Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

written and recorded by studio musicians Garrett Scott, Dale Frashuer, and producer/writer Paul Leka at Mercury studios in New York City. When it topped the charts, Leka put together a band called Steam and sent them out on tour in support of the song. In 1970, the "Steam" was let out of the band and the band disbanded.
They left a legacy though that is still heard at sporting events worldwide whenever a team wins a game. Enjoy!

[@sharonwarren4479]

I’m here in 2024 singing along to this gem of a song!! #Steam ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@kimharmon7716]

I'm here because this an original from my past damn good

[@derekdolcy5839]

😊😊😊😅❤❤yea Sharon Warren.4479.u want to know who started it WWE Vince mc man

[@dontneednomanstoptelllingm8481]

Oh Ok I just came here to do for Biden

[@mikemahoney6840]

Song never gets old

[@williamkennedy5492]

Its 2022 and i am a 71 year old with goosebumps listening to this great song, 1969 i was 18 , time has flown and i have got older perhaps a little wiser in the ways of this old world, But the song is as fresh as ever Thank you so much, Sisaket Thailand

[@13lilsykos]

One of my favorite quotes is: "Time marches on and eventually you realize it's marching across your face." There's also a good song by an American Country and Western singer on this topic that I've always loved. "Time Marches On" by Tracy Lawrence. (for anyone reading this, don't let the fact that it's a country song put you off. just give it a listen and then delete your internet history 😁) Ironically, it hit me earlier today that I graduated high school 23 years ago... It doesn't seem like that long ago. But in another 20 years, my daughter will be my age and I'll be staring down 61. Hopefully my dad will be still be around at 87.

[@pinkydogbear]

so true from Wisconsin

[@darwingraves372]

Same here. I served as a Marine in Nam Phong, Thailand in ‘72. Just curious, are you a US ex-pat.?

[@libiafigueroamatute7777]

I'm 66 years old.

[@Istellyroblox]

Am I the only kid here? I’m 10😢

[@BrandyWine658]

I'm 63 and I love this song. That was music, baby.

[@SK-nd7db]

I'm 69 and I dig it, too!!!

[@lawrencevaccarelli708]

64 and it brings back my youth

[@shutterbug_713]

I love this song too. I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@tallyankeegal]

63 in 2024 great music back then!

[@silverblack5475]

If your only gonna have 1 hit man this is good one to have.......this will be played forever .

[@loridingledine4902]

at every basketball game in high school i went to

[@pinkydogbear]

so true

[@turnman02]

I've not heard this version before, only knew the Bananarama cover from the 80s. This is better

[@loridingledine4902]

@@turnman02 original always is :)

[@turnman02]

@lori dingledine Sorry, I disagree. Almost every cover of a Bob Dylan song sounds better than Bob Dylan singing it... The Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man... Graham Bonnett, It's All Over Now Baby Blue... Gunners, Knocking on Heaven's Door... Just to name a few....

[@youngmindedman]

I'm almost 82; and I Love this great song!

[@yolandajohnson8685]

Keep on lovin' it

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@YEARNINGHEARTGuitargirl226]

i love that you're on you tube ♥

[@magicjorj1625]

you mean 28 right ??!

[@mayankbadola23]

I heard this song in old(1970s) indian movie. Came here for original 😁

[@stephencarpenteri2223]

I was on eternal mess duty at Camp Lejeune in 1970. We'd pound on the pots and pans and shake the silverware while we sang this song all night long.

[@TheHokies09]

Damn I think you served me in July or August. Arrived from PI on July 8

[@OldLadyRocker]

Nice! I can hear that. 👍🏽

[@tammyhaynes892]

🇺🇸THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AND FOR OUR COUNTRY🇺🇸 ONE NATION UNDER GOD🕇IN GOD🕇WE TRUST🇺🇸...🎗AND "EVERY" SERVICE MAN & WOMAN SINCE YOUR SERVICE🎗!!!

