Hey Baby
DJ Lyrics

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Okay señoritas y caballeros, and ladies and gentlemen
Okay put your hands up in the air, put your hands in the air, everybody sing now

Uno, dos, tres, quatro

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)

If you'll be my girl

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

When I saw you walking down the street
I said that's the kind of girl I'd like to meet
She's so pretty, looks just fine
I'm gonna make her mine, all mine

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

Come on, everybody in the house, yeah

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

When you turn and walk away
That's when I want to say
Come on baby give me a whirl
I wanna know, I wanna know

When you turn and walk away
That's when I want to say
Come on baby give me a whirl
I wanna know if you'll be my girl

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

Come on now

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

Everybody now

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

And now it's party time

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)
I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

Hey, hey baby
(Ooh aah)

I wanna know (oh ooh)
If you'll be my girl

Overall Meaning

DJ Ötzi's "Hey Baby" is a song about a man who sees a woman walking down the street and is immediately attracted to her. He describes her as pretty and fine and expresses his desire to make her his own. The repetition of the lyrics "Hey, hey baby" and "I wanna know if you'll be my girl" emphasize his interest and excitement for the potential relationship. The use of Spanish numbers in the beginning and the call for "señoritas y caballeros" and "ladies and gentlemen" suggest a festive, party-like atmosphere. The lyrics also suggest a desire for the woman's attention as he mentions wanting her to give him a chance and take a chance on him by being his girl. Overall, the song is a fun, upbeat tune about pursuing a romantic interest and hoping for a positive outcome.

Line by Line Meaning

Hey, hey baby (Ooh aah) I wanna know (oh ooh) If you'll be my girl
The singer is expressing his interest in a woman and wants to know if she is willing to be in a relationship with him.

When I saw you walking down the street I said that's the kind of girl I'd like to meet She's so pretty, looks just fine I'm gonna make her mine, all mine
The singer sees the woman he is interested in and finds her physically attractive. He is determined to pursue a relationship with her.

Come on baby give me a whirl I wanna know if you'll be my girl
The singer is asking the woman to give him a chance and go out with him so he can see if they are compatible for a relationship.

And now it's party time
The singer is excited and ready to celebrate his potential success in pursuing the woman he is interested in.

Okay señoritas y caballeros, and ladies and gentlemen Okay put your hands up in the air, put your hands in the air, everybody sing now Uno, dos, tres, quatro
The singer is addressing the crowd and encouraging them to participate in the song with him, using Spanish and counting to start the song off.

When you turn and walk away That's when I want to say
The singer is shy or nervous about expressing his interest in the woman, but wishes he could speak up when she is leaving.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Bruce Channel, Margaret Cobb

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@patrickstocks3986

7y↑78

Hey, hey hey baby!
I want to know if you'll be my girl
Hey, hey hey baby!
I want to know if you'll be my girl
When I saw you walking down the street
I said that's a kind girl I'd like to meet
She's so pretty, Lord she's fine
I'm gonna make her mine, all mine

Hey, hey hey baby!
I want to know if you'll be my girl
When you turned and walked away
That's when I want to say
C'mon baby, give me a whirl
I want to know if you'll be my girl

Hey, hey hey baby!
I want to know if you'll be my girl
When you turned and walked away
That's when I want to say
C'mon baby, give me a whirl
I want to know if you'll be my girl

Hey, hey hey baby!
I want to know if you'll be my girl
Hey, hey hey hey hey, baby
C'mon, baby now

All comments from YouTube:

@DownundaThunda

3y↑210

HUUUUUGE nostalgia hit. This song was played at just about every School disco that I ever went to.

@Chloe4656.

2y↑2

Same

@rositaclaes1738

2y↑1

leuk muziek

@BuzzLightyear66

2y↑2

Same. You know the naughties experience

@andreiriffel6403

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@DownundaThunda

1y↑1

@@andreiriffel6403 are you okay there? Did you have a stroke or something?

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@Squidward

5y↑175

Every Australian pub ever playing this song while the whole pub sings along brought me here

@joeushiha8585

3y↑6

Australia, for real? Didn’t knew that this song was so popular xD

@danielz.3839

3y↑3

@@joeushiha8585 He friggin means Austria but ok.

@drs_21

3y↑8

@@danielz.3839 nope he’s definitely talking about Australia, most people here know it

@Churbas

3y↑7

@@danielz.3839 No he really meant Australia. Pretty much any large gathering of Australians, especially at music festivals, concerts, and the like, if someone shouts "HEY, HEY BABY!" it's on and we're fuckken going mate. Stick "Why do Australians sing DJ Ötzi's 'Hey Baby' at music festivals? An investigation" into google, there's a good article about it.

