Dress (Buck-Tick song)
"Dress" (Japanese: ドレス, Hepburn: Doresu) is the seventh single by Japanese rock band Buck Tick, released on May 21, 1993. The song was written by vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, composed by guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, and produced by the band themselves. It was the first single released off of their seventh studio album Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-, which was released a month later. It reached number 5 on the Oricon Singles Chart. It is band's fourth best-selling single, with over 171,000 copies sold.
| "Dress" | ||||
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| Single by Buck Tick | ||||
| from the album Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- | ||||
| Released | May 21, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | February 20 - April 30, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Industrial rock, dream pop, alternative rock, gothic rock | |||
| Length | 9:54 | |||
| Label | Victor Entertainment | |||
| Composer(s) | Hidehiko Hoshino | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Atsushi Sakurai | |||
| Producer(s) | Buck-Tick | |||
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| "Dress" on YouTube | ||||
| "Dress (Blood Trinity Mix)" | ||||
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| Single by Buck Tick | ||||
| Released | April 20, 2005 | |||
| Venue | Omiya Sonic City (July 28 and 29, 1993) | |||
| Length | 6:36 | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Composer(s) | Hidehiko Hoshino | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Atsushi Sakurai | |||
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In 2005, the song was remixed and used as the opening theme of the Trinity Blood anime adaptation. This version was released as the band's twenty-third single on April 20, 2005, under the title "Dress (Bloody Trinity Mix)" (ドレス (bloody trinity mix)), and peaked at number 24 on the Oricon chart.