Hurry Go Round
| "Hurry Go Round" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by hide with Spread Beaver | ||||
| from the album Ja, Zoo | ||||
| Released | October 21, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Writer(s) | hide | |||
| Producer(s) | hide | |||
| Certification | Double Platinum | |||
| hide with Spread Beaver singles chronology | ||||
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"Hurry Go Round" is the eleventh single by Japanese musician hide, the fourth to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on October 21, 1998. It reached number 2 on the Oricon chart.[1] By the end of the year it sold 567,890 copies and was the 41st best-selling single of the year,[2] being certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ.
On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a new cover.[3] On December 8, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the third releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.[4]
Some of the lyrics to the song are carved on hide's tombstone.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by hide.
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hurry Go Round" | 5:04 | |
| 2. | "Hurry Go Round (Voiceless Version)" | 5:01 |
Personnel
- hide – vocals
- I.N.A. – co-producer, programming, recording engineer, additional arrangement
- Joe – drums
- Chirolyn – bass
- Kiyoshi – electric guitar
- Pata – acoustic guitar
- Gotchin – acoustic guitar
- Neko Saito Group – strings
- Neko Saito – string arrangement
- Rich Breen – mixing engineer (at Ocean Way)
- Eric Westfall – recording engineer
- Hiroshi Nemoto – assistant engineer (Hitokuchizaka-Studio)
- Masami Konagaya – assistant engineer (Hitokuchizaka-Studio)
- Personnel per Ja, Zoo liner notes.[5]
Cover versions
The song was covered by Scarlett for Crush! 3 - 90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Love Songs-, which was released on June 27, 2012 and features current visual kei bands covering love songs by visual kei artists of the 90's.[6] It was covered by Cell for the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album and by Hero for Tribute III -Visual Spirits-, both albums were released on July 3, 2013.[7] Shion recorded a version for Tribute VI -Female Spirits- , released on December 18, 2013.[8]
References
- ↑ "hideのシングル売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ "What's This Year - Music 1998" (in Japanese). interq.or.jp. Retrieved 2004-07-16.
- ↑ "hideの“誕生会”今年も開催決定!!". barks.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ↑ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ↑ Ja, Zoo liner notes, 1998-11-21. Retrieved 2013-01-27
- ↑ "Crush! 3-90's V-Rock best hit cover LOVE songs-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ↑ "Two hide Tribute Albums to be Released Simultaneously!". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ↑ "hide Tribute VI -Female SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
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