Hey Dude (song)

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"Hey Dude"
Hey Dude Kula Shaker cover.jpg
Single by Kula Shaker
from the album K
B-side
  • "Troubled Mind"
  • "Into the Deep"
  • "Drop in the Sea"
  • "Crispian Reading from the Mahabharata"
Released26 August 1996 (1996-08-26)
RecordedJanuary–May 1996
Studio Various
Genre
Length4:07
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) John Leckie
Kula Shaker singles chronology
"Tattva"
(1996)		"Hey Dude"
(1996)		"Govinda"
(1996)
Music video
"Hey Dude" on YouTube

"Hey Dude" is a Britpop song by English psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. Written by frontman Crispian Mills and Kula Shaker, the song was released as the third single (and fourth overall) from their 1996 debut studio album, K , on 26 August 1996. Produced by John Leckie, "Hey Dude" became the band's joint-highest-charting song in the United Kingdom (alongside "Hush"), peaking at number two in September 1996. Internationally, the single charted in Australia, Ireland, and the Netherlands, as well as on the Canadian and US rock charts. In Australia, the song was ranked at number 60 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996. [2]

Contents

Release

"Hey Dude" was released in the United Kingdom on 26 August 1996 across four formats: two CD singles, a 7-inch vinyl single, and a cassette single. [3] The first CD contains "Troubled Mind", "Grateful When You're Dead", and "Into the Deep" as B-sides while the second disc includes "Tattva", "Drop in the Sea", and "Crispian Reading from the Mahabharata" as additional tracks. [4] [5] The 7-inch and cassette singles consist of "Hey Dude" and "Troubled Mind", and a European format replacing that latter track with "Grateful When You're Dead" was also issued. [6] [7] [8] In Japan, an extra song called "Red Balloon" appears on the CD single alongside the other tracks from the second UK CD. [9]

Chart performance

On the week beginning 1 September 1996, "Hey Dude" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number two, its peak position, with sales of 65,000. [10] This gave Kula Shaker their highest-charting single in the UK, along with 1997's "Hush", as well as their longest-charting hit, spending 10 weeks in the UK top 100. [11] At the end of 1996, the song came in at number 84 on the UK year-end chart. [12] In May 2020, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) awarded the song a silver certification for sales and streams of over 200,000 units. [13] According to the Official Charts Company, "Hey Dude" is the UK's 39th-best-selling Britpop song as of August 2020. [1]

Outside the UK, "Hey Dude" charted in several other countries. In Ireland, it became Kula Shaker's first single to reach the Irish Singles Chart top 30, peaking at number 29. [14] In September 1996, the song debuted and peaked at number 18 on the Eurochart Hot 100 from its UK sales alone. [15] Elsewhere in Europe, the song appeared on the Netherlands' Tip charts, reaching number 16 on the Dutch Top 40 Tipparade and number 12 on the Single Top 100 Tipparade. [16] [17] On Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, the single debuted within the top 100 on 3 November 1996 and peaked at number 58. [18] In Canada, the song became the band's second single to chart, after "Tattva", [19] rising to number 16 on the RPM Alternative 30 ranking on 28 April 1997. [20] On 1 March 1997, the track debuted on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 25 the following month. [21] [22]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes and the K album booklet. [4] [25]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [13] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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