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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.
Steam was an American pop rock music group, best known for their 1969 number one hit single, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". [1] The song was written and recorded by studio musicians Gary DeCarlo (aka Garrett Scott), Dale Frashuer, and producer/writer Paul Leka at Mercury Records studios in New York City.
The group's fortunes would rebound, however, with their UK follow-up single, a cover version of Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". The B-side, "Girl About Town," has been issued on CD for the first time on the 2007 UK reissue of Deep Sea Skiving as one of five bonus tracks.
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 song contains a sample of Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] An uptempo dance pop track, the lyrics of the song deal with DeBarge getting over her ex-boyfriend. [ 4 ] A music video was released to promote the song, which features DeBarge and her friends stealing her ex-boyfriend's car and driving to various ...
The Nylons also appeared on the very popular new Super Dave Osborne Show in Season 1, Episode 8 in 1987, singing "Kiss Him Goodbye. In October 24, 1992, The Nylons sang " O Canada " at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia , preceding Game 6 of the 1992 World Series , in which their hometown team, the Toronto Blue Jays , won their ...
"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" is a song by Leonard Cohen. [1] It was first released in November 1967, in a version by Judy Collins on her album Wildflowers . The following month, Cohen's own version was issued on his debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen .
The song referred to the ubiquity and nonsense lyrics of the original. [10] Eddie Cantor , Eva Taylor , Isabelle Patricola , and Belle Baker all sang on releases of this song. Patsy Montana 's " I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart " (written 1934, recorded 1935), the first million seller hit by a female country artist, was an answer to Stuart ...