Hide and Seek (Mirrors song)

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"Hide and Seek"
Hide and Seek (Mirrors song).jpg
Single by Mirrors
B-side "Toe the Line"
Released15 November 2010
RecordedJune 2010
Genre Synthpop
Length3:53
Label Skint Records
Songwriter(s) Mirrors
Producer(s) Mirrors
Mirrors singles chronology
"Ways to an End"
(2010)
"Hide and Seek"
(2010)
"Into the Heart"
(2011)
Alternative cover
Hide and Seek Remixes (Mirrors song).jpg
Hide and Seek (Remixes)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
SoundBlab(7.5/10) [1]

"Hide and Seek" is the fourth studio single by British synthpop band Mirrors. The single was released in the UK on 15 November 2010 as a 7" single, 12" single and as a digital download. [2]

Contents

The song was included on Mirrors' first EP Broken by Silence which was released in the same month [3] and later included on their debut album Lights and Offerings in February 2011.

The 12" single is marked as a promotional item and comes in a black die cut sleeve. The digital remix bundle comes with a red tinted sleeve variant.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mirrors.

7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Hide and Seek"3:53
2."Toe the Line"4:39
12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Hide and Seek (Liv Spencer (House of House) Remix)"8:05
2."Hide and Seek (Liv Spencer (House of House) Dub)"7:52
3."Hide and Seek (Leo Zero Remix)"7:53
Digital single
No.TitleLength
1."Hide and Seek (Single Version)" (this version could only be purchased at Skint Records)4:11
2."Toe the Line"4:39
Digital single (Remixes)
No.TitleLength
1."Hide and Seek (Liv Spencer (House of House) Remix)"8:05
2."Hide and Seek (Leo Zero Remix)"7:53
3."Hide and Seek (Kwes Rework)"2:42
4."Hide and Seek (Liv Spencer (House of House) Dub)"7:52
5."Hide and Seek (Liv Spencer (House of House) Instrumental)"8:05

Personnel

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References

  1. "SoundBlab: MIRRORS - Hide and Seek".
  2. "NME: Mirrors - 'Hide And Seek' video" . Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  3. "THE ELECTRICITY CLUB: MIRRORS". Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.