# Standing Sex

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Standing Sex
| cover      = Standing Sex.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [X](/source/X_Japan)
| album      =
| released   = October 25, 1991
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Power metal](/source/Power_metal), [speed metal](/source/speed_metal), [heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music)
| length     = 9:21
| label      = [Sony](/source/Sony_Music_Entertainment_Japan)
| writer     = [Yoshiki](/source/Yoshiki_(musician))
| producer   = X
| prev_title = [Silent Jealousy](/source/Silent_Jealousy)
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [Say Anything](/source/Say_Anything_(X_Japan_song))
| next_year  = 1991
}}

"'''Standing Sex'''" is a single released by [X Japan](/source/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](/source/The_Last_Song_(X_Japan_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](/source/Jealousy_(X_Japan_album))''.

== Commercial performance ==
The song reached number 4 on the [Oricon](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_Japan).<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](/source/Yoshiki_(musician))<ref>{{cite book|title=Art of Life - Yoshiki + Tetsushi Ichikawa|publisher=Rockin' On|language=Japanese|year=1992}}</ref>
| music1          = [Yoshiki](/source/Yoshiki_(musician))
| length1         = 4:23
| title2          = Joker (Edited Version)
| lyrics2         = [hide](/source/Hide_(musician))
| 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}}

{{X Japan}}
{{Authority control}}

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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