[@tammyhaynes892]

@@peekiethedogpeekie1080 GREATFUL AND THANKFUL YOU STILL REMEMBER YOUR BEST FRIEND "ALL THESE YEARS LATER"!(I WAS BORN IN 69) YOU GIVE ME "HOPE" I'LL "NEVER FORGET MY 2 BEST FRIENDS I'VE LOST"...🇺🇸THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AND FOR OUR COUNTRY🇺🇸I'M SO SORRY FOR THE WAY Y'ALL WERE TREATED BACK THEN!!! THANK 🕇GOD🕇 WE NOW "HONOR ALL SERVICE MEN & WOMEN"🎗UNTIL THEY ALL COME HOME🎗...LOVE YOU BROTHER ALWAYS IN CHRIST🕇

[@donweathersbee3199]

Back sink I gather. A few of us were on kp, three days in a row, waiting to leave from Ft. Jackson to Ft. Leonardwood. Mess Sarg didn’t give us time to make music.

[@jenniferjohnson7279]

raise your hand if you want to go back to october 1969!!!! enjoy this great song

[@reginamaria8602]

🙌

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang this when Whitney Houston died.

[@debbieburke3162]

I want to go back.

[@austinmorse4337]

I don't want to go to 1969 bc I wasn't around until 1996!

[@debbieburke3162]

@@austinmorse4337 you might like it!

[@kjam360]

This song is an Evergreen, it will never die! This song was released in 1969, it's 2023! This song is kicking just like Bruce Lee did in his movies!

[@shutterbug_713]

Agreed! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@bobbell5422]

Girl. I'm. 66. And. Still. Love. Good. Old days

[@born4thstime]

The best of days!! Everybody wants to go back!!!

[@mtwhiting]

@@born4thstime I was never born at that time. I've always wanted to grow up in it solely because it the golden age of music. Especially rap Markie and Biggie oooo that's the the stuff.

[@rogerfreed1493]

In the 1970's a jerk in my class mocked me for singing this song that was already 'too old'. Now in 2019 I can play it on the guitar too. And loving it.

[@robertmistretta2728]

and the winner is you , better and stronger

[@lobo7792]

And he was a jerk. Some just don't understand good music.

[@peoriavideosltd6822]

I found some good sheet music and learned it on the piano. This song rocks!

[@ear4funk814]

You got the last laugh ... now an anthem for victorious sport teams ... fans always drummed rival off the court with the chorus to this song ... which immortalized it.

[@sueb6662]

Well done good music transcends space and time . . . Gr8 song!!

[@robertthacher-ro6bh]

A fond memory from Oct. 69. I was a senior. It was a fun year and this song made it better

[@user-vi9pd5zs8f]

I was in 8th grade, & will be 69 on July1, this year

[@LkOutMtnMan]

My high school band would rock out with this song after we were way ahead of our opponents in football games!

[@Cathooker2]

We would play this when we knew it was over for them and Taps at the end of the game.

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died

[@petegobeckli1386]

LkOutMtnMan. U guys uh little late. White Sox organists Nancy Faust began playin STEAMS'S '69 hit in 1977 at COMISKEY PARK when the SOUTH SIDE HITMEN! were Makin uh playoff run. The song stuck as the seasons passed & became part of White Sox tradition.

[@markrogers7871]

i played this in marching band. in new jersey 1967 all good

[@Femalecommaman]

Steam. No one remembers the name of the group, but everyone remembers the song! What a song!

[@larvic390s7]

Lady Suzette @ N

[@mausolos8]

I still have an original 45 of this.

[@jamesodwyer5219]

I remembered the name. For a long time I though they were a black band..

[@steveglazer4966]

This song is Badass!

[@charlesaguilar1708]

Lady Suzette Uhh,I remember countless groups from the past! (when music was good!) and I have this one on 45!

[@Elwrt455]

RIP lead singer Gary DiCarlo and thank you Steam for this MASTERPIECE

[@slimebucket6991]

and it was the only hit

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@nicoleslaw_8277]

Don’t give a shit about Katy Perry love this band

[@sawadee-er7vu]

I will honor him by turning the volume up to eleven on the glorious day when Donald F***ing Trump is dragged unceremoniously from the White House, kicking and screaming like the pathetic little baby that he is :-)

[@jk11463]

@@sawadee-er7vu just enjoy the music dude.

[@RobinSueWho]

This was the top song the day I was born.

[@KenHarrington32]

This one of those songs that always takes you back to when it was released, Always loved the whole thing with the beat throughout the song.

