"Misery" is the fifth single by Japanese musician hide, released on June 24, 1996. It reached number 3 on the

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chart. It was certified gold by RIAJ in July 1996. On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a slightly different cover. 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

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vinyl.

Track listing

All songs written by hide.

Personnel

* hide –

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, bass, producer, arranger * Kazuhiko "I.N.A." Inada – co-producer, programming, recording engineer on "Misery", recording and mixing engineer on "LEMONed I Scream" * Eric Westfall – recording and mixing engineer on "Misery" :Personnel per the single's

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Cover versions

"Misery" and "LEMONed I Scream" were covered by

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and Shame respectively on the 1999 hide

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'' Tribute Spirits''. Glay performed their cover live on July 31, 1999 at their first Glay Expo, entitled Glay Expo '99 Survival, it was recorded and used as a b-side on their 2000 single "Happiness: Winter Remix". "Misery" was covered live by DaizyStripper at the hide memorial summit on May 3, 2008 and Hurdy Gurdy (Seizi Kimura of Zeppet Store) covered "LEMONed I Scream" later that same day. A studio version of "Misery" by DaizyStripper appears on the ''Tribute II -Visual Spirits-'' tribute album, which was released on July 3, 2013. May's covered the title track for ''Tribute VI -Female Spirits-'', while Glay's version was remixed by

Spread Beaver , known professionally as hide, was a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1987 to 1997 and a solo artist from 1993 onward. He also formed ...

member INA for ''Tribute VII -Rock Spirits-''. Both albums were released on December 18, 2013.

References

External links

* 1996 singles Hide (musician) songs 1996 songs Songs written by hide (musician) {{1990s-single-stub