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Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun of your hand
Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand, oh
I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man
Yeah, I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man
Huh! and that ain't cool
Huh hey hoe, I heard you shot your mama down

You shot her down now
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your lady down
You shot her down in the ground yeah!
Yeah!

Yes, I did, I shot her
You know I caught her messin' round messin' round town
Huh, yes I did I shot her
You know I caught my old lady messin' 'round town
And I gave her the gun
And I shot her

Alright
Shoot her one more time again baby!
Yeah!
Oh dig it
Oh alright

Hey Joe,
Where you gonna run to now where you gonna go
Hey Joe, I said
Where you gonna run to now where you gonna go
I'm goin' way down south
Way down to Mexico way

Alright
I'm goin' way down south
Way down where I can be free
Ain't no one gonna find me
Ain't no hang-man gonna
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now
I gotta go now

Hey, Joe
You better run on down

Goodbye everybody
Hey hey Joe

Overall Meaning

The song "Hey Joe" by Music.Band is a blues rock classic that tells the story of a man, Joe, who has caught his partner cheating and decides to take violent action. The song starts with a conversation between Joe and the singer, where he reveals his intention to shoot his partner for cheating on him. However, in the later verses, it is revealed that Joe has already committed the crime, and the singer informs him that the authorities are looking for him. Joe then decides to flee to Mexico to escape punishment.

The song reflects the themes of jealousy, infidelity, and violence. The lyrics suggest that Joe's actions are not justified, and he will face consequences for his crime. However, the story also highlights the issue of domestic violence, and the lyrics are empathetic to Joe's feelings of betrayal and anger towards his partner. Overall, "Hey Joe" is a chilling tale of love gone wrong, and has become a classic in the rock genre.

Line by Line Meaning

Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun of your hand
Joe, why are you carrying a gun?

Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand, oh
Hey Joe, I already asked where you're going with the gun

I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady
I am going to kill my girlfriend/wife

You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man
I saw my lady cheating on me

Huh! and that ain't cool
Her cheating on me is not acceptable

Huh hey hoe, I heard you shot your mama down
Hey Joe, did you really kill your mother?

You shot her down now
Did you really shoot your mother?

Hey Joe, I heard you shot your lady down
Hey Joe, did you really kill your lady?

You shot her down in the ground yeah!
Did you really shoot and kill her?

Yes, I did, I shot her
Yes, I really did shoot and kill her

You know I caught her messin' round messin' round town
I saw my lady cheating in town

Huh, yes I did I shot her
Yes, I really did kill her

And I gave her the gun
I gave her the means for me to kill her

Alright
Okay

Shoot her one more time again baby!
Kill her one more time

Yeah!
Yes

Oh dig it
Listen

Oh alright
Okay then

Hey Joe, Where you gonna run to now where you gonna go
Hey Joe, where are you going to hide now?

Hey Joe, I said Where you gonna run to now where you gonna go
I already asked, where are you going to hide now?

I'm goin' way down south Way down to Mexico way
I'm going to Mexico to escape the law

I'm goin' way down south Way down where I can be free
I'm headed somewhere I can't be caught

Ain't no one gonna find me Ain't no hang-man gonna He ain't gonna put a rope around me
I won't be caught by anyone, no one will execute me

You better believe it right now I gotta go now
Believe me when I say I'm leaving right now

Hey, Joe You better run on down Goodbye everybody Hey hey Joe
Hey Joe, you better run and hide Goodbye everyone Hey hey Joe

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Comments from YouTube:

ZENYREBEL

3y↑82

Clean all together I love this I miss cheering ✨

Please Buff Miner

3y↑26

We just started our marching routine for our spirit show and we did so good

Silent Wolf Arena

38w

We play this song in my band, but it’s slightly different. More swingy. We call it “low brass cheer” and while the percussion is starting by themselves, we do a “one… two… one. Two. One two three *music*” it’s a lot of fun

bigtank 213

3y↑19

This song is so fun to play on trumpet

Nickstick

It’s so easy

bigtank 213

2y↑1

@Nickstick ikr

7Suave

1y↑3

This was that hype in high school!! I wish I joined the band lol.