[@barbpence8784]

ME 2 🎤😍🎸❤️😭💔

[@shutterbug_713]

​@@barbpence8784, I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@b.i.s.o.n.bristolscreenwri305]

One of the greatest anthems in popular music history! A masterpiece

[@toothbrush5190]

B.I.S.O.N.: BRISTOL SCREENWRITER NONSTUDENT they tried to make the worst recording they possibly could. That's a fact

[@JorgeDeFeriaUSA]

Is a very popular song, no doubt. But it is light years from being a "masterpiece".

[@pinkydogbear]

So true

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

And yet they were furious when the record execs were so impressed by this throwaway B-side as the writers intended - so much so that they refused to have anything to do with it (other than to accept the writing credits - clearly they were no mugs in the Biz) and wouldn't allow their names to be used, hence the fictitious band "Steam" on the credits. I'm with the record execs on this one!

[@debbiebush948]

I0jiwiwiwiw0wiwiwiw0wwi0iiqiqiqiqiq

[@billywalkabout5076]

I’m 73 years old man I’m still digging this song brings back a lot of memories for me baby

[@earlbishop1224]

Right there with you buddy. Good memories.

[@mrreyes5004]

I'm literally only 19 but this song already fits with so many of my memories as a barely-adult person. Whoa.

[@pinkydogbear]

me too

[@pinkydogbear]

Me too

[@deborahross]

Right up there with you, my friend. Loving it.

[@Cheerfultoday]

Growing up next to a historically black university, I often went to watch their basketball games, which they almost always won. When it was obvious that they’d win each game, usually just after the start of the fourth quarter, the students and everyone else in the stands would start singing this song very softly, just the way Steam performed it. We would gradually sing louder and louder until this song was quite deafening. There’s no doubt in my mind that the losing team would lose the game because the song had them utterly demoralized. Great memories from the early seventies!

[@bigboyedward]

sung at the Palestra Palestra Jon

[@Cheerfultoday]

@@bigboyedward yes indeed!

[@DetroitStorm]

Air Force basic training, 1988: They played this song at the end of every church service for those that were graduating and shipping out to their tech school. Every week, I knew that it would finally be us. And it was. Whatever happened to my flight-mates, I hope life has been good.

[@juliahash5038]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[@malibu4464]

The greatest singalong song of all time. 50 years later this song still slays.

[@pinkydogbear]

I agree

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died

[@shutterbug_713]

​@@pinkydogbear, I do too! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@AGDuffy-cw6xn]

Playing at full volume this morning!

[@guillermocazares7125]

This timeless song ,will live forever .

[@jamesward6898]

How could u dislike this song

[@shutterbug_713]

Right! I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@marbardan]

I want this to be played at my funeral! :P

[@tommypauly3249]

Now that would be BOSS!

[@oofoof2887]

Fucking hell ya

[@anneweir3187]

LMFAO 🤣

[@MarkAGuy1]

Mine too !

[@restfulx]

@@oofoof2887 and ur how old?

[@kathysaylor5676]

RIP Gary Decarlo who sang that song died of lung cancer at the age of 75. This song has more meaning more than ever.

[@Powerfulchange712]

Wow, soo sad.

[@mamalululk2015]

Sad.

[@pinkydogbear]

so sad

[@lwh7301]

I wonder if anyone played this song at his funeral.

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died

[@3912James]

The 1960s went out with a bang with songs such as this one.

[@SamsungAe-mn8tt]

I LOVE THE XYLOPHONE SOUNDS ON THIS SONG!

[@felinegroovey8627]

Same. :)

[@valierebrianne9643]

The whole country is jamming to this right now

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

it's this, everybody rejoice from the wiz, and Party in the USA

[@DeenHameed]

The whole WORLD is jamming to this right now.. ftfy.. greetings from Straya! Na na na na Hey hey ... Goodbye... 🎶🎶👍🏼🙏🏼👏🏽💃🕺

[@clawengrantlerian]

YAY-UH!! 🎆💃💃🕺🕺🕺💃💃💃🕺🕺💙💙👏👏🙏🙏💪💪

[@LohiHarHar]

The whole world is grinding their teeth when America, Russia and China vote's for their "democracy". Go live some else planet and you can be deceptive to democracy long as you like, but your same country made it happen that Trump was elected as a president. That can only happen in dictatorship countries. Your actions causes whirls on global scale, so i don't think you're capaple of voting for whole world.

[@cruzloera4931]

The country will be gone within 4 years

[@mikereiss4216]

One of the greatest one hit wonders of all time imo.

