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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
"Say Hey" received favorable reviews from most music critics. Michael R. Smith from ''The Daily Vault'' labelled it an "intoxicating atmospheric track" that were placed at the very heart of the studio album.<ref>{{cite web| first=Michael R. | last=Smith | publisher=Daily Vault |url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=4566 |title=''Impossible Princess'' (review) |work=|date=11 May 2008 | accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> Larry Flick from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' highlighted the song as an album stand out track, saying it was "trend-hopping" and fused perfect "modern pop music."<ref name="billboard">{{cite journal |last=Flick |first=Larry |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ug4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA18&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Minogue Makes Mature Turn On deConstruction Set |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=110 |issue=14 |page=18 |date=4 April 1998 |issn=0006-2510 |accessdate=2 March 2013}}</ref> While reviewing her Anti Tour concert, Mike Wass from [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] felt "Say Hey" and "Drunk" illustrated her most "experimental phase".<ref>{{cite web| first=Mike | last=Wass |url=http://www.idolator.com/6226392/kylie-minogue-anti-tour-sydney-concert-review |title=Kylie Minogue Takes Her Anti Tour To Sydney: Concert Review |work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] | accessdate=12 March 2012 | date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Sullivan complimented the song writing in both "Say Hey" and ''Impossible Princess'' track "Drunk".<ref name="guardian"/> Gary James from ''Entertainment Focus'' commended all her own written tracks including "Say Hey".<ref name="writer">{{cite web| first=Gary | last=James | url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/kylie-the-songwriter/ |title=Kylie the Songwriter - Entertainment Focus |work=Entertainment Focus | accessdate=19 March 2014 | page=1 | date=15 March 2015}}</ref>
"Say Hey" received favorable reviews from most music critics. Michael R. Smith from ''The Daily Vault'' labelled it an "intoxicating atmospheric track" that were placed at the very heart of the studio album.<ref>{{cite web| first=Michael R. | last=Smith | publisher=Daily Vault |url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=4566 |title=''Impossible Princess'' (review) |work=|date=11 May 2008 | accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> Larry Flick from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' highlighted the song as an album stand out track, saying it was "trend-hopping" and fused perfect "modern pop music."<ref name="billboard">{{cite journal |last=Flick |first=Larry |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ug4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA18&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Minogue Makes Mature Turn On deConstruction Set |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=110 |issue=14 |page=18 |date=4 April 1998 |issn=0006-2510 |accessdate=2 March 2013}}</ref> While reviewing her Anti Tour concert, Mike Wass from [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] felt "Say Hey" and "Drunk" illustrated her most "experimental phase".<ref>{{cite web| first=Mike | last=Wass |url=http://www.idolator.com/6226392/kylie-minogue-anti-tour-sydney-concert-review |title=Kylie Minogue Takes Her Anti Tour To Sydney: Concert Review |work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] | accessdate=12 March 2012 | date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Sullivan complimented the song writing in both "Say Hey" and ''Impossible Princess'' track "Drunk".<ref name="guardian"/> Gary James from ''Entertainment Focus'' commended all her own written tracks including "Say Hey".<ref name="writer">{{cite web| first=Gary | last=James | url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/kylie-the-songwriter/ |title=Kylie the Songwriter - Entertainment Focus |work=Entertainment Focus | accessdate=19 March 2014 | page=1 | date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Bence Illés from Pop-Cultured.net felt the song was an instant highlight for the album because of its "intentionally simple wording".<ref>{{cite web| first=Bence | last=Illés | url=http://www.pop-cultured.net/deconstructing-kylie-minogue-analysis-artistic-input-deconstruction-records/ |title=Deconstructing Kylie Minogue: An Analysis of Kylie’s Artistic Input with Deconstruction Records |work=Pop Cultured | accessdate=11 January 15 | date=2 August 2015}}</ref>


