Dice (hide song)

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"Dice"
Hide Dice cover.jpg
Single by hide
from the album Hide Your Face
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1994
Genre Hard rock
Label MCA Victor
Songwriter(s) hide
Hide singles chronology
"50% & 50%"
(1993)		"Dice"
(1994)		"Tell Me"
(1994)

"Dice" is the third single by Japanese musician hide, released on January 21, 1994. It reached number 6 on the Oricon chart. [1] The B-side is a remix of his previous single "Eyes Love You". The single was certified Gold by the RIAJ in February 1994, and Platinum in February 2020 for sales over 250,000. [2]

Contents

The single was re-released on December 12, 2007, with a new cover. [3] 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. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Dice"hidehide3:03
2."Eyes Love You (Mad Translator Mix)" (Remixed by Soichi Terada) Yukinojo Mori hide6:30

Personnel

Personnel for "Dice" per Hide Your Face liner notes. [5]

Cover versions

"Dice" was covered live by Mucc, with Tal from the Underneath, at the hide memorial summit on May 4, 2008. [6] The title track was covered by Matenrou Opera on the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album and by Screw on Tribute III -Visual Spirits-, both albums were released on July 3, 2013. [7] For Tribute VII -Rock Spirits-, released on December 18, 2013, it was covered by Kinniku Shōjo Tai. [8]

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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. ↑ "Japanese album certifications" (Enter Hide into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  3. ↑ "hideの8cmシングル12cm化シリーズ第３弾、ついにリリース！". barks.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  4. ↑ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  5. ↑ Hide Your Face liner notes, 1994-04-23. Retrieved 2015-07-19
  6. ↑ "hide Memorial Summit Day 2 - Part B". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Two hide Tribute Albums to be Released Simultaneously!". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  8. ↑ "hide Tribute VII -Rock SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.


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