| "Pink Spider" | ||||
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 Cover of the 2006 re-release. | ||||
| Single byhide with Spread Beaver | ||||
| from the albumJa, Zoo | ||||
| Released | May 13, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | Early 1998 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock,hard rock | |||
| Label | Universal Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | hide | |||
| Hide with Spread Beaver singles chronology | ||||
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"Pink Spider" (Japanese:ピンク スパイダー,Hepburn:Pinku Supaidā) is the ninth single by Japanese musicianhide, the second to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 13, 1998, eleven days after his death. It debuted at number 1 on theOricon Singles Chart and was the 11thbest-selling single of the year, being certified Million by theRIAJ. It was also named "Song of the Year" at the 13thJapan Gold Disc Awards.
Released on May 13, 1998, "Pink Spider" was the first release published after hide's death on May 2. A live version of "Pink Spider" was included on the 2000 re-recording of "Tell Me". It was recorded on November 18, 1998, during the Tribal Ja, Zoo tour that was undertaken by Spread Beaver using recordings of hide's vocals.
On November 22, 2006, the "Pink Spider" single was re-released.[1] 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 onpicture disc vinyl.[2]
The song's music video was directed by Shūichi Tan, who previously directed the video for "Rocket Dive". It was filmed at theHotel Alexandria as hide was recording in Los Angeles at the time and Tan was fond ofDavid Fincher, whose 1995 filmSeven was shot at the hotel.[3]
"Pink Spider" debuted at number 1 on theOricon Singles Chart with sales over 513,000 copies in its initial week of release.[4] By the end of the year it sold 1,033,770 copies, becoming the 11thbest-selling single of 1998 and was certified Million by theRIAJ.[5][6] It was also named "Song of the Year" at the 13thJapan Gold Disc Awards.[7][8] The song's music video won theInternational Viewer's Choice - Japan award at the1998 MTV Video Music Awards,[9] and was named the best of the year at the 1998Space Shower Music Video Awards.
In 2011, ajukebox musical based on and featuring hide's music was created, it was namedPink Spider after the song.[10] It ran from March 8 to the 27 at the Tokyo Globe Theater and was then brought to Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Niigata, Sendai, and Sapporo in April.[11]
All songs written by hide.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pink Spider" | 3:42 |
| 2. | "Pink Spider (Voiceless Version)" | 3:54 |
| 3. | Untitled (hidden track) | 5:48 |
The song was covered bySiam Shade andCornelius on the 1999 hide tribute albumTribute Spirits.[13]
Nu metal bandRize covered this song and released it as their single"Pink Spider" in 2006. Rize performed their version live at the hide memorial summit on May 3, 2008, and the following dayX Japan covered it live withSugizo andShinya ofLuna Sea.[14][15]
It was also covered byheidi. on the compilationCrush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on January 26, 2011, and features currentvisual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement.[16]
defspiral covered it for their 2011 maxi-single "Reply -Tribute to hide-", which also included the band's interpretations of three other hide songs.[17] hide had signed the members' previous band,Transtic Nerve, to his labelLemoned shortly before his death in 1998.
Flow was covered the song during their special fanclub limited live26ers NaNaNa Night in 2012.
Koda Kumi, one of the best-selling Japanese artists of all-time, included a cover on her 2013 albumColor the Cover.[18] Her recording of the song debuted onJ-Wave on January 24. The music video is an adaptation of themanga seriesBuffalo Gonin Musume.[19] Early in her career, Koda performed at the hide museum in 2002.[18] Her version was included on the hide tribute albumTribute VI -Female Spirits-, which was released on December 18, 2013.[20]
The track was covered bySadie for theTribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album and byKiryu forTribute III -Visual Spirits-, both albums were released on July 3, 2013.[21]
ForTribute VII -Rock Spirits-, released on December 18, 2013, Spread Beaver members Joe, INA and Chirolyn teamed up withPata and Shame to record a new version of the song under the name The Pink Spiders.[22]
Luna Sea covered "Pink Spider" at the first day of their rock festival, Lunatic Fest on June 27, 2015.[23] Their guitaristInoran later included a cover on his August 2015 solo albumBeautiful Now.[24]
Miyavi covered the song for the June 6, 2018Tribute Impulse album.[25]
