hide's famous and popular songs

In Motionhide

hide – In Motion

This song is a completed single made from audio tracks hide left before his passing, and it shares the same title as the single itself.

With highly positive lyrics about pushing forward through hardship, it’s likely many people have found courage in this track.

The music video is fully CGI, and watching the CG version of hide in motion is a visual treat.

FLAME（PSYECE FACTION version）hide

Flame (Psyence Faction Version)

This is an alternate version of a song included on the second album, PSYENCE.

This version was included on hide’s 13th single, IN Motion.

The spoken monologue at the beginning, the sounds of dishes, and people talking were apparently part of the live performance staging.

The original song, FLAME, is a grand, band-sound ballad, while this one is a piano ballad.

In this version, the song’s gentleness is emphasized.

GOOD BYEhide

hide – GOOD BYE

Released in December of the same year as a re-cut single—and his seventh single—from the album PSYENCE, which came out in September 1996, “Hi-Ho / GOOD BYE” was issued with the double A-side title.

As the title “GOOD BYE” suggests, it’s a ballad with lyrics about parting—somehow sad, yet somehow gentle—that leave a strong impression.

It feels as though hide might be singing about himself.

FLAMEhide

hide – Flame [PV]

It’s a track included on hide’s second album, PSYENCE.

It’s said that after composing MISERY, which is also on the same album, he reconstructed it to create FLAME.

The result is a gentle, grand-sounding ballad.

HURRY GO ROUNDhide

hide with Spread Beaver – HURRY GO ROUND

A song that became, in effect, the final single, released by arranging a demo vocal as an unreleased track.

It’s well known that the lyrics of this song are engraved on a gravestone.

With Latin-style percussion and a lightly syncopated rhythm flowing gently, it’s a very pleasant track.

And the line “Let’s meet again in spring” lingers in the ear.

POSEhide

hide with Spread Beaver – Pose Live

A track from their second album released in 1996.

Often used as the opening number at live shows, it’s an intense, passionate song.

Beyond the heavy, razor-sharp band sound, it also weaves in piano and sequencer elements.

All the instruments blend perfectly, intertwining with exquisite balance to create a striking piece.

DOUBThide

hide 「DOUBT」 PV

This is the second track on hide’s second solo single, “50% & 50%,” released on August 5, 1993.

It’s truly one of his signature songs, and its aggressive yet artistic lyrics feel especially meaningful because it was hide himself singing them in that era.