50% & 50%

"50% & 50%"
Single by hide
from the album Hide Your Face
Released August 5, 1993
Genre Alternative rock
Label MCA Victor
hide singles chronology
"Eyes Love You"
(1993)
"50% & 50%"
(1993)
"Dice"
(1994)

"50% & 50%" is the second single by hide, released on August 5, 1993, the same day as his first single "Eyes Love You". Both singles' covers are identical except; "50% & 50%" is red, where as "Eyes Love You" is green. They form a 3D picture when they are placed side by side. The single "50% & 50%" peaked at number six on the Oricon Chart in Japan.

The single was re-released on December 12, 2007, with a new cover.[1] On April 28, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the first releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.[2]

"Doubt" was covered by Buck-Tick on the 1999 hide tribute album, Tribute Spirits. It was also covered live by the Underneath at the "hide memorial summit" on May 4, 2008. defspiral covered it for their hide tribute maxi single "Reply -Tribute to hide-".[3]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "50% & 50%"   Yukinojo Mori hide  
2. "Doubt"   hide hide  
92. "Eyes Love You (Junk Version)" (hidden track)      

Reference