Beauty & Stupid
"Beauty & Stupid" is the sixth single by Japanese musician hide, released on August 12, 1996. It reached number 4 on the Oricon chart.[1] It was certified gold by RIAJ in December 1998.[2] On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a slightly different cover.[3] 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 picture disc vinyl.[4]
"Beauty & Stupid" | ||||
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Single by hide | ||||
from the album Psyence | ||||
Released | August 12, 1996 | |||
Recorded | Sunset Sound | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | MCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | hide | |||
Producer(s) | hide | |||
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Track listing
All songs written by hide.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Beauty & Stupid" | 4:06 |
2. | "Squeeze It!!" | 2:21 |
Personnel
- hide – vocals, guitar, bass, producer, arranger
- Kazuhiko "I.N.A." Inada – co-producer, programming, recording engineer on "Beauty & Stupid", recording and mixing engineer on "Squeeze It!!"
- Joe – drums on "Beauty & Stupid"
- Eric Westfall – recording engineer on "Beauty & Stupid"
- Personnel per the single's liner notes.[5]
Cover versions
The song "Easy Jesus" by hide's band Zilch has a similar guitar riff to that of "Squeeze It!!". "Beauty & Stupid" was covered by Kiyoharu and Shoji for the 1999 hide tribute album Tribute Spirits.[6] The title track was covered by Doppel for the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album and by Diaura on Tribute III -Visual Spirits-, both albums were released on July 3, 2013.[7] For Tribute VI -Female Spirits-, released on December 18, 2013, it was covered by Kanon Wakeshima.[8]
References
- "hideのシングル売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- "月次認定作品 認定年月:1998年 12月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- "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.
- "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- "Beauty & Stupid" liner notes, 1996-08-12. Retrieved 2018-01-27
- "hide TRIBUTE SPIRITS". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- "Two hide Tribute Albums to be Released Simultaneously!". musicjapanplus.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- "hide Tribute VI -Female SPIRITS-". cdjapan.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-15.