"Tell Me" is the fourth single by Japanese musician

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, released on March 24, 1994. It reached number 4 on the

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. The B-side "Scanner (Ai no Duet?)" is a different version of "Scanner" from ''

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'', as it features vocals by Ryuichi from

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. The single was certified Gold by the

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in April 1994, and Double Platinum in February 2020 for sales over 500,000. A re-recording of "Tell Me", that features Spread Beaver playing, was released on January 19, 2000, under the hide with Spread Beaver name. This version reached number 2 on the Oricon chart and was certified Gold by the RIAJ in January 2000 for sales over 200,000. The original version was re-released on December 12, 2007, with a new cover. On April 28, 2010, it was re-released again as part of the first releases in "The Devolution Project", which was a release of hide's original eleven singles on

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vinyl.

Track listing

All songs written by hide.
1994 Original release 2000 Re-recording

Personnel

;1994 Recording *

–

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, producer, arranger * Kazuhiko Inada – co-producer and synthesizer programming * Mitsuko Akai –

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on "Tell Me" * Ryuichi – vocals on "Scanner" :Personnel for 1994 single per its

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. ;2000 Recording * hide – vocals, guitar, producer * I.N.A. – co-producer, arranger, programming and editing * Kiyoshi – guitar * Kaz – guitar * Chirolyn –

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* Joe – drums * D.I.E. – keyboards :Personnel for 2000 single per its liner notes.

Cover versions

"Tell Me" and "Scanner" were covered by Kyo and Tetsu (both currently of

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, but previously in hide's old band

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) and

on the 1999 hide

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''. Luna Sea performed their cover live at the hide memorial summit on May 4, 2008, and "Tell Me" was covered live by heidi. earlier that same day. A studio version of "Tell Me" by heidi. appears on the ''Tribute II -Visual Spirits-'' album, which was released on July 3, 2013. For ''Tribute VI -Female Spirits-'', released on December 18, 2013, "Tell Me" was covered by

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. The song was covered by

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for the June 6, 2018 ''Tribute Impulse'' album.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tell Me (Hide Song) Hide (musician) songs 1994 singles 2000 singles 1994 songs Songs written by hide (musician)