Welcome to Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine! We provide classic video music clips from the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's and occasionally the 1980's. We are dedicated in improving your viewing and listening pleasure by editing, restoring and remastering vintage film clips. Enjoy!
A great love song when I was a teenager. Just searching for it because the tune stays with me. Just as good now at 66 years old as 16!! Love this tune!! A classic for my time!
Fun to watch this. I worked for Hank in the late 80's/early 90's. He would belt this song out from his office every time it came on radio. Hope you're doing well Hank.
“Steam” were a bunch of well known songwriters(Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer) in New York’s famous Brill Building (famous for songwriters like Carole King, Neil Diamond and others) that decided to write and release a song for themselves. They had a good hunch, because this one hit #1 on the Billboard charts and #6 in Canada in late 1969. To date, the 45rpm has sold over 6.5 million copies
I remember when this song first aired on the radio in November 1969. I didn't know it at the time I was listening to an evergreen song until I got older! That was my jam back in 1969. At that time I was eight years old. It sounds even better in 2023.
November 1969. Met my future husband during our 'off' period in 10th grade. I had a sort-of boyfriend, but this came on the juke box and he went over and played it 10 times in a row. How could I NOT fall for him?xoxo
I Swear..if it wasn't for the internet I always thought this song was performed by a African American Motown Group ran by Berry Gordy when I would listen to it on the radio..and then I see with my own eyes a group of Hippies performing it ..wow.. What a Classic!!!
The group in the video didn't actually record the song. Check it out. Its an interesting story about what was written to intentionally be a throw away on the B side became a legendary hit. The singer didn't like it and said he wouldn't perform it live, so the studio made up the band "Steam" to go out on tour.
I love them more than ever. This song saw me through my youth and decades after when I remembered it. Cracks me up that I hear it is annoying to new generations - they are the ones who most ought to hear it, as they seem to be the most psychologically affected. They've not learned to shrug off adversity, misunderstanding, overt attack, primarily because they've been deprived of family structure and/or family values. Humans are not meant to live in isolation from others.
There's a lot of mystery to this video, first off Steam never existed, Paul Leka had a studio in Ct called Connecticut Recording Studios, Bridgeport and later in Sharon. Some sites say this was recorded in NYC, not true. There was a group of guys working on stuff, mostly solo and this song came out, Gary DeCarlo: (as "Garrett Scott") co-writer, lead vocalist and others did several demos, Na Na was the one chosen by Mercury to put out, but Gary didn't want it as a solo thing so they invented the name Steam, Paul Leka is the piano keys. I don't knnow who these guys are in the video but a touring group was assembled to promote the song because it was #1 in US and #10 in UK and Canada. After that no other efforts were made regarding Steam, Lika concentrated on his studio were many people recorded including Harry Chapin, DeCarlo focused on a solo career. The song is still huge, yet the band never existed.
The band did come to exist, but, only after the song was already a chart hit. (from Wikipedia) "The touring group consisted of: Bill Steer (vocals), Jay Babina and Tom Zuke (guitars), Mike Daniels (bass), Hank Schorz (keyboard), and Ray Corriea (drums)", none of whom actually played on the original recording that they were sent out to promote.
These are not the actual members. I am the daughter of Frank Borrelli, singer/songwriter for the Chateaus and the Glenwoods. I grew up hanging out with them in the studio. I never recognized these men when the video came out. This song was always told to us kids that it belonged to my father. He told it to us before the song was famous. He was never credited.
I will never forget the first time I heard this song. I was flying to Germany to be stationed in the US Army when Frankfurt was fogged in and couldn't land there. We had to fly to the Netherlands where we spent the night at a Holiday Inn in Leiden. I heard this song on a glass topped bus as we drove thru the streets of Amsterdam. My first day in Europe was memorable to say the least.
@@kevinhockersmith8149 Thanks Kevin. I had every expectation I would be going to Vietnam, but at the last minute, orders were changed to Germany where I spent a little over 2 years.