However, a reviewer from ''[[Sputnikmusic]]'' felt it was a "weak point" from ''Impossible Princess''. They felt that "Kylie sings in a tired lazy tone while the music is uninspiring doing nothing to get a reaction from the listener. These both could have been added as bonus tracks that way they wouldn’t take away from the alternative pop sound."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31438/Kylie-Minogue-Impossible-Princess/ |title=Kylie Minogue - ''Impossible Princess'' (review) |work=[[Sputnikmusic]] | date=17 July 2009| accessdate=14 March 2015}}</ref> Adrian Denning was critical towards the tracks "misconception" of being "indie", a portrayal the media had reported upon Minogue during the late 1990s, and felt that rock could have been more suitable; he cited "Some Kind of Bliss" as an example for this sound.<ref>{{cite web| first=Adrian | last=Denning | url=http://www.adriandenning.co.uk/kylie.html |title=Kylie Minogue Albums |work=adriandenning.couk | accessdate=17 July 2009 | page=1 | date=14 March 2015}}</ref> Willmott commented that the composition of "Say Hey" and ''Impossible Princess'' track "Through the Years" were too similar to Bjork and labelled it "noisy".<ref name="nme"/> A reviewer from ''[[Who Weekly]]'' compared the song to Bjork and British duo [[Everything but the Girl]].<ref name="reviews">{{cite web|url=http://www.kylie.co.uk/press/00000019.shtml |title= ''Impossible Princess'' Reviews, by Kylie Minogue |publisher= Adapted by kylie.co.uk |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061010145046/http://www.kylie.co.uk/press/00000019.shtml |archivedate=11 October 2006}}</ref> Michael Dwyer from ''Western Australian'' said "the bath-time fantasy 'Say Hey' is enough to steam up every mirror in the house."<ref name="reviews"/>
However, a reviewer from ''[[Sputnikmusic]]'' felt it was a "weak point" from ''Impossible Princess''. They felt that "Kylie sings in a tired lazy tone while the music is uninspiring doing nothing to get a reaction from the listener. These both could have been added as bonus tracks that way they wouldn’t take away from the alternative pop sound."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31438/Kylie-Minogue-Impossible-Princess/ |title=Kylie Minogue - ''Impossible Princess'' (review) |work=[[Sputnikmusic]] | date=17 July 2009| accessdate=14 March 2015}}</ref> Willmott commented that the composition of "Say Hey" and ''Impossible Princess'' track "Through the Years" were too similar to Bjork and labelled it "noisy".<ref name="nme"/> A reviewer from ''[[Who Weekly]]'' compared the song to Bjork and British duo [[Everything but the Girl]].<ref name="reviews">{{cite web|url=http://www.kylie.co.uk/press/00000019.shtml |title= ''Impossible Princess'' Reviews, by Kylie Minogue |publisher= Adapted by kylie.co.uk |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061010145046/http://www.kylie.co.uk/press/00000019.shtml |archivedate=11 October 2006}}</ref> Michael Dwyer from ''Western Australian'' said "the bath-time fantasy 'Say Hey' is enough to steam up every mirror in the house."<ref name="reviews"/>


==Live performances==
==Live performances==

Revision as of 02:49, 2 August 2015

"Say Hey"
Song

"Say Hey" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, included on her sixth studio album Impossible Princess (1997). Written by Minogue and produced by Dougan and Jay Burnett, it was later included in the track list of Minogue's compilation albums Confide in Me (2002) and Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie. The song is a electronica track in which Minogue sings about her verbal and physical relationship with then-boyfriend Stephane Sednaoui.

"Say Hey" was met with positive reviews by most music critics, many of whom commended the songs composition and Minogue's songwriting. However, some critics felt the song was weak and was too similar to the work of Icelandic singer Bjork. "Say Hey" was released as a promotional airplay single in Australia and New Zealand by Mushroom Records. "Say Hey" was performed on her Intimate and Live Tour and Anti Tour.

