Hi-Ho/Good Bye

"Hi-Ho"/"Good Bye"
Single by hide
from the album Psyence
Released December 18, 1996
Genre Alternative rock, ska
Label Sony
hide singles chronology
"Beauty & Stupid"
(1996)		 "Hi-Ho" / "Good Bye"
(1996)		 "Rocket Dive"
(1998)

"Hi-Ho"/"Good Bye" is the seventh and only double A-side single by Japanese musician hide, released on December 18, 1996. It reached number 8 on the Oricon chart.[1]

The music for "Beauty & Stupid Tokyo Ska Version" is performed by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Track 3 is a live version of "Pose" recorded at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on October 20, 1996, the entire concert was released as the live album Psyence a Go Go in 2008. On August 4, 2010, the single was re-released as part of the second releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by hide.

No. Title Length
1. "Hi-Ho"   5:46
2. "Beauty & Stupid Tokyo Ska Version"   4:04
3. "Pose (Live at Yoyogi on Oct.20.1996)"   5:00
4. "Good Bye"   3:59

Cover versions

Yoshiki, hide's former X Japan bandmate, covered "Good Bye" on the 1999 hide tribute album Tribute Spirits.[3] Jamosa covered it for Tribute VI -Female Spirits-, while Zeppet Store recorded a version for Tribute VII -Rock Spirits-. Both albums were released on December 18, 2013.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "hideのシングル売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  2. ↑ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  3. ↑ "hide TRIBUTE SPIRITS". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  4. ↑ "hide Tribute VI -Female SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  5. ↑ "hide Tribute VII -Rock SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.