"Hide and Seek" is the first single from Tracie Spencer's self-titled debut album. The single was released in January 1988. It was written by Lynn Davis. Although Tracie was only 11 years old when this single and debut album was released, critics and fans alike could see that her voice lurked some potential soulfulness. The theme of the song focuses on Tracie searching all over for someone (possibly someone she has a crush on), who she claims is playing "hide and seek" with her. After this single was released, the second single from her debut album, "Symptoms of True Love", was released sometime during 1988.

"Hide and Seek" is the first single by Imogen Heap from her album Speak for Yourself. The song is performed with the sole accompaniment being the sound produced by a harmonizer (DigiTech Vocalist Workstation), creating an altered a cappella sound.

The song was featured in the second season finale of The O.C., on the second season of the TV series So You Think You Can Dance, during the final scenes of the premiere episode of the CBS primetime drama Smith, an episode from season three of the Showtime TV show The L Word, episode 5 of MTV reality show, The Real World: Sydney, and on the finale of CSI: Miami episode "If Looks Could Kill". The track was also used in the 2006 film The Last Kiss. In May 2007, the song featured in a blank">UK promo for _Lost, on Sky One. It was also featured as a background song in the commercials for the first season of NBC's series Heroes, the Norwegian version of Survivor and UK previews for the Season 3 finale of Lost. Warren Miller's film Off the Grid featured "Hide and Seek" in one of the final segments.

"Hide and Seek" was remixed by Tiësto for his In Search of Sunrise 6 release.

In 2007, Saturday Night Live comically used the song in a Digital Short called The Shooting to parody its use in several TV shows. In the short, characters cut each other's scenes off by pulling out guns and shooting each other as the refrain plays over their slow-motion deaths. NBC was unable to upload the clip to YouTube immediately after the show because it hadn't cleared the song, but fans uploaded it on their own, naming it "Dear Sister". It became an Internet phenomenon, spawning a number of parodies, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Family Guy, The Godfather, 300, Fargo and Day of the Dead, in which scenes of real and fictional violence are punctuated with the refrain.

"Hide and Seek" was the title of the third single by musician Howard Jones. It was released in February 1984, and reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart.

"Hide And Seek" is the name of a 1984 single by British pop group Five Star. It was the group's second release, and would be later included on their 1985 debut album Luxury of Life. The single was written by Gary Bell (who co-wrote their later hit "System Addict"), and Anne Dudley, one of the UK's top female songwriters and composers. It wasn't a hit for the group, reaching #113.

The single was later covered by New Edition in 1984 as part of their Self-Titled Album.

The video to the single featured a colourful setting with an early Five Star logo as a back drop, with the floor resembling the American star and stripes flag, and a very simple (yet impressive) dance routine.