Background and release

While writing the songs for Impossible Princess at her home in Chelsea, London, her then-boyfriend Stephane Sednaoui continued working in on photography and modelling in his native France and occasionally visited her in London.[1] Minogue had sat in her bath tub in early hours of the morning and wanted to call her boyfriend "not to speak with him, but to leave a message".[1] She felt throughout the process of Impossible Princess that she did not have enough contact with him and wanted to have "some feeling of communication" between the two; she commented that she originally didn't intend to have a conversation with him that morning.[1] "Say Hey" was mixed by Alan Bremner and recorded at Real World Studios, Sarm West Studios and DMC Studios in the UK.[2]

After several postponements of the album in 1997, Minogue's Australian record label Mushroom Records decided to distributed six songs as promotional singles in both Australia and New Zealand.[3] With one lead single, "Some Kind of Bliss", being released in September 1997, it received mixed reviews and poor commercial success.[4] Mushroom released "Say Hey" and alongside Impossible Princess tracks "Some Kind of Bliss", "Too Far", "Limbo", "I Don't Need Anyone" and "Did It Again" on Australian and New Zealand airplay as promotional singles.[3]

Composition

Written solely by Minogue and produced by Brothers in Rhythm, "Say Hey" is an electronica song with a duration of three minutes and thirty-eight seconds.[2][5] All instrumentals including synthesizers and keyboards were played by Minogue's creative director Steve Anderson with assistance by Minogue.[2] Minogue labelled the composition as "late night, early morning" music and lyrically talks about communication with Sednaoui.[1] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine said "Say Hey" was "delirious spacey" and fits like a puzzle alongside "Limbo".[6] Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian stated "[Drunk] and [Say Hey] [...] the trip-hop obscurities from her anomalous mid-90s electronica period."[7] A reviewer for Who said the song is a “hymn of seduction layered upon a pulsating bass with bits of Kylie's voice chopped up and scattered throughout for effect.”[8]

Several critics compared the song with Icelandic singer Bjork, with Ben Willmott from NME comparing the song with her single "Violently Happy" and her second studio album Debut (1990).[9] Polari Magazine also compared it to Bjork's songs from her debut album Debut and felt it would not have "sounded out of place".[10] A reviewer from Australian magazine Who Weekly compared it to both Bjork and English duo Everything but the Girl.[8]

Critical reception

"Say Hey" received favorable reviews from most music critics. Michael R. Smith from The Daily Vault labelled it an "intoxicating atmospheric track" that were placed at the very heart of the studio album.[11] Larry Flick from Billboard highlighted the song as an album stand out track, saying it was "trend-hopping" and fused perfect "modern pop music."[12] While reviewing her Anti Tour concert, Mike Wass from Idolator felt "Say Hey" and "Drunk" illustrated her most "experimental phase".[13] Sullivan complimented the song writing in both "Say Hey" and Impossible Princess track "Drunk".[7] Gary James from Entertainment Focus commended all her own written tracks including "Say Hey".[14] Bence Illés from Pop-Cultured.net felt the song was an instant highlight for the album because of its "intentionally simple wording".[15]

However, a reviewer from Sputnikmusic felt it was a "weak point" from Impossible Princess. They felt that "Kylie sings in a tired lazy tone while the music is uninspiring doing nothing to get a reaction from the listener. These both could have been added as bonus tracks that way they wouldn’t take away from the alternative pop sound."[16] Willmott commented that the composition of "Say Hey" and Impossible Princess track "Through the Years" were too similar to Bjork and labelled it "noisy".[9] A reviewer from Who Weekly compared the song to Bjork and British duo Everything but the Girl.[8] Michael Dwyer from Western Australian said "the bath-time fantasy 'Say Hey' is enough to steam up every mirror in the house."[8]

Live performances

Minogue performed the track on her Intimate and Live tour in June–July 1998. The track was used in act three along with several other tracks on the Impossible Princess album and featured Minogue in her cowboy-inspired dress that she introduced for the act opener "Cowboy Style" but did not wear the cowboy hat.[17] The performance was recorded on 30 June and 1 July at Capitol Theatre in Sydney, and appeared on the related CD and DVD.[17][18]

In April 2011, Minogue was in talks about the conception of the Anti Tour after completing her Aphrodite World Tour.[19] The conception was to feature b-sides, rarities and unreleased tracks that Minogue has never performed and "Say Hey" was included on the list. The live performance featured Minogue in a white singlet and daisy dukes, featuring three back up singers and her live band in the background.[20] The performance received positive reviews from most music critics, many whom praised the inclusion of the song on the tour.[21]