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye He'll never love you, the way that I love you Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn't make you cry He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (My love, my love) So dog-gone willin', so kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him, wanna see you kiss him) Go on and kiss him goodbye, now Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Listen to me now He's never near you to comfort and cheer you When all those sad tears are fallin' baby from your eyes He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (My love, my love) So dog-gone willin', so kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him, I wanna see you kiss him) Go on and kiss him goodbye, na na na na, na na na Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye I really love you girl I really need you girl I need to have you near me every day C'mon girl You know that's true girl I really need you girl I can't let you be with him Well, all right Give it to me one time Writer(s): Gary De Carlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, Rochard McCoull
All those Saturday night games at old Comiskey Park in Chicago. Organist Nancy Faust pumped this constantly for every pitching change, every White Sox homerun, and at the end of every Sox victory. What great memories.
My favorite part of the video is homeboy on the drums trying to learn the song as they were filming. If it were a game of “Rock Band”, I’d score it a 29%
I was watching this thing & thinking "What is it? Are these guys freezing in front of the camera or something???" I couldn't help but notice the bad lip synching but I chalked that up to my phone buffering, lol! 😄😄😄
@@TredLand It's 'cos none of them played on the original recording! The band Steam didn't exist, it was a throwaway song originally done as a quick B-side to a ballad by a solo artist but the A&R man at the record company smelled a hit. He saw some steam coming out of a manhole cover outside of the recording studio and quickly called the band Steam at put it out as a single. When it took off, they suddenly had to have some people pretending to be Steam. And that's why all the people in this video look so lost. It's hilarious.
I Liked & Loved this Song when I was Little in The Early 89's because it was in My Dad's Era a Good Old Fashion Oldie but Goodie!!. Thanks for Posting the Video!!😀👏👏👏👍👋
Little long but interesting trivia about the song.. >>>>The group seen does not perform on the record at all.. The only instruments used on the recording were Vibes, Piano, Organ, and a drum track that was a loop.. Some of the drumming has fills in the some wrong places actually but was left in the recording. The vocals are only the 3 guys mentioned, double tracked.. (Per interview with Gary DeCarlo). ..>The song was written and recorded by studio musicians on lead vocals, Gary DeCarlo (aka Garrett Scott), Dale Frashuer, and producer/writer Paul Leka at Mercury Records studios in New York City. The single was attributed to the band "Steam", although at the time there was actually no band with that name. Leka and the studio group later recorded also the first album of the band, from which other four songs were released as singles in 1970. DeCarlo's first single was to be "Workin' On a Groovy Thing", but it was beaten by the 5th Dimension version released a week earlier. Then the company and Leka decided on "Sweet Laura Lee" as the next single and a B-side was needed. DeCarlo and Leka were asked to cut a B-side along with Frashuer. The song was "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". A DJ in Georgia played "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" on the radio. Requests to replay the song began to pour in by phone. Then the radio station put the song on its tight play list and other radio stations picked it up. By the beginning of the 21st century, sales of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" had exceeded 6.5 million records.. ..>Wikipedia INTERVIEW with Gary DeCarlo> th-cam.com/video/zHvzCu2JhjQ/w-d-xo.html
I was born in Seattle in 1966 and left Seattle when this song hit #1 at the end of 1969 and haven't been back since. I was only 3 1/2 years old. Love this song and now I want to get back to Seattle.
This is a good song to sing when something that is absolutely terrible is leaving you, or vice versa. Or on New Year's Eve if you've had an especially crappy year (like 2023).
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye- forever our main song for my favorite baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, and for our dearly beloved former organist, Nancy Faust Jenkins (1970-2010).