@EricNoneless

@@Churbas I know the movie Kangoroo Jack features this song. Funny how DJ Ötzi is austrian LMAO

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@msturmat999

6y↑511

Growing up in Germany in the 2000s brought me here

@c-avons-w-e8547

4y↑15

Literarisch eine deutsche Boomerhymne 😂 kann ich bestätigen

@allyway3829

4y↑3

Jaaa hi

@cfcfan9976

4y↑4

Tbh it's the same for me growing up in the UK!

@xPsykho

4y↑1

Early 00s Scotland for me

@gergelytoth5140

4y↑1

Dieter Bohlen wrote this song

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@DoNotComply124

8y↑697

This song at primary school discos with juice and a few sweets with them few reckless bastards who slid across the floor on their knees?

@anjanickel2155

8y↑2

Marco Pitzettu lol

@anjanickel2155

8y↑2

Marco Pitzettu lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll xD

@scsutton1

7y↑4

Not a school disco I went to went by without them.

@brockwieden4384

7y↑5

Those days were the best 🙏🙏

@Schindlabua

6y↑2

DJ Ötzi went international?

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@alessiomassimi5166

5y↑490

When I was 6/7 years i listened this song in a McDonald's toy .. memories...

@kanyeeastCZ

4y↑10

I still have it at home

@gamerboyexe1051

4y↑1

Lol, me too

@gonctxu18

3y↑1

SAME

@azure._.6882

YOO SAME

@simonemastrogiuseppe

I still have it😅😃

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@ElvishRanger93

9y↑498

Before PitBull there was DJ Otzi... And I miss him!

@RyanFoxboi

5y↑11

He's still around. Just search for DJ Ötzi on Spotify. His stuff is mostly german now.

@malena5026

5y↑11

Florian Haid that’s because he is German/ Austrian

@RyanFoxboi

5y↑15

@@malena5026 yeah no shit. So am I. Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan.

@malena5026

5y↑5

Florian Haid kein Grund ausfallend zu werden ehrlich mal

@RyanFoxboi

5y↑4

@@malena5026 willkommen im Internet. Nicht jeder ist nett und keiner muss nett sein.

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@kathrinauerswald5014

Dj ötzi finde ich sehr gut und ich habe sehr viele album gekauft und ein großer Fan.😊😊😊😊😊

@MrsCKane

4y↑18

Was cleaning out my spare room and come across this gem. Who's all listening and singing/dancing to this July 2020? 😁💚

@scotlandsfinest296

4y↑1

Mee😁 one of my all time favourites😁😁

@williamcarrie7531

U w

@MrsCKane

@@williamcarrie7531 ?

@jamesrobertson2216

4y↑1

@@scotlandsfinest296 if this is one of your all time favourites, you need to listen to more music. You should be ashamed.

@scotlandsfinest296

@@jamesrobertson2216 you should be ashamed of yourself...everyone has there own opinion to stuff idc what you have to say

@jackdawmamma7482

7y↑291

Hahahahaha takes me right back to primary school discos- crisps, panda pops & cheesy tunes like this haha.

@eoghandridl1007

6y↑2

LittleDolly Doll me too chick 😂😂

@connorbuckley6683

6y↑2

My Cadbury's freddo can of cola and a school disco to top it off😂 my childhood

@rysetriplex8714

6y↑1

Watching children throw these sticky slime balls on the ceiling and having a teacher get them down lol

@jameshooker1730

5y↑1

cheesy? this song's a banger mate

@eoghandridl1007

@Cheryl Dawn Stevens I couldn't tell ya he could be dead for all I know, Google it I'd say

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@JesusCommando

4y↑104

Seriously man, this is what you want to do with your life; take a catchy pop song from years ago, stick a Eurobeat over it, sell a truckload and live off the fat profits for the rest of your days! Well played DJ Ötzi 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@andreiriffel6403

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙌

@NPGLAMB

1y↑3

This is very common. There’s a lot of dance covers of old hits that did very well on the UK single charts

@fluthebirdwatcher

42w

Shut the hell up

@93loney

8y↑271

right in the childhood..

@gracoellobero3411

3y↑4

I thought that there would be more coments from peolethat were teens or young adults at the time. Good to see so many comments from our generation too

@Bambixtomie

6y↑1.3K

An annoying mcdonald's toy I had when I was 12 brought me here

@steveorcine7322

6y↑45

SAME!

@nakata7_

5y↑28

MARRY ME

@grapefruitdog2919

5y↑49

NO WAY I FUCKING REMEMBER THIS SHIT

@akselmllerslavensky9732

5y↑8

SAME!

