Hey Ladies

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"Hey Ladies"
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Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Paul's Boutique
B-side "Shake Your Rump"
ReleasedJuly 25, 1989
Genre
Length3:47 (single)
14:28 (EP)
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) MCA, Adrock, Mike D, Barbarella Bishop, Matt Dike, Ronald Ford, John King, Gaary Shider, Linda Shider, Michael Simpson, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman [1]
Producer(s) Beastie Boys, Dust Brothers
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Girls"
(1987)
"Hey Ladies"
(1989)
"Shadrach"
(1989)
Music video
"Hey Ladies" on YouTube

"Hey Ladies" is a song by American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, featured on their album Paul's Boutique . It was the album's only charting single, hitting #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is also the first single in history to chart in the Top 20 of both the Billboard Hot Rap Singles and Modern Rock Tracks charts, hitting #10 on the former and #18 on the latter. [2]

Contents

Cash Box said that, "This is extremely funky, and way catchy." [3]

The 12" record and CD versions of the single were released as an EP entitled Love American Style.

In the vein of Saturday Night Fever and the Dolemite series of blaxploitation films, a music video was made for the song.

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Hey Ladies" – 3:54
  2. "Shake Your Rump" – 3:18
Love American Style EP
  1. "Hey Ladies" – 3:47
  2. "Shake Your Rump" – 3:19
  3. "33% God" – 3:40
  4. "Dis Yourself in '89 (Just Do It)" – 3:26

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart [4] 141
Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart [5] 2
Dutch Singles Chart [6] 31
German Singles Chart [7] 43
New Zealand Singles Chart [8] 37
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 76
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 36
U.S. Billboard Dance Singles Sales [11] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [11] 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks [11] 10
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [12] 18

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