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye He'll never love you, the way that I love you 'Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn't make you cry He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (My love, my love) So dog-gone willin', so kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him, wanna see you kiss him) Go on and kiss him goodbye, now Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Listen to me now He's never near you to comfort and cheer you When all those sad tears are fallin' baby from your eyes He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (My love, my love) So dog-gone willin', so kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him, I wanna see you kiss him) Go on and kiss him goodbye, na na na na, na na na Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
I presume these aren't the performers on the record. Steam wasn't a real group when it was recorded. I remember this quote from the producer: "It was shit then, and it's shit now!" -- even though it was a #1 record! It was just supposed to be a tossed off B-side.
My mom used to work for a middle school in the 1990's, and she once heard the students singing this on the last day of school, except they sang it it as "na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, good riddance!"
I know it was played every game at the local college basketball games a couple of years ago. Our local college team was literally blowing every Team they played out of the stadium! They were winning by 20 to 30 points every game and had an undefeated regular season. Every game Na Na Hey Hey was played near the end. Unfortunately, our boys blew the Championship game.
I think this isn't the original singer , I'm quite confused about it. This is Bill Pescali and the writer and singer was Gary DeCarlo. Please confirm someone
@@jillsimmons5089 No one in this clip played or sang on the original recording. Steam were conceived as a fictitious band so that this song would be kept separate from Gary DeCarlo''s solo career. Of course it went on to be a massive hit and Gary DeCarlo's solo career stiffed.
Look at the close up of the guy playing the guitar on the left just before he starts clapping. 1:42 Must be a rare stringless guitar. Also when the main singer starts singing he stops clapping and the clapping continues with nobody clapping afterwards. Heck of an echo I guess.
I grew up with Gary ( singer ). He was a good guy - very quiet & shy. We hung out all through elementary & into high school. His behavior was becoming strange however & his mom Shirley took him to see a psychiatrist. I knew he was an alter boy in 5th & 6th grade & turns out the priest used to play with Gary’s junk. This really messed him up as you can imagine. On top of that, during his therapy he came out a a gay guy - not cool at all. Of course, we couldn’t be buddies anymore, people started to think I was fruity too. He was always a good singer, he was the lead in the youth church choir. I believe it was shortly after graduation he met 2 other fellas & that became the beginning of “Steam”. We found out later, the band was called Steam because that’s where Gary met the other guys- at a Steam room sauna in Manhattan . I ran into his brother about 12 years ago , he said Gary had changed his name & was really in bad shape from drugs & anal herpes.
Discos LP do meu finado pai que ele descanse em paz pois esse mundo de hoje ninguém mais respeita todas as nações que Deus tome conta dessa geração pois acho que não temos muito tempo deus abençoe o mundo inteiro
Dave Clark had a hit with this in the UK Instead of calling himself The Dave Clark 5 he changed the name to Dave Clark & Friends It was one of their last hits
I hope everyone knows this video is not the real singer. The real singer was the cowriter of the song, Gary DeCarlo who had the smooth soul voice you hear. The guy in the video is lip synching, and the band wasn’t a real band when the recording was made. To see Gary sing it, search for the PBS video. His voice was nearly unchanged with age (don’t mistakenly select the PBS one that’s overdubbed with the original recording).
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Welcome to Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine!
We provide classic video music clips from the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's and occasionally the 1980's. We are dedicated in improving your viewing and listening pleasure by editing, restoring and remastering vintage film clips. Enjoy!
How bout Knicks 1970
Bitchen song 🎧 ❤
A great love song when I was a teenager. Just searching for it because the tune stays with me. Just as good now at 66 years old as 16!! Love this tune!! A classic for my time!
I'm 66 too but never thought they were black.
💃🕊🏝🕊💃
Making it my ring tone
I love this too! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
My old time favourite.. love it ❤
Fun to watch this. I worked for Hank in the late 80's/early 90's. He would belt this song out from his office every time it came on radio. Hope you're doing well Hank.
It's so awkward because it seems like the English comments were copied and pasted into yes from the translator.s.
Indeed! I sang this when Whitney Houston died.
It could be Stevie Wonder singing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss HIm Goodbye'.
We are missing all of the musicians! Tamborine, xylophone? Awesome song that lasted through the ages! I'm 61 and heard this back in 1st grade -1969!
