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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.
Released late in 1969, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" reached number one in the United States for two weeks in December 1969. [ 1 ] The song was also a Top 10 hit in the UK and Canada. Leka hastily put together a touring group to support the hit single, none of whose members had actually played on the recording. [ 2 ]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
"Goodbye Earl" was written by songwriter Dennis Linde. He plays acoustic guitar on the song, while producers Blake Chancey and Paul Worley, along with Charlie Robison, provide backing vocals. [3] It is composed in the key of C major with a vocal range of G 3-C 5 and a main chord pattern of C-F/C-C-G sus 4. [4]
The song is set in the key of F minor with a chord pattern of D ♭-Fm-E ♭. [1] It is about a couple who have decided to break up because the only thing they can get right is making love and they decide to "do what [they] do best" one last time before breaking up.