Dice (hide song)

"Dice"
Single by hide
from the album Hide Your Face
Released	January 21, 1994
Genre	Hard rock
Label	MCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	hide
Hide singles chronology
"50% & 50%" (1993) "Dice" (1994) "Tell Me" (1994)

"Dice" is the third single by Japanese musician hide, released on January 21, 1994. It reached number 6 on the Oricon chart.[1] The B-side is a remix of his previous single "Eyes Love You". The single was certified Gold by the RIAJ in February 1994, and Platinum in February 2020 for sales over 250,000.[2]

The single was re-released on December 12, 2007, with a new cover.[3] On April 28, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the first releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Dice"	hide	hide	3:03
2.	"Eyes Love You (Mad Translator Mix)" (Remixed by Soichi Terada)	Yukinojo Mori	hide	6:30

Personnel

• hide – vocals, guitar
• T.M. Stevens – bass
• Terry Bozzio – drums

Personnel for "Dice" per Hide Your Face liner notes.[5]

Cover versions

"Dice" was covered live by Mucc, with Tal from the Underneath, at the hide memorial summit on May 4, 2008.[6] The title track was covered by Matenrou Opera on the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album and by Screw on Tribute III -Visual Spirits-, both albums were released on July 3, 2013.[7] For Tribute VII -Rock Spirits-, released on December 18, 2013, it was covered by Kinniku Shōjo Tai.[8]

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. "Japanese album certifications" (Enter Hide into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
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. Hide Your Face liner notes, 1994-04-23. Retrieved 2015-07-19
6. "hide Memorial Summit Day 2 - Part B". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
7. "Two hide Tribute Albums to be Released Simultaneously!". musicjapanplus.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
8. "hide Tribute VII -Rock SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

External links

• "Dice" Official Music Video on YouTube