@an-rk2wf

5y↑21

I STILL HAVE IT XDDD

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@MCMeg176

7y↑745

My future wife put this on at a party in 89 and asked me to dance, sang every word to me, we have been married for 24 years now,

@angelcoke

7y↑23

Jack J wait she's your future wife but you're already married to her

@MrBraddles3128

7y↑63

portlnds His future wife at the time, brains.

@bossboy191919

6y↑21

she sang:...if you be my girl?!

@adcashmo

5y↑5

And there was me thinking DJ Ötzi was an original artist :p......just seen this song is a cover from way way back

@ptiger7177

@@angelcoke fuck of and read

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@welshdragon5201

4y↑96

I remember this being played in some football stadiums when I was a kid. I think it was before the game or halftime everyone would sing along its was great

@wendyh2708

3y↑7

I went to Cuba in 2011 and I heard this song on the beach....LOVE it!!! I'd never heard it before.

@againstallexpectations3986

7y↑1

Heyyyyyyyyy! Hey Baby! Einfach ein klasse Ohrwurm😃😃

@mikedubya4427

2y↑6

The UK crowd singing this at Bayley brought me here. HEEEEY HEY BAYLEY

@Jay-ut2hj

2y↑6

Here cause the resort I stayed at in Cancun played this 😂 hooked on it ever since

@tonatiuholvera6680

Not gonna lie, brings back memories haha, and so does Cancun, playa and tulum

@nathancheek1234

Exactly where I heard it too

@McMarc_1993

28w↑1

Krank, wie viel das damals rauf und runter gelaufen ist. Bis heute hört man die Nummer beim Apres Ski, und ich finds end geil.

@RvB_Fan_since_8

3y↑19

I am blessed to have just listened to this for the very first time today. I will never get to experience this feeling again. This is incredible.

@fayedavies1505

Life can be good

@LU3M_

3y↑4

90'S KID Growing up in UK is why I'm here, some memories man! don't you think he looks like Guy Fieri

@meneurdujeu

1y↑11

Came out two years after Mambo No.5 by Lou Bega. Being in Germany and Austria at that time must have been great

@seanstein5863

11w

Thank you UK Wrestling fans for bringing me here. Because you chant "Hey Bayley, Who HA, I want to know, If you'll be my girl." When she comes out.

@WiiMan25

4y↑48

Back in grade school (early 2000s), everyone who was anyone had their birthday parties at bowling alleys.

This song played at every single one I ever went to from 2001 to 2005.

@Mr.Fickelgruber.1994

1y↑3

This is my main favorite-song in my life.

@GC13girl

12y↑20

the very first DJ Otzi song i ever heard! i first heard this song while i was at a cub jamboree back in 2002, 7 years later, still love this song, i'm now 18 and still love his music! cool huh? :)

@Sorken.1994

I have his first solo-cd-album.
That is the one from 2001.
I mean: Love, Peace & Vollgas.

@elmo61

6y↑24

After Oktoberfest 2001 this echoed in my head for a week. Good times.

@SeanORaigh

3y↑26

I completely forgot this song existed until it just popped unannounced into my head.

@ameliabester6500

38w↑7

This song was played at my primary school disco! I loved it then and I still love it now. I’m 27 now

@marleneschmid7700

6y↑51

Alte Zeiten ich will sie zurück 😍😭

@Mrjacharles

4y↑45

Basically the sound of the early 2000s 😅😅😅

@lovefifa977

1y↑2

If your listening to this in 2023 your a a legend

@dominiclea6482

2y↑3

Nostalgia for when you go on a caravan site holiday ! 😁 Brings back soooo many memories

@SuperAC1AndOnlyy

4y↑16

I remember this playing at my primary school disco. I'm 26 now

@Chloe4656.

Same I'm 22 turning 23 this year.

@suryaaditama1777

8y↑15

THANK YOU LONDON FOR BRINGING US HERE !

@Shinx990

4y↑2

So many discos, this song blasting out. It brings me back.

@mane42

3y↑13

I remember we used to sing this all the time in primary school assemblies back in like year 1 and 2. The memories!

@Darko_Milosevski03

3y↑15

I have this song on a tape in my family's car
Every time we go on holiday we play this song
Ah 2000 a year of golden music
Shame i wasn't born that year
Great song

@Kingkejser

18w↑1

What's a tape?

@Darko_Milosevski03

18w↑1

@@Kingkejser I mean cassette

@Kingkejser

18w↑1

@@Darko_Milosevski03 dont know that either 😅

@jjlopes17

3y↑6

Great 60's song cover! Love it!

