Hurry Go Round
| "Hurry Go Round" | ||||
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| Single by hide with Spread Beaver | ||||
| from the album Ja, Zoo | ||||
| Released | October 21, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Universal Victor | |||
| 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.
On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a new cover.[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]
Background
At the Visual Japan Summit on October 15, 2016, Teru of Glay said that he was told their 1997 single "However" inspired hide to write "Hurry Go Round".[3]
"Hurry Go Round" was one of the songs from Ja, Zoo that was left unfinished before hide's death. Eric Westfall, one of the album's recording and mixing engineers, revealed that a week or so after hide's death, he and I.N.A had an emotionally difficult time finishing the album as televisions they had on in the studio were still showing footage of and talking about the dead musician. He said that "Hurry Go Round" gave them particular difficulty due to its "heavy" or somber lyrical theme about "the circle of life," with them both crying while working on it individually. He commented that I.N.A only had one or two temporary vocal recordings from hide with which to finish the song.[4]
Some of the lyrics to the song are carved on hide's tombstone.
Reception
"Hurry Go Round" reached number 2 on the Oricon chart.[5] By the end of the year it sold 567,890 copies and was the 41st best-selling single of the year,[6] being certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ.
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.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9] Shion recorded a version for Tribute VI -Female Spirits- , released on December 18, 2013.[10]
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT 2016 Day 2: Part 3". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ↑ Niwa, Eric Westfall (2014). X Japan Podcast: Episode 2, Part 1 - Eric Westfall/hide (Podcast). SoundCloud. Event occurs at 51:00. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.