Hey Baby (DJ Ötzi song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hey Baby (Uuh, Aah)


Artist = DJ Ötzi
from Album =
Released = 2001
Format = CD Single
Recorded =
Genre = Schlager, Pop, Dance
Length =
Label = UMVD
EMI(rerelease)
Writer =
Producer =
Certification = Platinum (BPI)
Chart position = *#1 (United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, France, Denmark, Netherlands, South Africa, Belgium, Finland, Sweden)
Reviews =
Last single = "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
(2001)
This single = "Hey Baby (Uuh, Aah)"
(2001)
Next single = "Today Is The Day
(2001)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers


Lower caption = FIFA World Cup release Extra album cover
Upper caption =


Lower caption = Kangaroo Jack release

"Hey Baby" is a popular single by singer and DJ, DJ Ötzi released in 2001. It is a cover of the 1962 single Hey! Baby performed by Bruce Channel. In 2002 it was re-released when it became the unofficial theme song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The song has also been remade by the Crazy Frog.

Information

Production & Release

The song was produced and released in Austria in 2000. The music experts expected no real big success and in Austria the song peaked #4 in the Top 40 charts. In Germany #11 and the song didn't even reach the charts of Switzerland. Few time later there was a EMI conference, where the bosses of the French and the British EMI decided also to release this song in their countries. The song generated major success in European markets, reaching #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and in Australia, it also reached #1.

High School song

"Hey Baby" is also a popular high school and collegiate band selection. Between the third and fourth quarter at each Penn State football game the song is played by the Blue Band, as the 110,000 in attendance sings along. After every win, the Boston University Ice Hockey Pep Band plays this song, and all of the students sing along. It was also played near the end of the 2005 Division I-AA Championship game, both fans of UNI and Appalachian State University were singing along. In addition (and specifically), this song is played during every home football game of the NCAA Division I-AA University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen football team and (generally) at a vast majority of Division 1A football home games as well.

Wyoming Area student cheering section and band play the song during every football game.

The pep band version played by many marching bands can be heard here: [http://www.bands.uiuc.edu/BBB/media/hey01.mp3]

The song is also a big hit and the event anthem at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens and at Faribault Senior High School. Whenever the song is played in the Hong Kong or Bruce Smith Memorial Stadium, most of the fans start singing it. This song is also known as Archbishop Wood High School's unofficial theme song.

In addition, the University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hen Marching Band's Tuba section, Blue Thunder, plays "Hey! Baby" at every Home football game, usually during the 4th quarter. They are accompanied by the Band and Blue Hen fans, who sing the words. This is always a fan favorite!

Trivia

"Hey Baby" is a favourite song of Michael Fitzpatrick.

"Hey Baby" is the theme song for British comedy group The Corner Boys

In Professional Sports

"Hey Baby" is frequently featured during Montreal Canadiens games at their home, the Bell Centre. When the song is played, the entire crowd sings along, and as the song fades after the puck is dropped during a faceoff, the crowd's singing can be heard tailing off.

"Hey Baby" is also used during the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field during the 7th inning strech after "God Bless America" and "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"

"Hey Baby" was also heard right before the 2nd Period during the Colorado Avalanche home game, the Pepsi Center.

"Hey Baby" was also heard the night of November 22, 2007 for the Edmonton Oilers home game against Colorado Avalanche at Rexall Place.

Recently, supporters of Toronto FC of Major League Soccer have adopted "Hey Baby" to acknowledge the play of their captain Jim Brennan.

"Hey Baby" used to be Benny McCarthy's (south-African international soccer player) song (by the time he was playing for Futebol Clube do Porto, a Portuguese soccer team), every time he scored. Supporters used to sing their own version with modified lyrics.

"Hey Baby" is traditionally played at least once(but more usually several times) during the course of the 3 days of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens. Fans sing along and it is rumored that when the organizers wanted to replace it in 2006 with another song, the decision was opposed by many local fans.

"Hey Baby" is often played at New York Mets games at Shea Stadium, as well as at Brooklyn Cyclones games at Keyspan Park and Staten Island Yankees games at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

"Hey Baby" was played during Super Bowl XLII in Arizona.

Track listings

#"Hey Baby (Radio Edit)"
#"Hey Baby (Ooh Aah Radio Remix)"