[@r4h4al]

no there are many others

[@AceMartinov]

michael richard he said one of the which means there are more than one ;p

[@KenHarrington32]

Deffo agree one of the greatest one hit wonders of all time......loved it then and still love it today 20.4.2018.

[@brianbytheocean]

your reading comprehension sucks

[@drewfleming5584]

One of the greatest songs of all time....

[@russellbianca6800]

One of the best hits of the sixties

[@pinkydogbear]

i agree

[@greglee2634]

It is played at every college basketball game in the US when an opposing team player fouls out. That is a musical legacy.

[@willfreese]

Anticipate this song getting a burst of play this month.

[@andrewhildebrandt6722]

As a Canadian I expect to hear this for at least a week coming somewhere from the South. Turn those amps up to 11!!!

[@ajdaughe2873]

You're right

[@alainraccanello74]

I welcome those people enjoying the positive vibes this songs brings .

[@cherylobrien2350]

Fraudulent Biden good bye 👋

[@alainraccanello74]

@@cherylobrien2350 na na na na na na na na hey hey good bye to misinformation! 🖐 na na na na na na na na hey hey good bye Marjorie Taylor Green and your misinformation

[@brucestewart7371]

What a voice. I saw the singer on one of those PBS oldies shows and he belted that thing out like it was nothing. The crowd went nuts. Totally electric-

[@re575817]

I LOVE THIS ANTHEM!

[@shutterbug_713]

Same here! I sang it when Whitney Houston died

[@patriciaberry7708]

I was 17 and a senior in high school. I was home sick for a month with mono and i remember hearing this song on my radio. I t became my favorite song!!

[@musiccollector]

1969 epitomized by this chart-topper. Radio couldn't get enough of this song that year. Released on October 4, 1969, reaching # 1 on December 6.

[@65WZ]

Oh dear God, that brought back memories **two thumbs up**

[@cora_wldflwr]

I said that before I saw this comment

[@susanlee9007]

I worked as a middle school nurse for 7 years. On the last student day at the end of the year, the entire staff lined the driveway where the busses loaded and we'd sing this song and wave to the students. It was definitely one of the best memories, although a little sad because of the students who were moving up to high school.

[@marijoelse9310]

I love this music. So awesome They don't make songs like this nowdays

[@davidrice8823]

No cussing, no lewd actions, just puts you in a good mood!!

[@pinkydogbear]

so true

[@terrimorton4955]

Playing this on loop today.

[@ginocandia8036]

😊😊I'm very pleased to know I'm not the only one that loves the song but when last did you play it.

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died

[@davidkulikowski1840]

I am 62 years old and remember when I was 16 years old my girlfriends older sister after breaking up with her boyfriend would go around always singing this song for self healing after she and her boyfriend broke up. 🥰

[@remahill9230]

Ditto!

[@ThunderingGames]

@@remahill9230 A wild Ditto has appeared!

[@JillyBean135Music]

Aw

[@christophercook6314]

@@remahill9230 For THAT!! 😏

[@braylenconner3]

Amen

[@ede-armond476]

I always thought this was sung by a MO-TOWN group. Will surprises never end? Great party song.

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died

[@wicketandfriendsparody8068]

They also thought it was Mo-Town ;)

[@erichaley4945]

Me too

[@saveriosalemme5366]

Me too!

[@scrapplepig]

@@shutterbug_713 Not funny, at least not to most

[@charlesmclaughlin7235]

I remember this was the Chicago white Sox fans anthem during the late 70's! They would go wild singing this when they were winning at the late stages of the game! Awesome feeling!

[@lwh7301]

The White Sox needed more than an anthem in the 70's. It was a pathetic team.

[@Ben-bb7mi]

Nancy Faust is the only reason this song is still heard by new generations. Nothing is better than serenading Zach Plesac as he departs after giving up a bomb to Eloy.

[@pseudoserenity4844]

I love hearing the crowds sing this song at the ballpark. Great energy, great fans! I'll always love the White Sox no matter how horrid they've been! 🤍🩶⚾

[@thomasdef634]

I love Philadelphia and Atlanta. Nothing to do with the song, really. I just love those two fine cities.

[@thematthew761]

Don't forget Milwaukee and Detroit.

[@dianamarie4351]

Hey Las Vegas too

[@MK12082]

Been watching this song every night since Biden took the lead.

