# What is this song?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 22, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song/110367 "2002-05-22T20:50:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song/110367/1 "2002-05-22T20:50:02Z")

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It’s played at many pro baseball and football games, and people yell **HEY** at the appropriate times. I believe that the Yankees may use it quite frequently.

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**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song/110367/2 "2002-05-22T20:53:07Z")

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Instrumental?

Rock ‘n’ Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter or something like that?

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**Author:** ![Phlint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@Phlint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlint)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song/110367/3 "2002-05-22T22:19:39Z")

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aka “The Hey Song”

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**Author:** ![johncole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johncole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johncole)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song/110367/4 "2002-05-22T23:46:34Z")

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[I guess this is the one you mean](http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/9796/heysong.html)

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**Author:** ![johncole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johncole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johncole)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song/110367/5 "2002-05-22T23:51:20Z")

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(sorry, not trying to pad count - just hit wrong button)

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> With its mammoth drum beat, growling guitar, dumb instrumental hook, and incessant chorus of “hey!,” his debut single, “Rock and Roll, Part Two,” was a huge hit in both the U.K. and the U.S.

[Paul Gadd - aka Gary Glitter](http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vanderlinden/GG5900.htm)