Ever Free
| "Ever Free" | ||||
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| Single by hide with Spread Beaver | ||||
| from the album Ja, Zoo | ||||
| Released | May 27, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
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"Ever Free" is the tenth single by hide, the third to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 27, 1998.
The single debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts, replacing their previous single "Pink Spider", with sales of over 516,000 in the initial week.[1] By the end of the year it sold 842,550 copies, making it the 23rd best-selling single of the year.[2]
On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released.[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]
The song was covered by Transtic Nerve on the 1999 hide tribute album, Tribute Spirits. It was also covered live by DJ Ozma at the "hide memorial summit" on May 3, 2008.
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ever Free" | hide | hide | |
| 2. | "Ever Free (Voiceless Version)" | hide | hide | |
| 3. | Untitled (hidden track) |
[edit] References
- ^ "Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the second week of June 1998". Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=1998&month=6&week=2&submit4.x=35&submit4.y=11. Retrieved 2009-12-26.(Japanese)
- ^ "What's This Year - Music 1998". interq.or.jp. http://www1.interq.or.jp/kunioki/year/music/rc_ms98.shtml. Retrieved 2004-07-16.(Japanese)
- ^ http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000036181 (Japanese)
- ^ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. http://www.tokyohive.com/2010/09/hides-hits-re-released-on-vinyl-spawns-special-club-events/. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
| Preceded by "Pink Spider" by hide with Spread Beaver |
Japanese Oricon Chart number-one single June 8, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Shine" by Luna Sea |
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