1969, WHEN TED ALEXANDER WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY THE RECORD, ON WELW, IN WILLOUGHBY OHIO
High School Confidential. God Bless 'em...! !
record was a studio produced knock off that wasn't supposed to be played. when it went big they needed to invent a band to promote it.
You’re also missing the real lead singer, Gary DeCarlo who passed away in 2017!!!
“Steam” were a bunch of well known songwriters(Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer) in New York’s famous Brill Building (famous for songwriters like Carole King, Neil Diamond and others) that decided to write and release a song for themselves. They had a good hunch, because this one hit #1 on the Billboard charts and #6 in Canada in late 1969.
To date, the 45rpm has sold over 6.5 million copies
RIP Gary!!! Great lead vocalist
You need to check out the video of how this song was created. There is no group called Steam !!!
I remember when this song first aired on the radio in November 1969.
I didn't know it at the time I was listening to an evergreen song until I got older!
That was my jam back in 1969.
At that time I was eight years old.
It sounds even better in 2023.
Sure does. I was 11 when this came out. I still love it.
Absolutely -I was 5 yrs old still enjoy it now as much as I did then 💎 Auckland New Zealand 2024
@@donnaw2870, I still love it too. I sang it when Whitney Houston died
@@donnaw2870I was 11 too. It had a great impact on me.
November 1969. Met my future husband during our 'off' period in 10th grade. I had a sort-of boyfriend, but this came on the juke box and he went over and played it 10 times in a row. How could I NOT fall for him?xoxo
NOW this song is gonna be in my head ALL DAY , today ! So catchy ...
I sang it when Whitney Houston died
I remember giving my nephew who is now 37 a ride when he was 10 or 11. When this song came on the radio he sang along with it
The Chicago White Socks have been using this song since the 70s... Love it!
We can thank Steam and Nancy Faust, for that.
This song has earned a spot in the heart of every Montreal Canadiens fan for the last 50 yrs. A true classic!
They got the classic soul.....love this song......I miss being a kid.....lol
I can surely dig that.
Me too.
Takes me to my cousin's wedding 1970. He's long gone but the song lives on
I sang it when Whitney Houston died
I love this song just as much today as I did when it was brand new. Timeless!
I sang it when Whitney Houston died
Love it, love it, love it! An uplifting and energizing great song that I have loved sine 1969 when I was 19.
I love this song too! I sang it when Whitney Houston died
I was the very same age then. Agree with you.
Some songs achieve eternity. This is one of them..
Brilliant, excellent, unreal, I love it! Nothing beats the oldies music!.
Thank you.
I Swear..if it wasn't for the internet I always thought this song was performed by a African American Motown Group ran by Berry Gordy when I would listen to it on the radio..and then I see with my own eyes a group of Hippies performing it ..wow.. What a Classic!!!
Me too.
The group in the video didn't actually record the song. Check it out. Its an interesting story about what was written to intentionally be a throw away on the B side became a legendary hit. The singer didn't like it and said he wouldn't perform it live, so the studio made up the band "Steam" to go out on tour.
White men stole this song
I thought the same. The lead vocal sounds like Stevie Wonder. 😂
@@SPORTSNUTIM Right? it has a Motown Classic feel not a hippie feel like The Byrds
Greatest “feel-good song” ever!!
Agreed! I love this song! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
John, I feel the same,it's a happy song
@@jillsimmons5089 agreed!
I love them more than ever. This song saw me through my youth and decades after when I remembered it. Cracks me up that I hear it is annoying to new generations - they are the ones who most ought to hear it, as they seem to be the most psychologically affected. They've not learned to shrug off adversity, misunderstanding, overt attack, primarily because they've been deprived of family structure and/or family values. Humans are not meant to live in isolation from others.
I sang this song when Whitney Houston died
I was on KP at Ft. Lewis fall of 1969 the first time I heard this, it has
never left me.
