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Total BS; Who sang this pop tune?
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Subject: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Murray MacLeod Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:42 PM You know the one I mean, I heard it again on someone's car radio and it's driving me nuts. It's the one that goes: Na na NAH-nah, Na na NAH-nah, hey, hey, hey, Good-byeee. I know this isn't strictly Mudcat material, but I would reckon that everybody in the Western Hemisphere has heard this song. WHO SANG IT? And when? And, for that matter, what was the song called ? Murray |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: SeanM Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:52 PM Na Na, Hey Hey (Goodbye) Listed on the linked page as by "Steam" Hope this helps. M |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Bill D Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:54 PM "everybody in the Western Hemisphere has heard this song. " proud to say, not me!...*grin* |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Murray MacLeod Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:57 PM Thank you Sean. As it says on your linked page, it is one of the world's most heard songs. (Or the chorus is) I am, however, amazed that I have absolurely no recollection of a band called "Steam" Murray
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Murray MacLeod Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:59 PM Oh, you've heard it Bill, but maybe you just don't remember it ....*G* Murray |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: alison Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:59 PM done by Bananarama, (3 girl group from the UK) in the early 80's.... as a cover of the earlier one.... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Bobert Date: 17 Jan 02 - 06:03 PM Ranked the #1 song in the counrty for 2 weeks in Novemebr, 1969, and in the Top 40 for 13 weeks, it was good example of one-hit-wonder bands. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: alison Date: 17 Jan 02 - 06:12 PM you can hear the Bananrama version B>Bananarama>Sounds>here select "greatest hits" and scroll down slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: breezy Date: 17 Jan 02 - 06:14 PM Where is the westren hemisphere please? Is it west of the Greenwich meridian Nya |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: SeanM Date: 17 Jan 02 - 06:16 PM If you've watched American televised sporting events, you've likely heard it. If you've watched Amercian television advertising, you've likely heard it. If you've listened to any "oldies" American radio station, you've likely heard it. I sincerely hope (for their own sanity) that this is not the case in other countries. I'm not certain, but I think that this song might explain some of the more aberrant behavior of Americans in the last few decades. I almost have the Bay of Pigs fiasco linked to it... M |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Murray MacLeod Date: 17 Jan 02 - 06:18 PM Yes, it does. Just like the Northern Hemisphere starts at the Equator. Murray |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Murray MacLeod Date: 17 Jan 02 - 06:21 PM Sean, didn't the Bay of Pigs fiasco take place in 1961 ......?? Murray |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: RangerSteve Date: 17 Jan 02 - 06:33 PM Steam was never a real band. It seems that some guy had recorded a bunch of songs under his real name (I forget what is was), and needed one more tune to make a complete album. NaNa Hey Hey was picked, and was supposed to be the worst song on the album. Seems that DJ's liked the song, and it became the hit. The performer was so embarrassed that he invented the name Steam, rather that have his real name associated with it. I got this info from a series of books called Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. A highly recommended set of books for you trivia fans. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: M.Ted Date: 17 Jan 02 - 07:53 PM The person who put "Steam" together was one Paul Leka--for those who care, however, the aggregation were not "one hit wonders"--they had a follow-up,"I've Gotta Make You Love Me"(as opposed to "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me") that stayed on the HOT 100 for nearly two months-- |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: SeanM Date: 17 Jan 02 - 10:00 PM Murray; That could be why it's difficult. Though I do think I have a line on the autobiography of an eyewitness who claims that John Wilkes Booth's last lines at the Ford Theatre were "Hey hey..." M |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: mack/misophist Date: 17 Jan 02 - 10:18 PM I am proud beyond words to say that, even though I have spent the last couple of decades in California, I have never heard that thing. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: GUEST,Desdemona Date: 17 Jan 02 - 10:25 PM It's a horrible, dreadful song, and while I haven't the least idea of who the perpetrator(s) might have been, I curse you for having planted it in my head. ;~) D. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: M.Ted Date: 17 Jan 02 - 10:26 PM Well, you never know, Misophist, you might turn out to be one of the many who likes it--- Oh, please don't get it confused with "Naa, Na-Na-Na-Naa, Na-Na-Na Naa Nana Naa Nana Naaa"--- |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Jeanie Date: 18 Jan 02 - 01:44 PM Not to be confused, either, with "Na-na-na-naaa: na-naaa-na-na-na; na-na-na-naaa:naa-na-na-na; Na-na-na-naaa:na-naaa-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na" sung, I think, by the Muppets. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Murray MacLeod Date: 18 Jan 02 - 01:53 PM Also not to be confused with "Nah, Nah, Nah,, nanana Nah, nanana Nah Hey ????" Murray |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: JenEllen Date: 18 Jan 02 - 02:12 PM RangerSteve, cheers on the Uncle John's Readers....another great one is called 'Seattle Grafitti'...classic. You know who else sang this one? I have vague memories, nightmares really, of that chunk in the eighties where every film star thought he could sing (Eddie Murphy--eeek)? The worst rendition of the NahNahHeyHeyGoodbye song....drum roll...Bruce Willis. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 18 Jan 02 - 07:56 PM No, no, no... the Muppets did Ma na ma na, boop boop bedooboop, Na-na-na-naaa: na-naaa-na-na-na; na-na-na-naaa:naa-na-na-na was completely different.... And who could remember Bad Manner's Buster Bloodvessel with 'Nee nee nah nah noh noh noo noo!'. LTS |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 18 Jan 02 - 08:06 PM And The Charms Sang: "no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no, no,no,no,no,no,no your daddy knows, I thought you knew, Hearts Made of Stone. Some started another thread about what makes a hit song. I guess we know,know,know, know, know,know,know,know,know,now. Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: GUEST,Desdemona Date: 18 Jan 02 - 08:40 PM And don't forget the "nobody can do the filly, like I do, nobody can do the _____ like I do, etc." with it's immortal "no no no nono no no no no no...." chorus! Tragically, I can't name the "artist"!
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: M.Ted Date: 18 Jan 02 - 09:20 PM Jerry, you got the right number of"no"s for "Hearts of Stone--you get the Sid Nathan Award for keeping R & B flame burning--I'll bet you know what WPLJ stands for! Everybody else, I think we all are talking about the same song, "Land of a Thousand Dances", which was a hit for Chris Kenner, Cannibal and the Headhunters, Wilson Pickett, the J. Geils Band and somebody else I can't remember--pretty important song-- |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Bill D Date: 18 Jan 02 - 11:51 PM and Jonathan Winters said, "Ney noo NAH ne no ney"...sort of...which makes as much sense... and any of the above! (If I ever DID hear anything like that, my brain had orders to NOT process it to memory cells) |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: GUEST,Paul O. Date: 19 Jan 02 - 12:51 AM i'm canadian, but it seems to me it might have originated from your european football (soccer) stadiums as that untangable, chant from the fans. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: MARINER Date: 19 Jan 02 - 03:19 PM Please don't forget "NE NE NA NA NU NU NU" by Dickie Do and the Don'ts. |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Little Hawk Date: 19 Jan 02 - 04:36 PM It's a damned shame that William Shatner did not decide to cover that song on his second album... - LH |
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Subject: RE: Total BS; Who sang this pop tune? From: Irish sergeant Date: 19 Jan 02 - 05:18 PM God don't even say that in jest! He will cut another album just to say he did it! (Irish sergeasnt said as he ran sceaming into the night.) Kindest regards, Neil PS- alot of us in the US loathe the damned song also. |
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