McCheese

3y↑14

Sounds great! Good job

resijade archives

3y↑14

my school's MB has this as a pep tune. 2 things are very notable about this song:
1) there is a rule in my region where if the band plays while football is playing, it is a 15 yard penalty so we can only play between quarters, timeouts, and after touchdowns. Therefore, we almost never get to play this song all the way through. It's been a tradition that we all sing the rest of the song once they start playing since there's no rule on that.
2) During the song, everyone does horn motions. At the part where the band starts to play, every measure we move our entire bodies a bit to the left and then the next measure to the right, as well as putting our right fist up when saying "hey." The band director had nothing to do with this. Everyone just decided one day that we were gonna do that.

skoook

damn first rule is rough

cyb3r_l0ver

2y↑7

playing this on the clarinet is fr so fun 😩

Lobster_Juice

did you really have to put that emoji

cyb3r_l0ver

@Lobster_Juice What’s wrong with it 🤨

NJ

ain’t no way 0:58 my boi looks like he’s done with life 💀

cyb3r_l0ver

@NJ lmfaooo I just noticed that

Hayden Rondy

3y↑16

We play this when our Varsity basketball team runs on the court

Xaviou777

3y↑67

I remember playing that song when I started high school. We were so bad🤣🤣

Living with Faith

3y↑8

My school does it at pep rallies..

Trust me, they get wayyy better.

kirbit

3y↑2

@Living with Faith proof?

E

I played this song in 4th grade but we all played 2nd part

Dogs Camera

3y↑2

I'm gonna play this song with the band 😀

Kylie Jones

Seems like you don't need a crowd when you have Pep band!!

RayJGamer

This takes me back. Gah I miss these days! #Trumpet4Life

NotHannah

My cheer team dances to this c:

Guyfierioncrack

4y↑12

This sounds like my schools middle school band can’t lie

Evan Huber

We play this on the college level

George Vasquez

4y↑26

3/10 for the band and 1/10 for the drum major. Good luck to you all.

Samuel Mendoza

3y↑7

Ikr there is no pep to it and there not loud enough

Sirus

3y↑3

Yeah I come from the Marcus Highschool Marching band and this is kind of sad..

Colt Mezik

Yeah I say

Colt Mezik

Tuba be louder

Jillian Muldowney

52w

Good job everyone

Richard M

Now play Gary Glitter's "Touch me there"!

FumiMork

Shout-out to the trumpet playing will Holding notes or anyone else who did

Plastic Straw

There is an entrance from the tenor sax that isn’t heard at all. I guess that’s the benefit of our 20 piece.

Samyak shah

3y↑3

my clarinet group can out play all of them in volume. these guys need to be louder, p.s we got 9 clarinets

gizmo duck

In my high school we have 9 as well and two lud trombones that outplay the whole band

Kaydence

We only have 4 clairinets in the entire school and im one of them

Cheyenne Brewer

48w

I know this dance like the back of my hand from when I was in school

Alloy Productions

Do y’all start with a sousaphone playing F in quarter notes? Or is it only percussion

Tony Shapiro

3y↑3

Great Job

Lisa Bailey

2y↑1

My football song

A Table Saw

I wonder if the winds here know what fortissimo is

Amiyah Rose

Someone please get that trumpet a lyre

Danimal41014

4y↑210

I can barely hear anyone except the percussion

Nate W

3y↑30

Yeah that’s kinda a thing in all pep bands

James Gibson

3y↑13

im from a drum line and our director can only take one of each percussion instrument because we play too loud

wattupman

3y↑6

I mean it's alright on a scale of 1 to 10 I'm sorry I'm going to have to give it a 7 because I can barely hear the tuba

Danimal41014

3y↑2

@wattupman I couldn’t even hear it period and I play it

Jim Naden

2y↑6

Maybe if the person recording it had been down in front of the band the balance of the instruments would have been better.

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FatManPlays

3y↑1

Where the rest of my tuba brothers at!!

