Hey Everybody! Explained

Hey Everybody!
Cover:Hey Everybody!.jpg
Type:single
Artist:5 Seconds of Summer
Album:Sounds Good Feels Good
Recorded:2015
Label:
Producer:
Prev Title:She's Kinda Hot
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:Jet Black Heart
Next Year:2015

"Hey Everybody!" is a song by Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. The song is the second single from the band's second album Sounds Good Feels Good.[1] The song contains elements from "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran, who were given a writing credit on the song.[2]

Promotion

The band performed the track on Stand Up to Cancer special, broadcast on 26 October 2015,[3] and TFI Friday on 6 November 2015. It was later performed at the American Music Awards, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, Sirius XM Radio, at the Radio 1 Teen Awards, on On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Elvis Duran and The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Music video

The video directed by Isaac Rentz, shot in Los Angeles, California begins with the band members working menial jobs, Calum as a dog walker, Ashton as a dino suit wearing birthday party entertainer, Michael as a street mascot promoting hot dogs and Luke as a mercilessly abused office desk drone. Fantasy sequences depict goofing off at a palatial Pasadena mansion with middle-aged men as bagpipers, scenes of Mexican-style wrestling, polo players on segways, water sliding in body taping, throwing money around and camera mugging dressed like hustler/pimp/gangsta-rappers, hunting Ashton in animal suits through a low-cut hedgemaze, ending with Ashton beaten with pool noodles. Ashton throws the birthday cake on the ground, then the band member soak in a hot tub with one of the wrestlers, ignoring the mega-sized pizza that has just been ordered, and then they all jump in the pool. A narrator announces the fate of each band member.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Hey Everybody!" – 3:16
  1. "Hey Everybody!" (radio edit)
  2. "Over and Out" – 2:59

Personnel

Charts

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Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 70
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[8] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tiparade)[9] 11

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review: 5 Seconds of Summer Rally with 'Hey, Everybody!' Ahead of 'Sounds Good Feels Good'. Music Times. 9 October 2015. Music Times. 11 October 2015.
  2. 5 Seconds of Summer Goes From Boy Band to Men With 'Sounds Good, Feels Good': Album Review. Billboard. 19 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Episode Guide - All 4 . 3 October 2015 . 22 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180622004956/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/alan-carr-chatty-man/episode-guide . dead .
  4. Web site: Here are 10 things you need to know about the clip.. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007184839/https://www.mtv.com/news/y6frph/5sos-director-behind-the-scenes-hey-everybody-video. dead. 7 October 2022. Garibaldi. Christina. MTV.comNews. 17 October 2015. MTV. 27 October 2022.
  5. Web site: iTunes - Music - Hey Everybody! - Single by 5 Seconds of Summer . iTunes Store (GB) .
  6. Web site: Hey Everybody!. Amazon Germany.
  7. Web site: ARIA Singles: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 'Downtown' Spends Another Week at No 1. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. 17 October 2015. 17 October 2015.
  8. 5 Seconds of Summer Chart History. Billboard. 28 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Tiparade Week 48. Dutch Top 40. 21 March 2024.