Valentine Kisses: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

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Look at it snow! We got a little, but nothing like what the northeast is getting right now. I’m content to sit with a cup of hot tea and watch it on You Tube. I’m also content to give you another song with “kiss” in the title as we march on to Valentine’s Day. When I announced this I’m sure there are some songs that popped into your head immediately. This may be one of them. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam What do Steam, the 1910 Fruitgum Company, the Archies, and the Ohio Express have in common? They really weren’t “bands.” We’re not talking Glenn Frey and Don Henley met in the Troubadour here. Steam, like so many of those other bands in the late 60s, was a group of studio musicians who decided to record their own song. And, like the others mentioned, it got very popular, presenting a problem: there had to actually be a band to appear on American Bandstand and all these other places. They didn’t last long, but this song is one of those ubiquitous sports songs (“na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!” is frequently played when opposing pitchers get knocked out of a game or a visiting player fouls out). I just hope they didn’t play this at co-writer/lead singer Gary DeCarlo’s funeral. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo, and Dale Frashuer Recorded by Steam From Steam, 1969 He’ll never love you: