Misery (hide song)

"Misery" is the fifth single by Japanese musician hide, released on June 24, 1996. It reached number 3 on the Oricon chart.[1] It was certified gold by RIAJ in July 1996.[2] On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a slightly different cover.[3] On August 4, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the second releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.[4]

"Misery"
Single by hide
from the album Psyence
Released	June 24, 1996
Recorded	A&M Studio
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	MCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	hide
Hide singles chronology
"Tell Me" (1994) "Misery" (1996) "Beauty & Stupid" (1996)

Track listing

All songs written by hide.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Misery"	5:01
2.	"LEMONed I Scream"	2:49

Personnel

• hide – vocals, guitar, bass, producer, arranger
• Kazuhiko "I.N.A." Inada – co-producer, programming, recording engineer on "Misery", recording and mixing engineer on "LEMONed I Scream"
• Eric Westfall – recording and mixing engineer on "Misery"

Personnel per the single's liner notes.[5]

Cover versions

"Misery" and "LEMONed I Scream" were covered by Glay and Shame respectively on the 1999 hide tribute album Tribute Spirits.[6] Glay performed their cover live on July 31, 1999 at their first Glay Expo, entitled Glay Expo '99 Survival, it was recorded and used as a b-side on their 2000 single "Happiness: Winter Remix". "Misery" was covered live by DaizyStripper at the hide memorial summit on May 3, 2008 and Hurdy Gurdy (Seizi Kimura of Zeppet Store) covered "LEMONed I Scream" later that same day.[7][8] A studio version of "Misery" by DaizyStripper appears on the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album, which was released on July 3, 2013.[9] May's covered the title track for Tribute VI -Female Spirits-, while Glay's version was remixed by Spread Beaver member INA for Tribute VII -Rock Spirits-. Both albums were released on December 18, 2013.[10][11]

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. "月次認定作品　認定年月：1996年 7月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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. "Misery" liner notes, 1996-06-24. Retrieved 2018-01-27
6. "hide TRIBUTE SPIRITS". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
7. "hide Memorial Summit Day 1 - Part A". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
8. "hide Memorial Summit Day 1 - Part B". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
9. "Two hide Tribute Albums to be Released Simultaneously!". musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
10. "hide Tribute VI -Female SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
11. "hide Tribute VII -Rock SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

External links

• "Beauty & Stupid" Official Music Video on YouTube