Hey Boy Hey Girl

"Hey Boy Hey Girl" is a 1999 song by English electronica duo The Chemical Brothers. It is the leading single from their third studio album Surrender. It went to number 3 in the United Kingdom and Canada, number 2 in Scotland, number 10 in New Zealand, number 25 in Australia, number 77 in France, number 29 in the Netherlands, number 41 in Germany, number 4 in Ireland, number 5 in Spain and Iceland, number 14 in Sweden and number 8 in Norway. The song contains a sample of the 1984 single The Roof Is on Fire by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three.

"Hey Boy Hey Girl"
Single by the Chemical Brothers
from Surrender"
B-side
  • "Flashback"
  • "Scale"
Released31 May 1999 (1999-05-31)
StudioOrinoco (South London, England)
Length4:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Tom Rowlands
  • Ed Simons
  • Gregory Carlton Wigfall
  • Richard Lee Fowler
  • Charles Pettiford
  • Celite Evans
  • Jerry Bloodrock
Producer(s)The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
""Only 4 the K People"
(1999)
Hey Boy Hey Girl ""Let Forever Be"
(1999)
"Hey Boy Hey Girl" at YouTube

Track listings

Standard CD and cassette single[1][2][3]

  1. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" – 4:48
  2. "Flashback" – 5:18
  3. "Scale" – 3:43

Standard 12-inch single[4][5]

  1. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (extended version) – 6:01
  2. "Flashback" – 5:18
  3. "Scale" – 3:43

European CD single[6]

  1. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (radio edit) – 3:32
  2. "Flashback" – 5:18

References

  1. Hey Boy Hey Girl (UK CD single liner notes). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1999. CHEMSD8, 7243 8 95887 2 9. 
  2. Hey Boy Hey Girl (US CD single liner notes). The Chemical Brothers. Astralwerks. 1999. ASW 66267-2, 0170 4 66267 2 9. 
  3. Hey Boy Hey Girl (UK cassette single sleeve). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1999. CHEMSC8, 7243 8 95887 4 3. 
  4. Hey Boy Hey Girl (UK 12-inch single sleeve). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1999. CHEMST8, 7243 8 95887 6 7. 
  5. Hey Boy Hey Girl (US 12-inch single sleeve). The Chemical Brothers. Astralwerks. 1999. ASW 6267-6, 0170 4 66267 6 7. 
  6. Hey Boy Hey Girl (European CD single liner notes). The Chemical Brothers. Freestyle Dust, Virgin Records. 1999. CHEMSDE8, 7243 8 95942 2 5.