HUGO MONTENEGRO - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (1970)

Back in the day, middle-road stations would often play a soft substitute cover, and this was a perfect example. It was played on both WIP and WPEN, MOR rivals in Philly in the early '70s, but they never announced the artist. I told a friend the words and asked him who performed it, to which he replied "Steam." So for years I thought this was Steam...until I actually heard the Steam version on oldies radio 30 years later. Tracking down who did this cover was tough, since it never charted, but I found it on an obscure website of a public station in NJ. The DJ was nice enough to record it for me. Since then I found the LP and present it to you. IMO it's BETTER than the original.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Hugo
• Montenegro
• Na
• Hey
• Kiss
• Him
• Goodbye
• Steam
• 1970s
• pop
• rock
• soft
• vocals
• choral

[Cmpnioncube]

can any1 name the key this is played in?

[MrTrashcan1]

@Cmpnioncube A major.

[NcicHit]

Help me! I like this. Must be getting old.

[MrTrashcan1]

@NcicHit  Clearly old age is improving your taste.

[dstars8888]

I have the Hugo Montenegro "Man From U.N.C.L.E." LP, some surprisingly good music on it, too. I have never heard this version. Grew up with Steam singing it ;-) This is definitely a change! Hugo had the hits with the themes from the Clint Eastwood westerns, notably "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". Steam's follow-up to their version was "I've Gotta Make You Love Me" which I prefer to "Na Na..."

Thanks!