@MicuDesign

35w

An October fest thing brought me here. It was kinda epic hearing a whole tent of people singing along. 😁

@Idodo680

15w↑1

This song is just the absolute description of the 2000 era. I immediately vision the party on the beach with the 2000 haircuts and someone’s performing on a stage in 360p 🤣

@juliaauer9686

4y↑105

Hört das irgend jemamd noch 2019 und von den Deutschen😂

@lucalink7728

4y↑3

Muss halt Darts WM und so

@juliaauer9686

@@lucalink7728 LOL

@JRazzzle

4y↑5

2020 und das lied is immernoch der hammer 😂

@tobiasandersen2761

Ich bin doch Däne😂

@weigel3733

4y↑2

Ja ich bin deutsch.
Ne bin bei 2020

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@harrymacdonald4908

3y↑4

It’s coming home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Valkyr89

4y↑1

Somebody in 1982 told Dj Otzi that he looked good with his white hat on. He never took it off ever since.

@DJOtziOffiziell

4y↑1

sometimes I do ;)

@TravellingToFindHope

Ich hab das als 5-6 jahriger junge so abgefeiert und immer gehört
DJ Ötzi♥️

@tomdayman6232

4y↑4

December 2003. Just turned 7 years old when I danced to this with my friends at my Birthday Party. Will be 24 this year. It all goes so quickly. 😮

@RSx94

4y↑5

I remember when this was played everywhere. Thats nearly 20 years ago lol.

@ML_Boomer

14w↑1

Who’s listening that on 2024? Absolutely legend song

@flugfiebercom

Immer wieder ein Partyhit!

@wiktoriasienkiewicz1676

2y↑3

Anyone Still Here After These Long Years?

@youngjaca69

2y↑1

Tak

@SelfMadeDocumentary

2y↑4

Throw back to my childhood. Simple and catchy song.

@joanne_ying79

Came here from the Westlife WIld Dreams Tour Singapore as it was the final song played right before the concert started and everyone literally roared when this song came on and sang out loud. And then when it ends just nicely as the lights off for the concert to start. Haven't heardd it in wayyyy too long.

@B17tailgunner

3y↑2

A random flashback of nostalgia brought me here.

@LL-fd7xn

1y↑3

I heard this song on my work's Spotify Playlist. I'm like I know this is a cover but darn it makes me want to just dance around the store!!!!!!

@shaun7285

9y↑26

I remember hearing this in Ibiza when I went with my family when I was about 4? Memories just hit me like a brick wall omg

@antejohansson3939

8y↑4

Listened to this song the entire way to Greece in 2004 when i was 8 yrs old haha

@wiktoriasienkiewicz1676

2y↑2

someone is still here after these 10 years?

@kimchigamez1394

2y↑2

Bayley brought me here lol :)

@nemesbence2002

4y↑6

Everytime i go into an after-ski disco, it always ends with me singing this w a bunch of drunk germans

@nhlclips345

6y↑13

I'm here from Canada's world juniors goal song! Anyone else here from there?!?
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

@ArcadeRegiment

6y↑1

Yessir!

@dereonh1643

30w

Literally every 2010’s childhood high school basketball game halftime or was it just me?

@NotEvenMetal

42w↑2

My Canadian boyfriend has NEVER heard this song before.. which made me realize.. there is people that DON'T know this song??!

@gonzaloalcantara378

28w

Never heard 😊

@n.s5635

4y↑19

I’m here for a McDonalds toy that I had when I was 8. Amazing.

@zsu2713

4y↑2

Same

@mariomartellucci4500

Me too 😂

@patrickstocks3986

7y↑78

@xx_gilbert_xx7691

7y↑1

Patrick Stocks ok

@wyslanniknewworldorder9525

Patrick Stocks ok

@senabaydar4046

21w

Çö
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@jakobwe2149

ICH FINDE DJ OETZI IST EINE IKONE UND HAT MICH PERSÖNLICH WÄHREND MEINER JUGEND GEPRÄGT! THUMPS UP!

@evanyasser4412

36w

Hearing this at almost every Devils game brought me here

@Sunny-xj2xx

2y↑3

We sing this for football games as the band, everyone who doesn't play sings along lol, best moments

@PhilipTheBigOne

8y↑44

Those crazy bastards who call themselves "the UK wrestling fans" brought me here!!!

Good job, you magnificent bastards!!!

