"Hi-Ho"/"Good Bye" is the seventh and only double A-side single by Japanese musician hide, released on December 18, 1996. It reached number 8 on the Oricon chart.[1]

"Hi-Ho"/"Good Bye"
Single by hide
from the album Psyence
ReleasedDecember 18, 1996
Genre
LabelMCA Victor
Songwriter(s)hide
Hide singles chronology
"Beauty & Stupid"
(1996)
"Hi-Ho" / "Good Bye"
(1996)
"Rocket Dive"
(1998)

The music for "Beauty & Stupid Tokyo Ska Version" is performed by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Track 3 is a live version of "Pose" recorded at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on October 20, 1996, the entire concert was released as the live album Psyence a Go Go in 2008. On August 4, 2010, the single was re-released as part of the second releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on picture disc vinyl.[2]

Track listing

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All songs written by hide.

No.TitleLength
1."Hi-Ho"5:46
2."Beauty & Stupid Tokyo Ska Version"4:04
3."Pose (Live at Yoyogi on Oct.20.1996)"5:00
4."Good Bye"3:59

Personnel

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Personnel per Psyence liner notes.[3]

Cover versions

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Yoshiki, hide's former X Japan bandmate, covered "Good Bye" on the 1999 hide tribute album Tribute Spirits.[4] Jamosa covered it for Tribute VI -Female Spirits-, while Zeppet Store recorded a version for Tribute VII -Rock Spirits-. Both albums were released on December 18, 2013.[5][6] "Good Bye" was covered by Cocco for the June 6, 2018 Tribute Impulse album.[7]

References

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  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. ^ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  3. ^ Psyence liner notes, 1996-09-02. Retrieved 2013-05-12
  4. ^ "hide TRIBUTE SPIRITS". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  5. ^ "hide Tribute VI -Female SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  6. ^ "hide Tribute VII -Rock SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  7. ^ "hide最新トリビュート盤にHISASHI × YOW-ROW、西川貴教、MIYAVI、GRANRODEOら" (in Japanese). Barks. 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
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