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Production Credits:
Hey Fuck You Click for Lyrics
First Appearance: To the 5 Boroughs LP, 4 June 2004
Written by: Beastie Boys
Performed by: Beastie Boys
Production Notes: Produced by Beastie Boys. Mixed by Supa Engineer "DURO" for No Question Ent./Loreal Inc. Recording engineered by Beastie Boys and Jon Weiner. Turntable Extraordinaire: Mix Master Mike. Recorded and mixed at Oscilloscope Laboratories. Mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound.
Behind the Beats and Lyrics...
Samples:
- "Bellevue Patient" - Funkmaster Wizard Wiz (Bellevue Patient LP 1985)
- "The Symphony" - Marly Marl featuring Master Ace, Craig G., Kool G., Rap & Big Daddy Kane
- "Sex for Teens (Where It's At)" - Stanley Z. Daniels, M.D (1969)
References:
- Mike - Mix Master Mike, the Beasties DJ and turntable extrordinare
- Page 6 - news tabloid The New York Post's gossip page
- Carl Sagan [1934-1996] - America's most famous astronomer whose PBS series Cosmos, remains the most-watched program in public-television history
- Canal Street - a New York City street that runs through the lower east side of Manhattan through Chinatown and is known for its many street vendors and jewelry stores that sell knock-offs of expensive brands
- Sasquatch - also known as Bigfoot, a large apelike creature reportedly sighted in the U.S. and Canada
- Kugel - a pasta/noodle-like middle-European Jewish dish
- Kings County - a county located in New York, now coterminous with the borough of Brooklyn, NY
- Albee Square Mall - shopping mall on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn - New York City borough
- Regina - capital city of South Saskatchewan, Canada
- Foghorn Leghorn - Warner Bros. southern rooster cartoon character
- Yosemite Sam - Bugs Bunny's enemy & nemesis
- Toucan Sam - mascot for Kellogg's Fruit Loop cereal
- Hoover Dam - one of the world's largest dams, located on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada
Sample & Reference Breakdown:
- "Uh, thank you ladies and gentlemen, this next song is a blast and I gotta say we are having a ball here tonight and when you're ready and..." - * source unknown *
- "Shabba Doo, Shabba Dee. Shabba Dee, Shabba Doo" - "Shabba Doo" was the street name of breakdancer Adolfo Quinones in "Breakdance: The Movie" and 1984's sequel "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
- "And if you don't like it then Hey Fuck You" - sampled from "Bellevue Patient" by Funkmaster Wizard Wiz
- "Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks" - World-famous astronomer Carl Sagan's trademark attire was a turtleneck with a sport jacket
- "Oh my God, it's Sasquatch!" - * source unknown *
- "So put a quarter in your ass 'cause you played yourself" - Sampled from "The Symphony" by Marly Marl featuring Master Ace, Craig G., Kool G., Rap & Big Daddy Kane
- "Wa-how what a loser" - sampled from "Sex for Teens (Where It's At)" by Stanley Z. Daniels, M.D
Commentary:
Beastie Boys:
"This song's on goofy island but it's chucking rocks over at b-boy island. It's building a catapult." - Beastie Boys, using their "Three Islands" approach in describing the songs on their new album.
Released Versions:
Hey Fuck You
Hey Fuck You (A Capella)
Hey Fuck You (Clean Version)
Live:
No Known Performances in Concert.
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