Thankyou Ground Pounder!
1st time heard and sang this song was from the rafters of Nassau Coliseum as the Oilers left town....circa early 80s FTW! Fort neverlose
I sang this song when Whitney Houston died.
That was the year before they swept the islanders on their way to a dynasty right? Yea I remember
I've always loved the transition to the 2nd verse, 1:05 - 1:39. Great song.
...and thus the era of the combover had begun
Brilliant 🤩
Wonderful song. I remember it well when I was a kid. One of the many songs that brings back a lot of precious memories.
I sang it when Whitney Houston died
Remember it well,I was 17 when it came out,it still sounds great as it did all those decades ago.🇵🇹🇵🇹🇺🇸
It DOES. I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
There's a lot of mystery to this video, first off Steam never existed, Paul Leka had a studio in Ct called Connecticut Recording Studios, Bridgeport and later in Sharon. Some sites say this was recorded in NYC, not true. There was a group of guys working on stuff, mostly solo and this song came out, Gary DeCarlo: (as "Garrett Scott") co-writer, lead vocalist and others did several demos, Na Na was the one chosen by Mercury to put out, but Gary didn't want it as a solo thing so they invented the name Steam, Paul Leka is the piano keys. I don't knnow who these guys are in the video but a touring group was assembled to promote the song because it was #1 in US and #10 in UK and Canada. After that no other efforts were made regarding Steam, Lika concentrated on his studio were many people recorded including Harry Chapin, DeCarlo focused on a solo career. The song is still huge, yet the band never existed.
The band did come to exist, but, only after the song was already a chart hit. (from Wikipedia) "The touring group consisted of: Bill Steer (vocals), Jay Babina and Tom Zuke (guitars), Mike Daniels (bass), Hank Schorz (keyboard), and Ray Corriea (drums)", none of whom actually played on the original recording that they were sent out to promote.
Interesting
The drummer in the video also obviously doesn't know his part, lol.
These are not the actual members. I am the daughter of Frank Borrelli, singer/songwriter for the Chateaus and the Glenwoods. I grew up hanging out with them in the studio. I never recognized these men when the video came out. This song was always told to us kids that it belonged to my father. He told it to us before the song was famous. He was never credited.
That is what I heard a very long time ago….something about a basement recording session in southern Connecticut
I will never forget the first time I heard this song. I was flying to Germany to be stationed in the US Army when Frankfurt was fogged in and couldn't land there. We had to fly to the Netherlands where we spent the night at a Holiday Inn in Leiden. I heard this song on a glass topped bus as we drove thru the streets of Amsterdam. My first day in Europe was memorable to say the least.
Nice story. Thanks for your service
@@kevinhockersmith8149 Thanks Kevin. I had every expectation I would be going to Vietnam, but at the last minute, orders were changed to Germany where I spent a little over 2 years.
@@carolanndenton5933 No comparison!
My Autistic son was sing loud and clear this song today Thursday 18th 2024 , Rozelle Gibbs.
I sang this song when Whitney Houston died
Very cool!
YEAH!!!
Great song great year of music 1969 ❤
Indeed, melodic harmonies of epic proportions...
Thank you!
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
He'll never love you, the way that I love you
Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn't make you cry
He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love
(My love, my love)
So dog-gone willin', so kiss him
(I wanna see you kiss him, wanna see you kiss him)
Go on and kiss him goodbye, now
Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Listen to me now
He's never near you to comfort and cheer you
When all those sad tears are fallin' baby from your eyes
He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love
(My love, my love)
So dog-gone willin', so kiss him
(I wanna see you kiss him, I wanna see you kiss him)
Go on and kiss him goodbye, na na na na, na na na
Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
I really love you girl
I really need you girl
I need to have you near me every day
C'mon girl
You know that's true girl
I really need you girl
I can't let you be with him
Well, all right
Give it to me one time
Writer(s): Gary De Carlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, Rochard McCoull
All those Saturday night games at old Comiskey Park in Chicago. Organist Nancy Faust pumped this constantly for every pitching change, every White Sox homerun, and at the end of every Sox victory. What great memories.
