Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam

Artist: Steam
Song: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Year: 1969
Album: Steam

With the White Sox possibly going to the postseason today, I figured this would be the perfect song to showcase. This song was first used by Nancy Faust in the mid seventies, after fans kept requesting it. It was used after an opposing pitcher would exit the game and eventually was played after every home win in Comiskey Park.

I can remember being at Comiskey Park in the mid eighties, with some awful White Sox teams, and the crowd would sing along at the top of their lungs whenever this was played by Nancy. This started to catch on with other teams and soon this was part of the repertoire of most sporting events. Sadly, this isn't the case anymore. The older the song gets, the less that it's used in sporting events. It's still used by the White Sox though.

This could have became an obscure one hit wonder, if not for the popularity during sporting events. It seems hard to believe that this was recorded originally as filler. Mercury Records wanted a filler cut for a B side, but ended up liking the song so much that it ended up as its own single.

There wasn't even a band called Steam. It was a few studio musicians that wrote and recorded the throwaway single. The success of the single inspired a quickly thrown together band that recorded an album and toured. The band disbanded in 1970 and was on the way to trivia question land, until a few Chicago White Sox fans rescued it.

Lyrics:
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye

He'll never love you, the way that I love you
'Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn't make you cry
He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (my love, my love)
So dog-gone willin'
So kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him. Wanna see you kiss him)
Go on and kiss him goodbye, now

Na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye

Listen to me now

He's never near you to comfort and cheer you
When all those sad tears are fallin' baby from your eyes
He might be thrillin' baby but a-my love (my love, my love)
So dog-gone willin'
So kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him. I wanna see you kiss him)
Go on and kiss him goodbye, na-na na-na-na na na

Na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye

Hey hey-ey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye