"Tell Me" is the fourth single released by hide

Hide (musician)

, better known by his stage name hide , was a popular Japanese musician. He was primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal band X Japan from 1987 to 1997...

 on March 24, 1994. "Scanner (Ai no Duet)" is a different version of "Scanner", from Hide Your Face

Hide Your Face

Hide Your Face is the debut album by hide, released on February 23, 1994. The cover art features a mask designed by H. R. Giger. The song "Frozen Bug '93 " is a remixed version of "Frozen Bug", a song that hide wrote and performed with Luna Sea members J and Inoran, under the band name M*A*S*S, on...

, as it features vocals by Ryuichi

Ryuichi Kawamura

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and record producer. He is best known as lead singer of the rock band Luna Sea. After the group disbanded in 2000, Ryuichi went on to a successful solo career. In 2005 he formed Tourbillon with, fellow Luna Sea member, Inoran and Hiroaki Hayama...

 from Luna Sea

Luna Sea

Luna Sea is a rock band from Kanagawa, Japan, formed in 1989. The band was initially founded by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. They soon recruited lead guitarist and violinist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that has remained the same...

.

A re-recording of "Tell Me", that features Spread Beaver playing, was released on January 19, 2000, under the hide with Spread Beaver name.

The original release reached number four on the Oricon singles charts, while the re-recording reached number two.

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 picture disc vinyl.

"Tell Me" and "Scanner" were covered, by Kyo and Tetsu (both currently of D'erlanger

D'erlanger

D'erlanger is a Japanese rock band considered to be important to the formation of visual kei...

, but previously in hide's old band Saver Tiger) and Luna Sea

Luna Sea

Luna Sea is a rock band from Kanagawa, Japan, formed in 1989. The band was initially founded by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. They soon recruited lead guitarist and violinist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that has remained the same...

 respectively, on the 1999 hide tribute album

Tribute album

A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...

, Tribute Spirits

Tribute Spirits

Tribute Spirits is a hide tribute album released on May 1, 1999. It collects cover versions by various artists, among them most members of hide's former band X Japan....

. Luna Sea performed their cover live at the "hide memorial summit" on May 4, 2008, "Tell Me" was covered live by heidi. earlier that same day.

Track listing

1994 Original release
2000 Re-recording