[@drewfleming5584]

I love you

[@jwwatson01]

The song will be very appropriate to share with Trump Supports, once all the votes are tabulated and Joe Biden is declared the winne of the Presidential election 2020. . .

[@raycook1703]

This tune got a lot of air time on Armed Forces Radio Vietnam, 1969. It always stuck in my head on Huey eagle flights heading out on missions. Oh Happy Day by Edwin Hawkins Singers is the song I played in my mind on the ride back to the NDP days later.

[@testy19]

Thank you for your service Mr.Cook. I'm glad you made it back. Thanks to you and all of our Veterans for the Freedom and Security that you all provided. We sleep easy because you did the heavy lifting. Bravo sir, Bravo.

[@bettysmith9466]

Yes! I love both of these songs. "Oh Happy Day " is the song I'm going to sing when justice prevails over these evil Dems.

[@elylew]

@@bettysmith9466 And "Na na hey hey kiss him GOODBYE" is what we all sang when Trump got voted out

[@Sue-id4ck]

@@elylew Aug 2023: Especially so. I hope donalrump tries to run via jet...he's the only passenger...and the pilot/co-pilot are able to eject safely....when....

[@jenniferjohnson7279]

​@@testy19thank you for your service.bless you

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

This song generated such a wonderful feeling for everybody listening.

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died.

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

@@shutterbug_713 Mazel Tov

[@maxrod2081]

What a song! Thanks Lord for helping me find it! Your light illumine my memory! 🎸🎶🎸🎼🥁🎵

[@LoyalRaiderFan]

November 7, 2020...listening to this non-stop...for some reason. :)

[@DreamDancer82]

I know what you mean. I've had it stuck in my head since Saturday.

[@michigoose2478]

I'll be listening to it non-stop this Wednesday! Can't wait!!

[@ericspowers]

Good Riddance Trump!! And your little Trump Bear too!!!

[@GOPMAN71]

To the OP, I listen to it EVERY single year since 1984 when your low life Mexacony LA/Oakland Raiders get eliminated from playoff contention. Usually after week 6 or so.

[@LoyalRaiderFan]

@@GOPMAN71 Sorry your cult leader lost...who knew supporting nazis and white supremacists would bite the GOP in the Trump? You have yourself a very fascist day, L'il Hitler. :)

[@snowball6389]

Somehow...I did not picture these singers to look like this......

[@thewoodlandsrails]

That's because they weren't the singers that recorded the song.

[@birdmanswag]

I thought it was black Motown song ahahaha

[@kimbow1953]

You are right. Its not them.

[@kevinpatrickmacnutt]

Yeah, it looks like a band of computer programmers.

[@Varavicky]

For the last 47 years (I remember this song when it was hot on the charts) I thought it was a chick singer...

[@SusanBroad-ei6ke]

Takes me back to being 13. Iconic song, always will be. Still sung at football grounds around England

[@s.romero2934]

I am 66 and remember when I first heard this song and I sang it too.....wondering where my life was going to lead! Happy to report I accomplished what I wanted and enjoying my life! Hint: has nothing to do with Material wealth!

[@kp1gmx]

66👍

[@sandrabrown1130]

how could so many people not like this song. Very cool sound.

[@bren8937]

Sandra Brown justin bieber fans XD Great song.

[@tollboothjason]

+Sandra Brown Because this song was sung to them. Probably for very good reasons.

[@potdog1000]

+Sandra Brown cool sound physically displeasing band

[@brianh2159]

+toll_booth Ha ha

[@bobmurphy8091]

+Sandra Brown Either because they have no taste...or have a stick up their ass!

[@evandeland6867]

the only song where everyone knows the chorus but not the whole song

[@FurtherReview]

I can't help thinking that if the hit song was recorded by studio musicians, TV appearances by the touring band were actually just a bunch of guys lip-synching. Kind of a 1960s Milli Vanilli, if you will.

[@mikegowan2008]

I'm a squirrel watcher--oops, I mean, I'm a girl watcher. Or Expressway to your heart. or do you believe like I believe in miracles. Great songs, but I can't remember the rest of the words.

[@a.salmon8193]

I know the whole song. My older brother bought the 45. Now I hear it at hockey games. Sad.

