Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

Hey Hey My My Yo Yo is the second and final album by Danish pop duo Junior Senior, released in Japan and parts of Europe in 2005. It was released in Australia on 9 April 2007. The album was released on 14 August 2007 in the United States and packaged with a bonus EP.

Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Studio album by Junior Senior
Released	August 2005[1]
Recorded	Gula Studion, Malmö, Sweden Delta Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark[2]
Length	34:20
Label	Crunchy Frog
Producer	Jesper Mortensen
Junior Senior chronology
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (2002) Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (2005) Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (2007)

Release

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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
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 Media	(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].

Side one

No.	Title	Length
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].

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye EP[15]

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

Jesper "Junior" Mortensen – vocals, guitars and synthesizers on all tracks; percussion on all tracks except 6; bass guitar on track 11; harmonica on track 8; harpsichord on track 8; piano on tracks 8, 9 and 10; kazoo on track 10; handclaps, stomps Jeppe "Senior" Laursen – vocals, handclaps, stomps Thomas Troelsen – synthesizer on track 6; harpsichord on track 9; percussion on track 6; drum fills on tracks 7, 8 and 9; piano on track 8; handclaps The Velvelettes – backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 Carolyn Gill – vocals on track 6 Bertha Barbee – vocals on track 5 Le Tigre – backing vocals on tracks 1 and 3 Johanna Fateman – vocals on track 5 JD Samson – vocals on track 3 Kathleen Hanna – vocals on track 10 Cindy Wilson – vocals on track 4 Kate Pierson – vocals on track 4 Anna Køster – backing vocals on tracks 5, 6, 9 and 11; handclaps on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 Joy Hoyle – backing vocals on track 11 Rasmus Kihlberg – drums on tracks 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Bjørn Joensson – drums on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 and 11 Mats Ingvarsson – bass on all tracks except 10 and 11 Jens Lindgård, Petter Lindgård and Sven Andersson - horns on tracks 2, 5 and 7 Filip Runesson – strings on all tracks except 10 and 11 Spooner Oldham – piano on track 10 Rune Kjeldsen – acoustic guitar on track 9 Mads Nørgaard – handclaps on track 7 Lars Vognstrup – handclaps on track 11

Production Jesper "Junior" Mortensen – producer and arranger Thomas Troelsen – co-producer Jens Lindgård – recorder Thomas T – recorder David Leonard – audio mixing Bernie Grundman – mastering Sune P.L. Christiansen – album cover Martin Dennis – layout Marc Flori – cover photos Jeppe "Senior" Laursen – inside photo Jesper Reginal – A&R

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References

1. Monger, James Christopher; Tim Sendra. "Junior Senior > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
2. "The Official Crunch Frog Site". Crunchy Frog. Archived from the original on May 15, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
3. Wood, Mikael (August 18, 2007). "D-D-Delayed Reaction". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 119 (33): 42. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
4. "Junior Senior:Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
5. Sendra, Tim. "Junior Senior > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
6. Scott Gordon (August 14, 2007). "Junior Senior: Hey Hey My My Yo Yo: Music : A.V. Club". Retrieved August 28, 2009.
7. Lim, Dennis. "Hey Hey My My Yo Yo - Blender". Blender. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
8. Vozick-Levinson, Simon (August 10, 2007). "Music Review Hey Hey My My Yo Yo". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
9. Mitchum, Rob (November 16, 2005). "Pitchfork review". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
10. O'Neil, Tim (August 13, 2007). "Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo - PopMatters review". PopMatters. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
11. Hoard, Christian (August 23, 2008). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
12. Keefe, Jonathan (August 13, 2007). "Junior Senior: Hey Hey My My Yo Yo:Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
13. Walters, Barry (September 12, 2007). "Junior Senior, 'Hey Hey My My Yo Yo' : Spin Magazine Online". Spin. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
14. McGowan, Ross (December 14, 2005). "Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo - Review - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
15. Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (Liner notes on digipak). Junior Senior. Crunchy Frog. 2007. RCD10927.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Hey Hey My My Yo Yo at Crunchy Frog
• Hey Hey My My Yo Yo at Metacritic
• Hey Hey My My Yo Yo at Rykodisc