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bertie21 | 19:05 Sat 02nd Jul 2005 | Music
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hello everyone - watching live8 and want to know what the song that snoop dog sang last was originally by - na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey goodbye! if anyone knows it would solve a slight disagreement!!


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I thought it was originally by Bananarama.

bananarama did a cover of this song....... the original was by a band called "Steam" in the early 70's i believe

Some more info:

This was produced and recorded in one night by New York studio musicians Paul Leka, Dale Frashuer, and Gary DeCarlo. They used the name Steam because no one wanted their real name on the record. It was inspired by the sight of steam rising from an open manhole.
This is commonly used at sporting events when the home team is about to win or an opposing player is removed from the game.
The "na,na,na,na" parts were placeholders for where they couldn't come up with lyrics. Under deadline pressure, they turned in what they had for use as a B-side. The record company loved it, and released it as an A-side, where it became a surprise hit.
Bananarama covered this on their first album in 1983.
The recording was designed to be a seven-to-eight minute throwaway of a B-side. It was shortened after test pressings had phonograph needles jumping out of the groove of the 45. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)
Paul Leka was also a member of the Lemon Pipers, the group who gave us "Green Tambourine." He resides in Northern Connecticut, on the Massachusetts border. (thanks, Jeff - Scottsdale, AZ)

An a cappella group called the Nylons released a version of this, too, in the mid-1980s.
- Deb, Boston, MA 
i heard that tommy james wrote this song after he wrote crystal blue persasion. becausee he was to write a song for them. but decided to keep it then he wrote ney ney hey hey kiss him goodbye for steam
- gary, albertville, AL 

Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss him Goodbye)

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