| "Hey Deanie" | ||||
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| Single by Shaun Cassidy | ||||
| from the album Born Late | ||||
| Released | November, 1977 | |||
| Format | 45 RPM | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Shaun Cassidy singles chronology | ||||
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"Hey Deanie" is a popular song by Shaun Cassidy that was released the last week of November, 1977 from his album, Born Late. It was his third and final top 10 hit, peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, spending four months on the chart from late 1977 to early 1978.[1] As with Cassidy's prior singles, this song also became a gold record.[2]
The song was written by Eric Carmen, who would later record the song himself for his 1978 album, Change of Heart. "Hey Deanie" was the second hit written by Carmen for Cassidy, the first being "That's Rock 'n' Roll" from Cassidy's previous album. Both songs charted concurrently with Carmen's own hit, "She Did It".
Carmen wrote the song after seeing the film, Splendor in the Grass, starring Natalie Wood as "Deanie" and Warren Beatty as her lover.[3]