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Cover of Love American Style EP by Beastie Boys
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“Hey Ladies” by Beastie Boys

From the EP Love American Style EP (1989)

“Hey Ladies” by Beastie Boys appears on 22 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1989 on the EP Love American Style EP. Its best result is #106.7 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #241 alternative song of 1989 and #878 alternative song of all time.

22countdowns
13stations
#107best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1989–2026years charted

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"Hey Ladies" was the lone single off Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique to crack the charts in 1989, and on 12-inch and CD it came out on Capitol as the Love American Style EP. The Dust Brothers co-produced it with the band, and it's a dense, jittery funk party, the Beasties tossing lines back and forth like wisecracks at a block party. The songwriting credits run eight names long, with Ad-Rock, Mike D, Matt Dike and Garry Shider among them.

It also pulled off something no single had managed before, landing in the top 20 of both the rap and modern rock charts. Adam Bernstein's video went full disco and blaxploitation, part Saturday Night Fever, part Dolemite.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 106.7 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 174 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 194 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 880 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 154 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 155 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 805 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 916 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 978 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 206 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 413 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 243 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 321 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 322 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 337 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 342 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 344 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 353 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 690 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2021 178 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2026 1121 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Charting alongside it in 1989

Best songs of 1989 →
  1. 1Love SongThe Cure
  2. 2StandR.E.M.
  3. 3Here Comes Your ManThe Pixies
  4. 4She Drives Me CrazyFine Young Cannibals
  5. 5Love ShackThe B-52's
  6. 6Personal JesusDepeche Mode

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