[@peterdockrill9653]

Here in UK back in 1970 we use too sing the chorus from the terraces when watching our local football team. Our version included the name of the club's most revered player

[@313pookie313]

Funny, but that's so true! All the guys sang the chorus over and over as part of a ritual when doing something fun as a group

[@excellentbill69]

This is one of the one-hit wonders of all time

[@awakeandalive4248]

96 tears is probably the only one hit wonder the might be better.

[@felinegroovey8627]

What a song!

[@markmgzamora3434]

GREAT GREAT SONG even today ... one of my all-time favorites!!

[@shutterbug_713]

I sang it when Whitney Houston died

[@hmsgoddess]

This song has a whole new meaning today!!!

[@Alexandra-fz7lk]

We'll be singing it for Biden when he's hauled out of the White House. Fraudulent president.

[@User-td2wg]

@@Alexandra-fz7lk politic andy

[@alainraccanello74]

@@Alexandra-fz7lk so much laughter after reading your comment.

[@alainraccanello74]

@@Alexandra-fz7lk how long do you go on with your " you just wait and see " philosophy?

[@OneDayIMay91Bil]

@@Alexandra-fz7lk hahahahaha how hurt are you

[@Enceladeans]

Dear Henry Kissinger,

[@NephilimFree]

This is such a great song. Oh man it reminds me of 1970-71 when I was a boy. I love this song.

[@marchi.fleming]

In ~24 hrs, he'll be gone. I could listen to this on a loop FOREVER. 😁✊🏼😁✊🏼😁✊🏼

[@lauriebaker5765]

this song takes me back to better times....better days....I want them back....thanks for the memories....nothing but love for ya

[@juicydumpling7865]

We all want them back.

[@popsi50]

Better times, no doubt!

[@joannecarlson9933]

Me too, absolutely

[@kenmills2294]

@@joannecarlson9933 yeah great times,great music better than some of the rubbish that is around now

[@kristineburbey4710]

Me too

[@gunterbartsch9284]

I LOVE IT ❤

[@pinkydogbear]

me too

[@user-tu6np9on7q]

I’m 67 this year, but I sang this song a lot when I was camping in high school, but I’m very impressed.

[@watchcity2068]

Nov 2019 I'm here and grooving! Grateful to have grown up in the 60s/70s when the best and real music was created.

[@mimsmango]

Yep

[@kevincerce5056]

Same here, AND I saw the Beatles at Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965. I was 13 yrs old

[@kristineburbey4710]

January 2020 right on

[@kristineburbey4710]

Jan 2020 still rocking

[@TheReevessss]

A blast when DJ played this on radio. Amongst others.

[@carolynclarke3711]

They are jamming all blood and heart! No sensitizers...no computers just pure talent

[@TheReeveOfMontClare]

They aren't playing none of the guys up there had anything to do with this song. It's a fake band. The song is great and was sung by Gary DeCarlo

[@intellectualone8989]

@@TheReeveOfMontClare what are you serious

[@elipolonsky4235]

Yes, the group in the video is just miming to the record, and did not play on it. The lead singer on the record was Gary DeCarlo, and the keyboardist was Paul Leka. The drums on the record were taken from studio tracks from earlier recordings. DeCarlo and Leka are not in the group pictured here, they put this group together as a fake "Steam" for a tour and TV appearances when the record became a hit.

[@EwaldK]

I'm pretty sure you can hear a synthesizer (Moog) in the drum break in the middle of the song. That break was quite a novelty in 1969. I think the Na na's were inspired by Beatles' Hey Jude.

[@derrickyee1143]

I believe its Stevie Wonder singing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye".

[@jamesmarshall2861]

82 and still rocking,,,,,,, go pops

[@ZekeRodriguezshow]

Goodbye Liz

[@juliemiller5781]

Does music get any more fun and groovy than this one?? I think not. I've been digging it since 69

[@daenabartsimpson6067]

julie miller .. Me to

[@donnasanchez2988]

cool song I'm 61 now

[@sheilapatterson7505]

julie miller YES TIME TO GO ON A TIME TRIP

[@bradmount-earle1428]

Julie Miller..Same here..Thats when music was real music !

[@carmenmunoz3675]

Man, brings back memories of one of the BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE, with some of the DEAREST PEOPLE in my life...who are now gone. Dedicated in Loving Memory to James and Gloria, Regina, Tommy, and Rockie. RIP

[@buddydew101]

Blasted this in my car today.