Promotion and other usage

"Say Hey" was released in mid-1997 in the UK on a cassette tape with all other album tracks as part of a promotional release.[22] "Say Hey" has been featured on many of Minogue's compilation albums. It's first appearance was on her 2002 BMG greatest hits compilation album Confide in Me, a compilation consisting majority off her singles and tracks from her Deconstruction period; Heather Phares from Allmusic praised the Impossible Princess tracks including "Say Hey".[23] It then appeared on her 2004 compilation album Artist Collection, which included most of her Impossible Princess era.[24] The song's last appearance was on her second disc of Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie released in July 2007 by UK independent label Music Club.[25]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Minogue, Kylie (1997). "An Interview with Kylie Minogue booklet "Say Hey"". An Interview with Kylie Minogue (Audio CD). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. p. 33. KM002.
  2. ^ a b c d Minogue, Kylie (January 2003). "Impossible Princess booklet". Impossible Princess (Double CD Album). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. p. 1. 82876511152.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ^ a b Minogue, Kylie (November 1997). "Mushroom Records press release; included with disc". Impossible Princess Sampler (Audio CD and press release). Kylie Minogue. Australia and New Zealand: Mushroom. KYLIE-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. ^ Smith, Sean (13 March 2014). Kylie. London, United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster Ltd. pp. 138–139-141–142. ISBN 978-147-113-5804. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ Levine, Nick (6 June 2010). "Digital Spy - Kylie Revisted: Impossible Princess #6". Digital Spy. p. 1. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  6. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (19 November 2003). "Kylie Minogue: Impossible Princess". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  7. ^ a b Sullivan, Caroline (15 March 2015). "Kylie Minogue – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d "Impossible Princess Reviews, by Kylie Minogue". Adapted by kylie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2006. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 10 October 2006 suggested (help)
  9. ^ a b Willmott, Ben. "Improbable Princess". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  10. ^ Bastard, Little (15 March 2015). "Anti-Tour • Kylie". Polari Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  11. ^ Smith, Michael R. (11 May 2008). "Impossible Princess (review)". Daily Vault. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  12. ^ Flick, Larry (4 April 1998). "Minogue Makes Mature Turn On deConstruction Set". Billboard. 110 (14): 18. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  13. ^ Wass, Mike (15 March 2015). "Kylie Minogue Takes Her Anti Tour To Sydney: Concert Review". Idolator. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  14. ^ James, Gary (15 March 2015). "Kylie the Songwriter - Entertainment Focus". Entertainment Focus. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  15. ^ Illés, Bence (2 August 2015). "Deconstructing Kylie Minogue: An Analysis of Kylie's Artistic Input with Deconstruction Records". Pop Cultured. Retrieved 11 January 15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ^ "Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (review)". Sputnikmusic. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  17. ^ a b Minogue, Kylie (March 2002). Intimate and Live (DVD). Kylie Minogue. Sydney, Australia: BMG; Mushroom. MUSH33183.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  18. ^ Minogue, Kylie (November 1998). "Intimate and Live booklet". Intimate and Live (Double CD Album). Kylie Minogue. Sydney, Australia: Deconstruction. p. 6. MUSH33183.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  19. ^ "Kylie Minogue Talks To Us About What's Next For Her, Following Her Les Folies Tour". Idolator. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  20. ^ "Kylie's Anti Tour Sydney 2012 Say Hey Live HD" on YouTube
  21. ^ Geisel, Lyn (29 March 2012). "Live Review: Kylie Minogue "Anti-Tour" - Palace Theatre". theaureview. p. 1. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  22. ^ Minogue, Kylie (1997). Kylie Minogue sampler (Cassette). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. Kylie001.
  23. ^ Phares, Heather. "Confide in Me (Album) – Kylie Minogue". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  24. ^ Minogue, Kylie (2004). "Artist Collection booklet". Artist Collection (CD). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. BMG. p. 1. BVCM-37560.
  25. ^ Minogue, Kylie (July 2007). "Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie booklet". Confide in Me: The Irresistible ylie (Double CD album). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. BMG. p. 4. MCDLX043.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
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