It was intended to be a "throwaway" song, the seldom-played B-side of a 45-rpm record produced in a New York recording studio in 1969.
Instead, it became an A-side No. 1 hit single for a band called Steam, a song whose simple but catchy chorus became an enduring sports anthem chanted by sports fans around the world to taunt an opposing team:
"Na Na Na Na. Na Na Na Na. Hey Hey Hey. Goodbye."
Paul Leka, 68, a composer who co-wrote and produced "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye," died of lung cancer Oct. 12 in a hospice near his home in Sharon, Conn., said his sister, Evelyn Kreta.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituari...,7625180.story
I wonder what they'll sing at his funeral.
Hillary will NEVER be President
Obama is a FORMER President
Joe Biden is in Scranton eating paste.
I used to have Kiss Him Goodbye on 45. I don't think I ever played the other side. Yeah, I'm that old.
First Amendment rights are like muscles, if you don't exercise them they will atrophy.
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