Hell Yeah (Montgomery Gentry song) explained

Hell Yeah
Cover:Montgomery hell yeah.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Montgomery Gentry
Album:My Town
B-Side:My Town
Released:July 28, 2003
Recorded:2002
Genre:Country
Length:4:51 (album version)
3:59 (radio edit)
Label:Columbia Nashville
Producer:Blake Chancey
Prev Title:Speed
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:If You Ever Stop Loving Me
Next Year:2004

"Hell Yeah" is a song written by Jeffrey Steele and Craig Wiseman and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in July 2003 as the third and final single from the duo's album My Town. The song peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Content

The narrator recounts the lives of two people, a male of "the Haggard generation" and a female of "the Me Generation", who both like to party and want to go back to when "life was good and love was easy."

Music video

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in late 2003.

Charts positions

"Hell Yeah" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of July 26, 2003. The song has sold 492,000 copies in the U.S. as of September 2017 and was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA on June 6, 2024.[1]

Year-end charts

Parodies

Notes and References

  1. News: Nielsen SoundScan charts – Digital Songs – Week Ending: 09/14/2017. Nielsen SoundScan. September 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170919211714/http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-14-17.pdf. September 19, 2017.
  2. Web site: Best of 2003: Country Songs . . . 2003. July 13, 2012.