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"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a 1969 song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band Steam. It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number-one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969, and remained on the charts in early 1970.
Paul Leka (February 20, 1943 [1] – October 12, 2011) was an American songwriter, record producer, pianist, arranger, and orchestrator, [2] most notable for co-writing the 1960s hits "Green Tambourine" and "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", the latter of which has become a standard song at sporting events.
The lyrics celebrate how happy the singer is in the company of the beloved, but suffering equally whenever the two separate. Describing it by analogy as a musical "change from major to minor", Porter begins with an A ♭ major chord and ends with an A ♭ minor chord, matching the mood of the music to the words. [2]
This article has now been revised by one of the actual participants to the Na Na Hey Hey phenomenon - the drummer. Because I know Paul Leka, Joe Messina, and all the other people who were involved personally and I was signed to Mercury Records as a member of Steam, the information that I have put into this article is my personal experience when ...
British DJ Steve Walsh covered the song as his debut single in 1987. The song peaked at number 9 in the UK in the same week as the Fatback Band's version peaked at number 7. [5] In the UK, it was released as a double A-side with a cover of Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" (whereas this was released as a B-side elsewhere). Walsh went ...
Her "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye" theme is now imitated by other teams and fans all over the world. Faust's talents have been recognized in a new exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame called "Women in Baseball." She was also a featured performer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra upon clinching of the 2005 American League pennant.
"Goodbye" stayed at number one for one week, remaining inside the chart for twenty-one weeks, [29] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) only four days after it was released, on 18 December 1998. [30] As of December 2020, the song has sold 949,000 copies in the United Kingdom, including 5.6 million streams.
"Carrie Anne" is a song written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks and released by British pop rock group the Hollies. It was recorded on 1 May 1967 and was released as a single in the same month by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and Epic Records in the United States. It became a hit in 1967, reaching No.3 on the UK Singles ...