Rocket Dive

"Rocket Dive"
Cover of the 2007 re-release.
Single by hide with Spread Beaver
from the album Ja, Zoo
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1998
RecordedLate 1997
Genre
LabelUniversal Victor
Songwriter(s)hide
Hide with Spread Beaver singles chronology
"Hi-Ho/Good Bye"
(1996)
"Rocket Dive"
(1998)
"Pink Spider"
(1998)

"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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "hideの"誕生会"今年も開催決定!!". barks.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  3. ^ "hide singles on vinyl". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.