| "Rocket Dive" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover of the 2007 re-release. | ||||
| Single by hide with Spread Beaver | ||||
| from the album Ja, Zoo | ||||
| Released | January 28, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | Late 1997 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | Universal Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | hide | |||
| Hide with Spread Beaver singles chronology | ||||
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"Rocket Dive" is the eighth single by Japanese musician hide, the first to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on January 28, 1998. It reached number 4 on the Oricon Singles Chart and was the 33rd best-selling single of the year. It has been certified double platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 500,000 copies.
The song's name and intro are a homage to Kiss' "Rocket Ride". Its music video was directed by Shūichi Tan, who went on to direct the video for hide's next single, "Pink Spider".[1]
On May 2, 2007, the single was re-released with a slightly different cover.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ "映像で音楽を奏でる人々 第16回 ［バックナンバー］ 90年代から"カッティングエッジ"を追求する丹修一 hide、ミスチル、サザン……名だたるアーティストのMVを手がける映像作家". Natalie (in Japanese). 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ^ "hideの"誕生会"今年も開催決定!!". barks.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ^ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.