"Hey Everybody!"
Single by 5 Seconds of Summer
from the album Sounds Good Feels Good
Released14 September 2015 (2015-09-14)
Recorded2015
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
5 Seconds of Summer singles chronology
"She's Kinda Hot"
(2015) 		"Hey Everybody!"
(2015) 		"Jet Black Heart"
(2015)
Music video
"Hey Everybody!" on YouTube

"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 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 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

Chart performance for "Hey Everybody!"
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 70
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[8] 12
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[9] 17
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[10] 47
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 74
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 49
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[13] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tiparade)[14] 11
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[15] 65
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 49
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[17] 16
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[18] 23

References

  1. ^ "Review: 5 Seconds of Summer Rally with 'Hey, Everybody!' Ahead of 'Sounds Good Feels Good'". Music Times. Music Times. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer Goes From Boy Band to Men With 'Sounds Good, Feels Good': Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Episode Guide - All 4". Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. ^ Garibaldi, Christina (17 October 2015). "Here are 10 things you need to know about the clip". MTV.comNews. MTV. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  5. ^ "iTunes - Music - Hey Everybody! - Single by 5 Seconds of Summer". iTunes Store (GB).[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Hey Everybody!". Amazon Germany.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (17 October 2015). "ARIA Singles: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 'Downtown' Spends Another Week at No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer – Hey Everybody!" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  9. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer – Hey Everybody!" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  10. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  11. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer – Hey Everybody!" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Chart Track: Week 42, 2015". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  13. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Tiparade Week 48". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  15. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201548 into search.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  17. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  18. ^ "5 Seconds of Summer Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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