Just wondering how much you people love this tune and what your fave part of it is. I think its arguably the best chems tune. I herd it last night and just love the weird sounds in it.

i was 15 when it came out and my parents saw the video on TV and told me there was a new chems tune and i didn't even know it so far. my parents said it was something like "brother, sister, here we go" :D checked the teletext immediately and saw it 8O new single. the single came some weeks later and even though i've ordered it weeks before it only came days after it's release date. listened to it for the first time on the schoolbus back home. and it was so great that i lost control in the bus and fell on the floor! (that was when "flashback" was on). oh man, i LOVE that tune. an anthem forever

I have had a love/hate feeling towards this tune. I remember the first time I heard it, I saw it on MTV late one night having returned from clubbing with friends. I bopped away in the sitting room as you do and I was fancinated by the video. I immediately fell in love with the tune, it was something, in my opinion, having been a fan since the begining, which opened up new levels of clubbing / dance music.



However, as the years rolled by, I soon grew very tired of this tune, radio overkill being a major factor in this. Everytime I went clubing I heard it, it was just overplayed and destroyed for me. It resulted in me not listening to the tune for a few years.



That changed in the hours leading up to the gig in March in dublin, myself and my mate were smoking a few joints, chillin in our room getting ready. She slapped it on an dcranked up the volume, the sheer excitment of the gig being a few hours away had me up dancing around to it. Then when the Chems kicked off with the tune I immediately fell in love with it again and I don't think I've ever loved it as much as I did that night. That first few beats that just get under your skin and thump at your heart.



Genius!

this song ha been played so many times that is is almost as out played as teen spirit (mabey not that bad but a lot of times), but this song when it comes on everyone in the room gets up and starts jumpin, its like the anthem for gettin a party started.

(Don't take my comments about the song bein "outplayed" wrong, I do love this song every time I hear it and frequently request it be played at nightclubs)

Acidchildren you asked what my fav part is, well i would have to say either the "intro" noise before the first "Hey Girl Hey Boy", when I hear it I am filled with anticipation (sp?) of knowin that everyone is about to hit the dance floor, or at 2 mins 48 secs there is a high pitched note that seems to everytime uncontrolably lift my arm and make me point to the sky.



To sum up, I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!! It is the theme tune to the late 90's, and every party since then!

oh yes and i forgot to add,

Tom and Ed, NEVER remove this song from your live sets!!!

hah, just remembered something: the weeks between i saw the video first and finally got the CD i got up an hour earlier in the morning as usual (by 5 or so) to switch on our independent music TV channel to see the video

apocalypse Escribi�:

To sum up, I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!! It is the theme tune to the late 90's, and every party since then!

I totally agree. It has been my favourite song of all time ever since it was released. The track never fails to blow me away, everytime I listen to it (especially on Surrender) 8).

It must sound powerfully performed live by Chemicals...and i will check it out for 42 days ;-)

equinoxe, Hey Boy Hey Girl is going to blow your socks clean off!!!



Where I am, I guess having crappy radio has it's good side. ;) It prevented this song from going sour due to being overplayed.



Although late night on Saturday's a few years back, one of the more hip radio stations would play dance music and this song was always on the play list.



Anyway, Hey Boy Hey Girl is a great anthem and pumped full of so much energy. I think it's just one of those instantly recognizable classics - from that fly buzzing sound at the very beginning to where the beat comes in, and of course the call out.



More personally it reminds me of when, in 1999 I got my life back in order and started enjoying things again. 'stash and I had this old beat up mini van and we'd get our friends and all pile in, put this record on and drive off to a club or rave or whatever. This song was our "going out" song and it's filled with a lot of fond memories. That's reason enough for me to always love the tune.

It doesn't effect me like it used to. That's because I over played the bastard so now I limit myself to how much I listen to it.

i didn't listen to the whole surrender record in full for some time (that means for 6 weeks or so) and then found out (again) how AMAZING it is. listened to it several times last weekend

whirlygirl Escribi�:

'stash and I had this old beat up mini van and we'd get our friends and all pile in, put this record on and drive off to a club or rave or whatever.

