Beauty & Stupid
| "Beauty & Stupid" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by hide | ||||
| from the album Psyence | ||||
| Released | August 12, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Sunset Sound | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | MCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | hide | |||
| Producer(s) | hide | |||
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"Beauty & Stupid" is the sixth single by Japanese musician hide, released on August 12, 1996. It reached number 4 on the Oricon chart.[1] It was certified gold by RIAJ in December 1998.[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]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by hide.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beauty & Stupid" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Squeeze It!!" | 2:21 |
Personnel[edit]
- hide – vocals, guitar, bass, producer, arranger
- Kazuhiko "I.N.A." Inada – co-producer, programming, recording engineer on "Beauty & Stupid", recording and mixing engineer on "Squeeze It!!"
- Joe – drums on "Beauty & Stupid"
- Eric Westfall – recording engineer on "Beauty & Stupid"
- Personnel per the single's liner notes.[5]
Cover versions[edit]
The song "Easy Jesus" by hide's band Zilch has a similar guitar riff to that of "Squeeze It!!". "Beauty & Stupid" was covered by Kiyoharu and Shoji for the 1999 hide tribute album Tribute Spirits.[6] The title track was covered by Doppel for the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album and by Diaura on Tribute III -Visual Spirits-, both albums were released on July 3, 2013.[7] For Tribute VI -Female Spirits-, released on December 18, 2013, it was covered by Kanon Wakeshima.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "hideのシングル売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ^ "月次認定作品 認定年月：1998年 12月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ^ "Beauty & Stupid" liner notes, 1996-08-12. Retrieved 2018-01-27
- ^ "hide TRIBUTE SPIRITS". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Two hide Tribute Albums to be Released Simultaneously!". musicjapanplus.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ "hide Tribute VI -Female SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
External links[edit]
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