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hide’s Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

He was active as HIDE, the guitarist of X JAPAN, and passed away young in 1998.

Beyond his work with X JAPAN, he released many cool tracks under the name hide.

Here’s a ranking of some of his most popular songs.

If you want to learn more about this devoted musician who also worked as a singer and producer, be sure to check it out!

hide's Popular Songs Ranking [2026] (21–30)

FISH SCRATCH FEVERhide22rank/position

hide – Fish Scratch Fever (Audio)
FISH SCRATCH FEVERhide

This is a song included on the album “Ja, Zoo,” which was released as an SHM-CD in 2008.

It’s an album-exclusive track said to have been completed by Spread Beaver from recordings hide left behind during his lifetime.

It’s a pleasantly up-tempo rock number.

FLAME(PSYECE FACTION version)hide23rank/position

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.

FROZEN BUG ’93hide24rank/position

Composed by the unit M×A×S×S, consisting of hide, J, and INORAN.

The original track is “FROZEN BUG,” included on the compilation album DANCE 2 NOISE 004 released by Victor Entertainment, and it was later featured on hide’s solo album HIDE YOUR FACE as “FROZEN BUG ’93 DIGGERS VERSION.” There are some differences in the feel of the tracks, so try listening and comparing them!

HONEY BLADEhide25rank/position

The guitar sound that seems to make the space waver is striking.

The moment when the hidden emotions gradually come to the surface and swell into an emotional, impassioned vocal is incredibly powerful.

And it’s not just the vocals—the high notes in the guitar solo, like a scream, really hit home.

It’s included on HIDE YOUR FACE.

Hi – Hohide26rank/position

Released in December of the same year as a re-cut single and the seventh single from the album PSYENCE, which came out in September 1996, it was issued as “Hi-Ho / GOOD BYE.” This mid-tempo, pop-leaning track—so characteristic of hide—helped reshape the image of visual kei rock, which had once been associated with a heavier sound.

Why not let its relaxed, happy lyrics, perfectly matched to the tune, make your heart dance?

In Motionhide27rank/position

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.

Junk Storyhide28rank/position

A highly addictive track whose mysterious lyrics evoke psychedelic scenes and linger in your ears.

With distinctive wording, it builds a world like an abstract painting, singing over a pop melody about emotions such as yearning and nostalgia for that glittering realm.

This is a song where I want you to focus on the lyrics rather than the melody!