Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
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| Hey Hey My My Yo Yo | ||||
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| Released | August 2005[1] | |||
| Studio | Gula Studion, Malmö, Sweden Delta Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark[2] | |||
| Length | 34:20 | |||
| Label | Crunchy Frog | |||
| Producer | Jesper Mortensen | |||
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Hey Hey My My Yo Yo is the second and final studio album by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. It was originally released in August 2005 in Japan and parts of Europe, and was later released in Australia and the United States in 2007.
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo was released in Japan and Scandinavia in 2005.[3] Hey Hey My My Yo Yo was successful in Japan, charting at number two on the Japanese music charts.[1] The American version of the album was released by Rykodisc Records on 14 August 2007.[4] This release of the album included a seven-song bonus EP.[3] In 2007, Hey Hey My My Yo Yo peaked at number five on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart.[1]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| The A.V. Club | A−[6] |
| Blender |  [7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10[9] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Slant Magazine | [12] |
| Spin | [13] |
| Stylus Magazine | B−[14] |
Initial critical response to Hey Hey My My Yo Yo was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 80, based on 14 reviews.[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jesper "Junior" Mortensen, except where noted [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hello" | 0:43 | |
| 2. | "Hip Hop a Lula" | Mortensen, Ivory Hunter, Otis Clyde | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Can I Get Get Get" | 3:12 | |
| 4. | "Take My Time" | 3:49 | |
| 5. | "Itch U Can't Skratch" | 3:06 | |
| 6. | "We R the Handclaps" | 3:01 | |
| 7. | "I Like Music (W.O.S.B.)" | 3:43 | |
| 8. | "Ur a Girl" | 3:01 | |
| 9. | "No No No's" | 3:47 | |
| 10. | "Dance, Chance, Romance" | 3:23 | |
| 11. | "Happy Rap" | 3:22 |
All tracks are written by Jesper "Junior" Mortensen[15]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Stranded on an Island Alone" | 5:27 |
| 2. | "Together for One Last Dance" | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Headphone Song" | 5:02 |
| 4. | "I Can't Rap, I Can't Sing, But I Would Do Anything" | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Simple Minds Do Simple Things" | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Simple Minds Do Simple Things Part 2" | 3:00 |
| 7. | "U and Me" | 3:44 |
| 8. | "[Bonus track]" | 3:42 |
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