@MattyHarris

8y↑3

You're welcome

@MrSparra19

10y↑2

i not heard this for years i 4got all about it till Newcastle fans chant it 2 day lol great song

@_PMCL

10y

Newcastle sucks sh*t

@MrSparra19

10y

each to there own i am proud 2 be a Newcastle fan

@barnesfam

10y↑1

I'm surprised I've never heard this song before after all these years. The first time I heard this song was on a cruise I went on in August.

@K0msur

10y

You haven't lived then. I heard this in 2002, when I was 6 and then every year until about 2006.

@barnesfam

10y

***** I was around when this song came out. I was born in the early 90's, but some reason, I just never heard it back then.

@MSDTADarthRevan

3y↑6

Kanguro Jack <3

@wyattfogel

You Mean Kangaroo Jack <3

@andersondarosa

Canguru Jack

@zoenutakor7137

7y↑4

2005 me is lovin this 👌🏾

@lucille2613

4y↑1

this was such a middle school disco track

@paulorogerio2614

2y↑2

BRASILEIRO COMENTANDO !QUE SOM .

@alafe.

33w

Kkkkk https://youtu.be/rv6dvJoEhtg?feature=shared essa versão aqui tbm é show demais

@the_beast183

1y↑3

The unofficial anthem of Hockey Canada™️

@jmramos0109

36w

and of the Savannah Bananas, now full circle as they have a Canadian starter in Ryan Kellogg

@InessaMaxinova

7y↑10

Okay I'm here cause this song was on my prom night :)

@dj_marc_en3rgy

27w

I grew up with this track since preschool and during my school days. Though it wasn't played at my school disco.

@pyraxtheskeleton2365

48w↑2

i had a telephone toy with this song about 11/12 years ago.

today, after 12 years, i finally found this song.

12 years.

@DJGids777

7y↑3

Great track to finish off a party DJ Gidz!

@couragerevolution1410

4y↑3

Great memories of this being played at school discos when I was 10.

@josereis8031

5y↑2

Hei Baby CLASSIC THANK YOU ,FROM BRAZIL ,,,,,,,,,,,

@truckslovakia

5y↑1

🙋‍♂️ From europe SLOVAKIA

@THECaptainKaveman

8y↑67

I'm here because UK wrestling fans are amazing. And because of Bayley.

@mikehunt3810

6y↑5

Come on people, this is the International Sports Anthem of the year show some dang respect ✊

@MrBraddles3128

7y↑3

The nostalgia is so fucking real right now.

@dianare1995

un clásico en coco bongo jajaj amo esta canción es pura felicidad :) !!!!

@lifeartist766

8y↑5

My childhoodmemories brought me here X-D 90s

@jh.4770

4y↑6

This song is a 7th inning stretch tradition at Colorado Rockies baseball games. From 1:51 onward, the whole crowd sings it.

@1013AP

52w↑2

That’s one of the reasons I’m here lol.

@jh.4770

52w

@@1013AP yup. And when the Rockies are winning in the game, they sing their heart out.

I'm a Dodgers fan and was there at Coors one time when they were playing the Dodgers

@robertkvoch7440

5y↑3

Oooo i love it.. best song ever

@Samsok013

5y↑5

When i learned skiing in Austria as a kid our teacher would play this on one of those old boomboxes and make turns on each OEH and AH to the othe side haha never forgot its 20 years ago now

@niklasbromme5423

4y↑3

Max hopp bester Mann

@shadeyxo

3y↑3

I did dancing as a child and one of my routines was to this song 🥺 the memorieeesss

@fernandosamuelquinteroolve4693

I thought that DJ Otzi was latin becaus his voice sounds so happy

@tamarazariashvili7444

3y↑1

2021 🤩so happy I found this song again🥰

@clintmurray9815

6y↑7

I liked the harmonica on the original, but the hooh! aah! on this one is a nice touch

@gpu1192

3y↑3

every British caravan holiday park had this belting at the discos

@andresimoes3356

Algarve nights 10 years ago brought me here. Good times. 😢

@brittneyhall1601

4y↑2

I like your new song it you be my Gril keep Rick and God bless make me smile 🌹🇧🇴

@nathanjones5457

3y↑3

This was No 1 on my 14th birthday. Apparently that tune defines your life. Grim.

@ophelialillium7215

9y↑11

Mallorca 2000/2001 ♥♥♥ mit 6 Jahren :"D

@michaelstaengl1349

Everytime I hear such songs I feel transferred into my favorite Wiesn tent in my hometown of Munich, having consumed two or three Mass Bier and enjoying the time.
It's still played there, every year. Prost.

@amjnas3944

48w↑2

It's funny to read these comments where ppl share their memories with the song while i came here bc I searched for 'what was the popular song on my date of birth' 😂😂😂"