{{Infobox song | name = Standing Sex | cover = Standing Sex.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = X | album = | released = October 25, 1991 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Power metal, speed metal, heavy metal | length = 9:21 | label = Sony | writer = Yoshiki | producer = X | prev_title = Silent Jealousy | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = Say Anything | next_year = 1991 }}
"'''Standing Sex'''" is a single released by X Japan (then named X) on October 25, 1991.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web| title = X - Standing Sex| work = discogs.com| url = http://www.discogs.com/X-Japan-Standing-Sex/release/2459448| accessdate = 2011-11-13}}</ref>
== Summary == It and "The Last Song" are the only X Japan singles to not appear on one of the band's studio albums. The b-side is an edited version of "Joker", originally on their album ''Jealousy''.
== Commercial performance == The song reached number 4 on the Oricon charts, and charted for 16 weeks.<ref name="Oricon singles">{{cite web| url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/26180/ranking/cd_single/| script-title=ja:Ｘ ＪＡＰＡＮのシングル売り上げランキング| work = oricon.co.jp| publisher = Oricon| accessdate = December 10, 2011| language = Japanese}}</ref> In 1991, with 187,160 copies sold was the 87th best-selling single of the year, being certified Gold by RIAJ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|title=月次認定作品 認定年月：1991年 11月|publisher=RIAJ|accessdate=2017-05-11|language=Japanese}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | title1 = Standing Sex | lyrics1 = Miyuki Igarashi<ref>{{cite book|title=Art of Life - Yoshiki + Tetsushi Ichikawa|publisher=Rockin' On|language=Japanese|year=1992}}</ref> | music1 = Yoshiki | length1 = 4:23 | title2 = Joker (Edited Version) | lyrics2 = hide | music2 = hide | length2 = 4:58 }}
==Personnel== * Co-Producer – Naoshi Tsuda * Mixed by – Rich Breen * Art Direction and Design – Mitsuo Izumisawa * Photography – Masanori Kato, Michihiro Ikeda, Hideo Canno<ref name="liner_notes">"Standing Sex" liner notes, 1991.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:X Japan songs Category:Songs written by Yoshiki (musician) Category:English-language Japanese songs Category:1991 singles Category:1991 songs
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