by [[X Japan]] on [[September 11]], [[1991]]. The song's structure is comparable to "[[Kurenai (song)|Kurenai]]", with a calm intro, performed on a single instrument, followed by a [[speed metal]] composition with [[Symphonic rock|symphonic]] elements, including a short excerpt of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Swan Lake]]'' during the [[piano]]-driven [[Bridge (music)|bridge]].
Live recordings of "Silent Jealousy" can be found on the "[[Say Anything (song)|Say Anything]]" single and various releases featuring the band's [[Tokyo Dome]] performance on [[January 7]], [[1992]], as part of the three-day concert series ''[[On the Verge of Destruction 1992.1.7 Tokyo Dome Live (album)|On the Verge of Destruction]]''. Also included as a [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] is an alternate version of "Sadistic Desire", originally featured on the band's debut album ''[[Vanishing Vision]]''.
A [[cover version]] of this song was recorded by the [[Australia]]n band [[Lord (band)|Lord]] and included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their 2007 album ''[[Ascendence]]'', with vocals performed by Hideaki Niwa.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics = [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]]
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Silent Jealousy
| music1 = Yoshiki
| length1 = 7:19
| title2 = Sadistic Desire (Alternate Version)
| music2 = [[Hide (musician)|Hide]]
| length2 = 6:05
}}
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[[Category:1991 singles]]
[[Category:X Japan songs]]
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