Hey Ladies

"Hey Ladies" is a song by American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, featured on their album Paul's Boutique. It was the album's only charting single, hitting No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is also the first single in history to chart in the Top 20 of both the Billboard Hot Rap Singles and Modern Rock Tracks charts, hitting No. 10 on the former and No. 18 on the latter.^[2]

B-side"Shake Your Rump"

ReleasedJuly 25, 1989

Genre

• Hip-hop
• punk-funk

Length3:47 (single)
14:28 (EP)

Quick facts Single by Beastie Boys, from the album Paul's Boutique ...

"Hey Ladies"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Paul's Boutique
B-side	"Shake Your Rump"
Released	July 25, 1989
Genre	Hip-hop punk-funk
Length	3:47 (single) 14:28 (EP)
Label	Capitol
Songwriters	Beastie Boys, Barbarella Bishop, Matt Dike, Ronald Ford, John King, Gaary Shider, Linda Shider, Michael Simpson, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman[1]
Producers	Beastie Boys, Dust Brothers
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Girls" (1987) "Hey Ladies" (1989) "Shadrach" (1989)
Music video
"Hey Ladies" on YouTube

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Cash Box said, "This is extremely funky, and way catchy."^[3]

The 12" record and CD versions of the single were released as an EP entitled Love American Style.

In the vein of Saturday Night Fever and the Dolemite series of blaxploitation films, a music video was made for the song.

The music video was directed by Adam Bernstein.^[4]