| Hey Ladies | |
| Cover: | HeyLadies.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Beastie Boys |
| Album: | Paul's Boutique |
| B-Side: | Shake Your Rump |
| Released: | July 25, 1989 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 3:47 (single) 14:28 (EP) |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Beastie Boys, Dust Brothers |
| Prev Title: | Girls |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Shadrach |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"Hey Ladies" is a song by American hip-hop group the 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.[1]
Cash Box said that, "This is extremely funky, and way catchy."[2]
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.
| Chart (1989) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[3] | 141 | |
| Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart[4] | 2 | |
| Dutch Singles Chart[5] | 31 | |
| German Singles Chart[6] | 43 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[7] | 37 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[8] | 76 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 36 | |
| U.S. Billboard Dance Singles Sales[10] | 16 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 15 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 10 | |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[11] | 18 |
