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From the album Surrender

Single26 May 1999Atomic number 12

Hey Boy Hey Girl

Hey Boy Hey Girl artwork
Artwork (quoted for review and commentary)2

Ground #B49379Ink 1 #514042Ink 2 #DBC2A3Accent #CE8B7BPlate colours (taken from the artwork)

Contrast body 7.4:1 heading 3.4:1

Pulse 126.4 BPM (measured)

Listen

The video embedded on the official site1 Open on YouTube

Record

Released
26 May 19993
UK peak
No. 34
Certifications
BPI: Platinum; ARIA: Platinum; RMNZ: Platinum4
Artwork
Kate Gibb5

Tracklist

  1. 1Hey Boy Hey Girl2
  2. 2Flashback2
  3. 3Scale2

Music

BPM
126.4 BPM
Key
D (10B)

Technology

Context

Testimony

View (DJ Naoyaman)

The misregistered look of this site traces back to this record's sleeve.

Released on 26 May 1999 as the first single from Surrender,3 it reached No. 3 in the UK and went platinum in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Dom and Nic made the video.4

The artwork is Kate Gibb's silkscreen work. Surrender and its singles were all hers.35

Silkscreen lays down one colour per screen, printed one over another, and each pass can slip a little. This site copies that slip onto the screen.

The title is a call in itself. Hey boy, hey girl. Four words, and you have called out to everyone on the floor.

Translated from the Japanese original.

Afterwards

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  1. The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Hey Boy Hey Girl (video)”
  2. The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Hey Boy Hey Girl (release page)”
  3. Wikipedia, “Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)”
  4. Wikipedia, “The Chemical Brothers discography”
  5. NY Art Beat, “Kate Gibb Exhibition”