[@robertthacher2660]

Huge hit from October 1969. I was a senior in high school. Another thing about this song was it was The Chicago White Sox theme song. Freddy Lynn of Boston hit a grand slam in the 83 all star game. The crowd at Comisky broke out in song as Freddy rounded the bases. The AL won the all star game for the first time in years

[@rebeccamartinez5692]

Great song. I was very young when I first heard it. My older sister and her boyfriend (husband now) would take us younger siblings (4) cruising with them and blast the radio. This song was one of those you would sing out loud to. Those were some good times

[@danielmarin6811]

THANK YOU STEAM! ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME! NA NA HEY HEY GOODBYE!

[@x101st]

They played this on the aircraft when we left Iraq in '04, and then again in '12 in Afghanistan. Special song for me. LOVE IT!!!! C-141 on the strip! Take me home Freedom Bird!!!

[@tammyhaynes892]

🇺🇸THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AND FOR OUR COUNTRY🇺🇸ONE NATION UNDER GOD🕇IN GOD🕇WE TRUST🎗AND "EVERYONE WHO SERVED ALONG SIDE OF YOU🎗" THANKS FOR MAKING OUR COUNTRY🇺🇸"SAFER"!!!

[@x101st]

Thank you Tammy! Its over!

[@corisamuelson]

MTV really helped to popularize this song. I forget what the show was called, but there were 2 or 3 contestants sitting in really comfy oversized recliners and they were asked trivia questions. They ended up getting dumped from the chair if they got the answer wrong. The final contestant still in the recliner ended up being the winner. This was back in the late 80s. I had a niece that was 2 yrs old at the time, and that show would come on tv at her bedtime. She picked up on songs pretty quickly, and one night we heard her sing the Na na na na na na hey hey goodnight. It was so cute!

[@anthonytaylor7928]

What ?? This song was already popular when it first hit in 1969 and was popular in the early 70s especially on black radio stations what hell are u talking about?

[@davidstephens5603]

Every time I hear this song, it reminds me of Pop Warner football. Every time we beat a team at home, the announcer played this song the second that time expired. Our opponents would leave the field in defeat, with this song escorting them out of our stadium. Ruthless. 😆

[@RyanMichaelWisniewski]

CANNOT PLAY THIS LOUD ENOUGH RIGHT NOW.

[@NYCBG]

Oh, yes you can. BLAST it, bro!

[@junebermingham9300]

Play it !! Such great memories! ☘️👍

[@pinkydogbear]

yep 100 is not high enough!!!

[@cjg9454]

Leave it up to one idiot to take a great , fun old tune and make it political

[@thomasalvarez6456]

Did you play it on August 31st? No, of course you didn’t

[@angelacoppola7919]

I've had this on my playlist for weeks. Now is the time to blast it from my car stereo, driving slow with my windows open.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Angela, How are you doing?

[@cruzloera4931]

How’d that work out dumbass?

[@kprice1905]

Totally get that, Angela! My friends and I were into CB radios and would put it on the PA setting and drive around Southern California with songs like this and Bowie's Golden Years blasting on the PA. Ahh, memories!

[@kimhill9859]

Back in 1969YOU drove real slow and the windows were rolled up real 😳 tight and the music🎵 was loud and you know back in 1969 you had to hide so that's why the windows were up and closed 🌳🌷 and the windows were tinted so you couldn't see 🚔 I'm quite sure there's still some of you out there that'll agree with me back in 69 when you were 16🤣🤣 that's what you call Cruiser🚘

[@66impala71]

In high school we sang this as loud as we could when we won a game. Thanks for such a catchy tune!🔥🤩

[@apostleemilcedeno5269]

This song came out in November 1969 while I was on Camp Pendleton, Ca. finishing up training at Staging Battalion, heading to Vietnam. Semper Fi.

[@mikebridges7294]

Sept 1983....our whole Company broke out singing this song as we were just about to graduate from AIT at Ft. Benning Georgia! That was our 'Stripes' moment lol.

[@josephduran1880]

Reminds me of usn. Basic at great lakes ill 1984

[@ryann8680]

hooah...never gonna miss columbus

[@marcast685]

1986 Basic Training Ft. Leonard Wood, we sang it too.

[@lmacfsu]

One day at BCT one of our drill sergeants switched from calling cadence to singing this song as we marched. Very cool. Fort Jackson E-6-2 Sep70.