My funeral music is now chosen!😊😊👌👌👍👍
Thanks for the hint Adding this to my "I've Died so here's my Final Wishes" List.
My favorite part of the video is homeboy on the drums trying to learn the song as they were filming. If it were a game of “Rock Band”, I’d score it a 29%
I was 8 when this came out. I was a huge Motown fan and thought this group was African American. Great voices.
Me too!!!
VERY! I sang this when Whitney Houston died.
@@shutterbug_713 🩵
me too
You have taken me back in time! I remember this song.👍👍💯Thank you......
Hey.. you have to love how some of these members look lost especially the Drummer
I was watching this thing & thinking "What is it? Are these guys freezing in front of the camera or something???" I couldn't help but notice the bad lip synching but I chalked that up to my phone buffering, lol! 😄😄😄
@@g.hon.4645 lol
@@TredLand It's 'cos none of them played on the original recording! The band Steam didn't exist, it was a throwaway song originally done as a quick B-side to a ballad by a solo artist but the A&R man at the record company smelled a hit. He saw some steam coming out of a manhole cover outside of the recording studio and quickly called the band Steam at put it out as a single. When it took off, they suddenly had to have some people pretending to be Steam. And that's why all the people in this video look so lost. It's hilarious.
@@NewFalconerRecords thank you so much for the info 🙏🏻
This is one of the greatest rock groves ever written. For over 40 years I thought these guys were black, and was shocked to find out not.
I did too. Thought maybe four tops did this!!
I thought this was Sly and the Family Stone for years!
STEAM a one word group. Not hard to forget. Always used to annoy me by it started at such a low volume.
I Liked & Loved this Song when I was Little in The Early 89's because it was in My Dad's Era a Good Old Fashion Oldie but Goodie!!. Thanks for Posting the Video!!😀👏👏👏👍👋
This song is forever a football stadium song.
I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
In england
@@גלגולשלישיואחרוןi inky associate it with the bingo ads
And baseball
Little long but interesting trivia about the song..
>>>>The group seen does not perform on the record at all.. The only instruments used on the recording were Vibes, Piano, Organ, and a drum track that was a loop.. Some of the drumming has fills in the some wrong places actually but was left in the recording. The vocals are only the 3 guys mentioned, double tracked.. (Per interview with Gary DeCarlo).
..>The song was written and recorded by studio musicians on lead vocals, Gary DeCarlo (aka Garrett Scott), Dale Frashuer, and producer/writer Paul Leka at Mercury Records studios in New York City. The single was attributed to the band "Steam", although at the time there was actually no band with that name. Leka and the studio group later recorded also the first album of the band, from which other four songs were released as singles in 1970. DeCarlo's first single was to be "Workin' On a Groovy Thing", but it was beaten by the 5th Dimension version released a week earlier. Then the company and Leka decided on "Sweet Laura Lee" as the next single and a B-side was needed. DeCarlo and Leka were asked to cut a B-side along with Frashuer. The song was "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". A DJ in Georgia played "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" on the radio. Requests to replay the song began to pour in by phone. Then the radio station put the song on its tight play list and other radio stations picked it up. By the beginning of the 21st century, sales of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" had exceeded 6.5 million records..
..>Wikipedia
INTERVIEW with Gary DeCarlo> th-cam.com/video/zHvzCu2JhjQ/w-d-xo.html
I was born in Seattle in 1966 and left Seattle when this song hit #1 at the end of 1969 and haven't been back since. I was only 3 1/2 years old. Love this song and now I want to get back to Seattle.
its a wokey dump
steam 싱어 이노래부르시는분 성함 모르지만...목소리가 참 매력적임.
Bill Steer voice is so charming
Just learned not Temptations, not Motown, but Whites dues doing a Motown style classic!
I join you in your salutations to white guys might still have a little soul!! Like me and you!! I always thought it was the Four Tops!
