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"Ever Free" is the tenth single by hide
, the third to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 27, 1998.
The single debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon
weekly charts, replacing their previous single "Pink Spider
", with sales of over 516,000 in the initial week. By the end of the year it sold 842,550 copies, making it the 23rd best-selling single of the year.
On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released. On December 8, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the third releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.
The song was covered by Transtic Nerve on the 1999 hide tribute album
, Tribute Spirits
. It was also covered live by DJ Ozma
at the "hide memorial summit" on May 3, 2008.
Hide (musician)
, better known by his stage name hide , was a popular Japanese musician. He was primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal band X Japan from 1987 to 1997...
, the third to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 27, 1998.
The single debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
weekly charts, replacing their previous single "Pink Spider
Pink Spider
is the ninth single by hide, the second to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 13, 1998, eleven days after Hideto "hide" Matsumoto's death. The single debuted at number 1 on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts with sales over 513,000 copies in the initial week of the release...
", with sales of over 516,000 in the initial week. By the end of the year it sold 842,550 copies, making it the 23rd best-selling single of the year.
On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released. On December 8, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the third releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.
The song was covered by Transtic Nerve on the 1999 hide tribute album
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
, Tribute Spirits
Tribute Spirits
Tribute Spirits is a hide tribute album released on May 1, 1999. It collects cover versions by various artists, among them most members of hide's former band X Japan....
. It was also covered live by DJ Ozma
DJ Ozma
DJ OZMA, born as on April 26 in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, and legally known as , is a Japanese pop singer and musical artist. He first came to prominence in early 2006 and is notorious for his performance at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, during which his female dancers stripped themselves of...
at the "hide memorial summit" on May 3, 2008.