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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.
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.
Its lyrics address the overusage of Auto-Tune in the music industry. The song samples "In the Space" by the Montenegrin composer Janko Nilović. [2] The bridge is inspired by Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" and interpolates lyrics from Kanye West's "Big Brother", and "You're Nobody (Till Somebody Kills You)" by The Notorious B.I.G.
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 song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.
Batman Theme from the 1966 television series Batman, which features the lyrics "Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Batman" "Hey Jude", a song by the English rock band the Beatles featuring a coda featuring a "Na-na-na na" refrain "Land of a Thousand Dances", a song written and first recorded by Chris Kenner famous for its "na na na na na" hook
Neil Finn joins the podcast to discuss the iconic sing-along jam. The Story Behind Crowded House’s “Hey Now, Hey Now” Anthem “Don’t Dream It’s Over” Ben Kaye