[@nicflay]

One of the greatest pop songs of all time - love the outro as the xylophone creeps in and then the pleading vocals. Thanks for sharing.

[@juliahash5038]

Nic Hey Nic I couldn't have d d said it better uf I tried!! I love it when it slowly comes back Nd the voices get louder and I get ready to play the "ding ding ding , ding , ding ding' then I pksy the guitar with the ding ding ding li2 yhid dom don dondingdindondpn with my hands cause Im not sure what inztriments Im playing but then it sounds like violins coming in louder on one side then everything comes into play I go crazy over it. I stay right pn beat and its feels great inside! I really love this SONG!!

[@danholmes2369]

One of the best pop songs of all time? Wow.... you need to listen to more music.

[@philkleinman7002]

Dan Holmes There’s no denying it’s iconic.

[@bensongbenson]

@@danholmes2369 I listen to more music and I happen to agree with Nic.

[@steviehodson5349]

Ahh takes me back to my teen years. TOP TUNE

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

It's the one hit wonders that turn out the best songs!

[@stargazer2756]

Remember this in Jr. High in 1970 and you still here it to this day at every football game! Songs from that era are the best! Listen to commercials and sports venues and its all around this time. lol

[@RedaceProductions]

Think this song will be number 1 on the charts at the moment lol

[@americangiant1003]

It was already #1 hit way in ancient history of 1969 lol.

[@katherinemooney4396]

From my time ...the best.. 70’s ... 👍👍👍

[@DemonGamingLLC]

@scott carter shut it.

[@williambrady3963]

Can't believe how many lives this song has.

[@munivai07]

I’m a 34year old from nz and this song grooves and jumps as well as back in my old man’s days lol classics can’t be killed or replaced

[@AlextheMLAATRfan]

I’m playing this tomorrow!

[@leegoss3803]

This song hit #2 on the singles chart on December 6, 1969 in that very last month of the 60s decade with millions of listeners singing along to this joyful sendoff to an amazing yet turbulent ten years.

[@juliahash5038]

They played it like it was brand new in the 70's! Good song anytime at all.

[@geraldsullivan9485]

oh my someone else remembers the 60's I was 14 nd remember them well

[@monique8641]

December 1969. Summer in Australia. I was 15. The days when you could take your transistor to the beach, go swimming, come back and the transistor was STILL THERE!! We had this song playing on pretty much every radio at the beach on our summer holiday in the south west of Western Australia.

[@margaretrendon7051]

Memories 💃💃💃

[@roberthenne2264]

1971 Graduated Navy Boot Camp at RTC Great Lakes. After the formal ceremony, there were buses waiting to take us to the airports, across the street to Naval Station or wherever and they played this song over the PA system. Brings back fond memories.

[@jamesmatthew3681]

The perfect song to closing out the disastrous year that is 2020.

[@sashalittlefeather3236]

The Rob Rieners!!! LMF...ingAO!!!! Whoo The MeatHeads...I'm LOVING IT!! Anyone here in 2019?? Goodness NEVER goes out of style... Thank you for posting this... Classic. Priceless....Awsome. Good memories brought to you by The Waaay Back Machine....much love,

[@user-yc6gq3nw7i]

Still a hit at every hs gym today!!! Love it❤❤❤❤

[@vanessajohnson6369]

I'm from Philly but I heard this song in New Haven Connecticut at age 13. I just love this song. I'm 63 yessssss!!!!!

[@philiptucci2458]

Very Beautiful Masterpiece, great music & great memories of life, the best musical decade of all time

[@sisterearthful]

As the memories keep pouring inside my head, they begin to fall down on my face. I remember the echoes of our youth by trying to sing this classic song, laughing, putting more makeup on, making our skirts short, foolish things, etc. I'll always cherish those days that went by so quickly, just as life.

[@terrynicholas1982]

I hear you Sadie x

[@terrynicholas1982]

I hear you Sadie x

[@ktr1]

This was the last number one song of the 1960's decade. It's like they were saying goodbye to the 60's

[@kalimba04]

ESPN SportsCenter did a segment on this song and how it was played at a Chicago White Sox game to celebrate a win. It is now a sports anthem all over the world! Great song!

[@Ben-bb7mi]

credit to the legendary Nancy Faust. I spent many summers growing up singing along to the organ as Jerrod Washburn or some other bum got yanked out of the game after giving up a blast to Big Hurt or Konerko