Canção maravilhosa do grupo Steam que sempre me faz lembrar do Capitão América que é o maior super-herói da Marvel em todos os tempos.❤
Magnifique époque de ma Jeunesse j'avais 16 ans 🥲
Wonderful restoration. So enjoyed. THANKS!!!!
Thank you too!
This is a good song to sing when something that is absolutely terrible is leaving you, or vice versa. Or on New Year's Eve if you've had an especially crappy year (like 2023).
Definitely! I sang this when Whitney Houston died.
❤❤❤ Saudades do meu pai que adorava essa música! ❤❤❤
This song was the most pernicious but pleasant of earworms, and still is to this day.
I sang it when Whitney Houston died
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye- forever our main song for my favorite baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, and for our dearly beloved former organist, Nancy Faust Jenkins (1970-2010).
I was in basic training at Fort Gordon and this song was popular then...It takes me right back to boot camp !!!!
Thanks for posting this. Much better quality than other posts of this video.
Thanks Rob. Much appreciated!
@@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach Thanks! Can you say where you got this video? I am amazed that such a film was made at the time.
Even if this tune was 'vapor-rock', it resonated in a way that has carried it through decades and has become an anthem for Chicago.
This was the sing of the year in 1969. I was 11 years old and this song still makes me want to get up and dance at age 64!
I know how you feel. Puts a smile on my face when I hear this song.
@@donnaw2870, a smile on mine too! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
Love this song......
I do too! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
One of the earliest songs with a double-bass rhythm throughout the whole song
tolle stereo Aufnahme für die Zeit😂❤
Na Na Hey Hey Dale un beso de despedida ..... Este tema es un Himno al amor eterno ....
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
He'll never love you, the way that I love you
'Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn't make you cry
He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love
(My love, my love)
So dog-gone willin', so kiss him
(I wanna see you kiss him, wanna see you kiss him)
Go on and kiss him goodbye, now
Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Listen to me now
He's never near you to comfort and cheer you
When all those sad tears are fallin' baby from your eyes
He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love
(My love, my love)
So dog-gone willin', so kiss him
(I wanna see you kiss him, I wanna see you kiss him)
Go on and kiss him goodbye, na na na na, na na na
Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
The best breakup /divorce victory chorus ever 😁
Agreed! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
I always think of Savio Vega singing to Ted DiBiase whenever I hear this song
I presume these aren't the performers on the record. Steam wasn't a real group when it was recorded. I remember this quote from the producer: "It was shit then, and it's shit now!" -- even though it was a #1 record! It was just supposed to be a tossed off B-side.
I was in High School 1969-1972, so this song, and others by Queen will always remind me of pep rallies....
schurz h.s ?
My mom used to work for a middle school in the 1990's, and she once heard the students singing this on the last day of school, except they sang it it as "na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, good riddance!"
Always been a massive fan of Steam
An original Steamette
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You do realize, of course, that this is the Milli Vanilli of groups.
In addition to everything else this is also one of the greatest Sports Anthems of all time. Maybe even just behind We Are the Champions!
Might have to agree with you!
I know it was played every game at the local college basketball games a couple of years ago. Our local college team was literally blowing every Team they played out of the stadium! They were winning by 20 to 30 points every game and had an undefeated regular season. Every game Na Na Hey Hey was played near the end. Unfortunately, our boys blew the Championship game.
I did not picture this when I first heard this song as a teenager.
I think this isn't the original singer , I'm quite confused about it. This is Bill Pescali and the writer and singer was Gary DeCarlo. Please confirm someone
@@jillsimmons5089 No one in this clip played or sang on the original recording. Steam were conceived as a fictitious band so that this song would be kept separate from Gary DeCarlo''s solo career. Of course it went on to be a massive hit and Gary DeCarlo's solo career stiffed.
