Ever Free

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"Ever Free"
Ever Free.jpg
Cover of the 2007 re-release.
Single by hide with Spread Beaver
from the album Ja, Zoo
ReleasedMay 27, 1998
RecordedEarly 1998
Genre Alternative rock
Label Universal Victor
Songwriter(s) hide
Hide with Spread Beaver singles chronology
"Pink Spider"
(1998)		"Ever Free"
(1998)		"Hurry Go Round"
(1998)

"Ever Free" is the tenth single by Japanese musician hide, the third to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 27, 1998. It debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, replacing his previous single "Pink Spider", and was the 23rd best-selling single of the year and certified double platinum by the RIAJ.

Contents

On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released. [1] 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. [2]

Music video

The music video for "Ever Free" is composed of behind the scenes footage of hide and his band at photo shoots while filming the "Pink Spider" music video, and there's additional archival footage of the band playing the song in a jam session at the Chili Factory Studio.[ citation needed ]

Reception

"Ever Free" debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts, replacing his previous single "Pink Spider", with sales of over 516,000 in the initial week. [3] By the end of the year it sold 842,440 copies and was the 23rd best-selling single of the year, [4] being certified double Platinum by the RIAJ. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by hide.

No.TitleLength
1."Ever Free"3:39
2."Ever Free (Voiceless Version)"3:51
3.Untitled (hidden track)6:10

Personnel

Personnel per Ja, Zoo liner notes. [6]

Cover Versions

The song was covered by Transtic Nerve on the 1999 hide tribute album Tribute Spirits . [7]

It was also covered live by DJ Ozma at the hide memorial summit on May 3, 2008. [8]

An instrumental version of the song was included in the soundtrack of the movie Attitude, which was scored by hide's former X bandmate Taij. [9]

The track was covered by defspiral, which is composed of four of the five former members of Transtic Nerve, for the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album and by Born for Tribute III -Visual Spirits-, both albums were released on July 3, 2013. [10]

Yuki Koyanagi recorded a version for Tribute VI -Female Spirits-, released on December 18, 2013. [11]

It was covered by Takanori Nishikawa for the June 6, 2018 Tribute Impulse album. [12]

Legacy

Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka; a long time hide fan was given permission to use this song for the Danganronpa 3 anime.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "hideの"誕生会"今年も開催決定!!". barks.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  2. ↑ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  3. ↑ "Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the second week of June 1998" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  4. ↑ "What's This Year - Music 1998" (in Japanese). interq.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2004-07-16.
  5. ↑ "月次認定作品 認定年月：1998年 6月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  6. ↑ Ja, Zoo liner notes, 1998-11-21. Retrieved 2013-01-27
  7. ↑ "hide TRIBUTE SPIRITS". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  8. ↑ "hide Memorial Summit Day 1 - Part A". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  9. ↑ "Attitude Original Soundtrack". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  10. ↑ "Two hide Tribute Albums to be Released Simultaneously!". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  11. ↑ "hide Tribute VI -Female SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  12. ↑ "hide最新トリビュート盤にHISASHI × YOW-ROW、西川貴教、MIYAVI、GRANRODEOら" (in Japanese). Barks. 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
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