When you say a mini van do you mean this as in a rover mini that we have in the uk?

iguanapunk Escribi�:

It doesn't effect me like it used to. That's because I over played the bastard so now I limit myself to how much I listen to it.

I know exactly what you mean, last night I herd it and it really did effect me like it use to as I hadn't herd it when I was out for a while.



I think it really doesnt make a good opening song in the live set however, better later on in the set.

It's very rockin tune. I remember when i was in highschool 8 years ago and we were going to one fine local club every saturday. And in 1998 when this tune was famous, the dj's played this tune every saturday and i remember how the walls of this club was shaking and i thought this all hous will blow up!!!!This was awfull, ahhhh, those bases, i remeber this very good!!!!!!

equinoxe24 Escribi�:

It's very rockin tune. I remember when i was in highschool 8 years ago and we were going to one fine local club every saturday. And in 1998 when this tune was famous, the dj's played this tune every saturday and i remember how the walls of this club was shaking and i thought this all hous will blow up!!!!This was awfull, ahhhh, those bases, i remeber this very good!!!!!!

aem... we're talking about HBHG which came out in 1999...

ACIDCHILDREN Escribi�:

whirlygirl Escribi�:

'stash and I had this old beat up mini van and we'd get our friends and all pile in, put this record on and drive off to a club or rave or whatever.

When you say a mini van do you mean this as in a rover mini that we have in the uk?

iguanapunk Escribi�:

It doesn't effect me like it used to. That's because I over played the bastard so now I limit myself to how much I listen to it.

I know exactly what you mean, last night I herd it and it really did effect me like it use to as I hadn't herd it when I was out for a while.



I think it really doesnt make a good opening song in the live set however, better later on in the set.

Our mini van, 1989 Dodge Grand Caravan, looked like this:



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Ours was better ;) but the shocks and suspension were completely gone. The thing would bounce all over the road to the beat of the music. Good times! I really miss that car. It came in handy when we needed to go places with a lot of people because there was room for 7. I was very sad to see it go when I got a new car.

ACIDCHILDREN Escribi�:

whirlygirl Escribi�:

'stash and I had this old beat up mini van and we'd get our friends and all pile in, put this record on and drive off to a club or rave or whatever.

When you say a mini van do you mean this as in a rover mini that we have in the uk?

iguanapunk Escribi�:

It doesn't effect me like it used to. That's because I over played the bastard so now I limit myself to how much I listen to it.

I know exactly what you mean, last night I herd it and it really did effect me like it use to as I hadn't herd it when I was out for a while.



I think it really doesnt make a good opening song in the live set however, better later on in the set.

Our mini van, 1989 Dodge Grand Caravan, looked like this:







Ours was better ;) but the shocks and suspension were completely gone. The thing would bounce all over the road to the beat of the music. Good times! I really miss that car. It came in handy when we needed to go places with a lot of people because there was room for 7. I was very sad to see it go when I got a new car.

Boy with the Golden Eyes Escribi�:

equinoxe24 Escribi�:

It's very rockin tune. I remember when i was in highschool 8 years ago and we were going to one fine local club every saturday. And in 1998 when this tune was famous, the dj's played this tune every saturday and i remember how the walls of this club was shaking and i thought this all hous will blow up!!!!This was awfull, ahhhh, those bases, i remeber this very good!!!!!!

aem... we're talking about HBHG which came out in 1999...

Ups, sorry, my mistake :-// Ofcourse we're talking about the 1999, but i was talking about those years in general. I was in highschool from 1995 to 2000 :D

I thought you may of meant this type of mini van!

uh, this one is lovely

I heard it on the radio and I thought: 'Wow, if all tunes are like this the album's gonna kick major ass!' Shame it didn't...