Hey Baby (No Doubt song)
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| "Hey Baby" | ||
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| Single by No Doubt | ||
| from the album Rock Steady | ||
| Released | December 2001 | |
| Format | CD Single | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:26 | |
| Label | Interscope | |
| Writer(s) | Gwen Stefani Tony Kanal Tom Dumont R. Price |
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| Producer(s) | Philip Steir Sly & Robbie No Doubt |
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| Certification | — | |
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| No Doubt singles chronology | ||
| "Bathwater" (2000) |
"Hey Baby" (2001) |
"Hella Good" (2002) |
See Hey Baby (Uuh, Aah) for the DJ Ötzi song. Hey Baby is also the name of a song by JJ Cale and by Bruce Channel.
"Hey Baby" was the first single from No Doubt's album Rock Steady. The song was released in December 2001 and features dancehall artist Bounty Killer. The song was heavily influenced by the Jamaican dancehall music present at No Doubt's post-show parties and tour bus lounges of their Return of Saturn tour.[1]
The upbeat single peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards of 2003. This song is listed #20, on the Maxim's 20th most annoying songs ever.
[edit] Song information
The song began with some instrumental jamming and programming in San Francisco with producer Philip Steir. The lyrics and melodies were recorded at a session at guitarist Tom Dumont's home studio in Los Angeles weeks later. Recording then moved to Kingston, Jamaica, where co-producers Sly and Robbie left Gwen Stefani's original vocal and percussion and a toast from Bounty Killer. The intro for the song is a sample from the song "Jungle Love" from The Steve Miller Band album Book of Dreams.
[edit] Music video
The music video featured the band touring on their bus, and then later entertaining at a club. There are also intercuts with Gwen Stefani and the guys dancing goofily against a blue background, Gwen and drummer Adrian Young shouting "hey baby!" while the words are "spat" out of them, and finally the band traveling through a galaxy of floating words, mostly "hey baby", "rock steady", and "no doubt". This video won the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Pop Video and Best Group Video in 2002.
[edit] References
- ^ "Hey Baby". Montoya, Paris and Lanham, Tom. 2003. The Singles 1992-2003 (liner notes). Retrieved December 6, 2006.
