"Love Phantom" is the eighteenth single by B'z, released on October 11, 1995. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. The song was used as ending theme for The X-Files during the height of its popularity in Japan. The single sold over 950,000 copies within one week. It sold over 1,862,000 copies according to Oricon. The song won "the best five single award" at the 10th Japan Gold Disc Award.
In 2011, the song was certified digitally by the RIAJ as a gold single for being downloaded more than 100,000 times to cellphones since its release as a digital download in early 2005.
B'z became also the first artist to have at least one single charted in the yearly top 10 for five consecutives years. This record was broken by Mr. Children in 2008 (6 years).
Track listing Love Phantom Fushidara 100%
Personnel Tak Matsumoto - Electric guitar Koshi Inaba - Lead vocals Denny Fongheiser - Drums Masao Akashi - Bass guitar Daisuke Ikeda - Manipulator Takanobu Masuda - Organ, Moog Keiko Utoku- Female voice Naoko Iijima - Female voice Akemi Mori - Soprano voice Shinozaki Strings - Strings
Certifications
References
External links B'z official website LOVE PHANTOM on B'z no bise (Translation in French)