Thank you 👍
Look at the close up of the guy playing the guitar on the left just before he starts clapping. 1:42 Must be a rare stringless guitar. Also when the main singer starts singing he stops clapping and the clapping continues with nobody clapping afterwards. Heck of an echo I guess.
The stringless guitar is closely related to the air guitar - both essential modern instruments.
I love the drums. So restless. From the school of "insert a fill at every opportunity."
❤ his bouncy dance 😂😅❤
De Perú, canción mi adolescencia, todo un hit!!
Reminds me of my JV cheerleading days in the early 70's
That singer looks baked outta his mind 😅
Well, he's not singing so that's ok. I don't think the guitar on the far left even has strings.
Oh, I don't know. I think he probably never saw the lyrics before the taping.
Gary DeCarlo, not in the Video, sang Lead Vocal and passed aways in 2017 😢 RIP
These are so much fun! Thank you for what you do to get them and share!!
My dad is teaching me to roller skate, and this song helps a lot with me learning rhythm!
For a second I thought the lead singer was Meathead from All in the Family 😂😂😂
1:09 he looks exactly like my 19 year old son 😊❤ I love this song so much
That's funny he looks just like my little brother Toby..
Mais uma que nunca mais se esquece.
Still sounds so Great 😎🎶
I grew up with Gary ( singer ). He was a good guy - very quiet & shy. We hung out all through elementary & into high school. His behavior was becoming strange however & his mom Shirley took him to see a psychiatrist. I knew he was an alter boy in 5th & 6th grade & turns out the priest used to play with Gary’s junk. This really messed him up as you can imagine. On top of that, during his therapy he came out a a gay guy - not cool at all. Of course, we couldn’t be buddies anymore, people started to think I was fruity too.
He was always a good singer, he was the lead in the youth church choir. I believe it was shortly after graduation he met 2 other fellas & that became the beginning of “Steam”. We found out later, the band was called Steam because that’s where Gary met the other guys- at a Steam room sauna in Manhattan . I ran into his brother about 12 years ago , he said Gary had changed his name & was really in bad shape from drugs & anal herpes.
I heard this version but in the O-Zone version called "V.I.P."... I never thought this song would be the original
GREAT quality, thank you!
When this came out we all said it sounds like Cher
Danke für den Song ❤❤❤😂😂😂
Discos LP do meu finado pai que ele descanse em paz pois esse mundo de hoje ninguém mais respeita todas as nações que Deus tome conta dessa geração pois acho que não temos muito tempo deus abençoe o mundo inteiro
I always think about this being a college fraternity party staple.
Always loved this song, couldn't remember who sang it 🎶❤️
I sang it when Whitney Houston died.
This was our football fight song at every h.s.football game.
❤❤❤❤Danke für den Song 😂😂😂
I remember in the Early 2000s when the Lakers would use it often to say Good Bye to 1 team after another in route to their 3-Peats
Dave Clark had a hit with this in the UK Instead of calling himself The Dave Clark 5 he changed the name to Dave Clark & Friends It was one of their last hits
Excellent version too! The legendary Mike 'Boomer' Smith - Lead singer of the DC5.
This song is so cool
That congo playr is kickin it
You're right ! I used your lyrics as a guide as I met other men through the future !
Wait...they're not black?
Bill O'Reilly brought me here.
Can’t wait to sing this re:🍊
We used to play poker and when someone left home, we'd all sing this.
I sang it when Whitney Houston died
I want people to sing it when I die. Don't save me from crashing & drowning in the ocean. Just sing. :)
❤❤❤❤❤❤😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 love this ❤❤❤❤❤
The DJ at our junior high school dances frequenty used this as his closer
I hope everyone knows this video is not the real singer. The real singer was the cowriter of the song, Gary DeCarlo who had the smooth soul voice you hear. The guy in the video is lip synching, and the band wasn’t a real band when the recording was made. To see Gary sing it, search for the PBS video. His voice was nearly unchanged with age (don’t mistakenly select the PBS one that’s overdubbed with the original recording).
RIP Gary!!!