DUTCHMAN87

Not only are they quiet they need music for the easiest song I’m in 8th grade I can play this song on trumpet trombone and drums all without music

Tinextra

3y↑1

You forgot sometimes you have to sway back and forth

makayla

3y↑17

get that girl a lyre

Exy Bassham

Her postures scaring me

Gen Brawner

dude I play trumpet and I think it’s easier not to use one

Son Naruto

3y↑25

Wtf I have a 6 people group that I created that plays for various school festivals and stuff and we’re 10x louder

Scotty

I was thinking the same thing

gizmo duck

I swear they are soo quiet

Sudden_Tax2542

I thought I was the only one who thought this! My section of 9 saxes can out play them(probably not the percussion? They actually are the only ones who can pose a threat)

Ben Randall

Reminds me of penn state

hellowkyaa

not me singing the lyrics my marching band made up lmao

Griffin Tyner

2y↑1

Why am I watching this right now LMAO

Kelvin Davis

41w↑1

SOUP 🍲

Jim Naden

3y↑6

The title of the song is Rock and Roll Part 2

Sudden_Tax2542

2y↑1

Also known as the “Hey Song”, weird how it was given a second official name

Jim Naden

@Sudden_Tax2542 It makes sense, in a pep band setting calling out "The Hey Song!" rolls out of the mouth easier than "Rock and Roll part 2!"
I also wonder if certain people knew the background on Gary Glitter if they would want to disallow their kids from ever playing anything he wrote. Kind of a despicable person.

Sudden_Tax2542

@Jim Naden he was an awful man, but I think that’s the reason it was called the “Hey Song”, so they could get rid of his name as far as possible from the tune while making sense

Danyy

3y↑2

Rip French horns

sam

2y↑1

What’s with the music?!?! In pep band we memorize the music.

zachary vernon

2y↑1

You guys look like you are having no fun. Us here at Castle High in Hawaii we go Crazy and we have fun this is also kne of songs we play at castle foot ball games. Besides on wisconsin and smoke under the water

Skye

Even tho I'm in middle school I play this song manly because of eighth grade night basically they get to play with the high school band. Its really fun... my band is pretty good for a middle school band sound wise. Rhythm wise I feel clarinets are the worst. and notes low brass is bad. Anyway in high school band aren't they supposed to memorize there music. At least at the high school I'm going to the have to

Christopher R.

4y↑16

Error detected: no tubas or volume

Chelsea

3y↑1

There was a sousa wym?

Sudden_Tax2542

@Chelsea bro you don’t get it, they don’t make a single noise to be heard

Ranch hand

I’m in percussion and I think it’s great but need a tad less percussion

A Table Saw

Or for the winds to actually play loud

HalfCatEnjoyer

Come on sousaphones I know you’re better than that

xynos

The guy playing the french horn was playing to low like a low c should be a B flat

Antonio Thomas

3y↑1

Tunas Sydenham love

Lisa Bailey

2y↑1

It’s tackle football I’m on high school oak grove

Jack Nothing

3y↑2

Where’s his mellophone

Bryce Murray

3y↑1

NO ONE WAS WATCHING THE DIRECTOR/DRUM MAJOR!!!!!!! Plz make sure your watching!!!

j4566

They can't watch the drum major and read their music at the same time lol. Back when I was in high school band if you didn't know the music you didn't get to play in the pep or the marching band.

Bryce Murray

@j4566 I agree and disagree. I’m in marching band and a few other bands. Yes you need to read your music.but you should always have your body facing them so you can look up at a glance. Tempo is key to band. You can mess up a measure by one wrong note but you can ruin the whole mood and song if you don’t keep tempo. I’m a freshman now. I’ve also learned that you learn your music notes really fast too.

j4566

@Bryce Murray You need to memorize your music. That is a pretty common song they are playing and most of them don't have it memorized yet.

Bryce Murray

@j4566 their is no reason they arnt watching. Their are no excuses. Know your music or not they need to watch

Peter Roth

3y↑7

I have a 10 piece band and we are better and louder than them

Diego Landaverde

It looks so bad when band have to have sheet music.. memorize your music! It’s like. 8 notes

Jerry

bro is base drum one even playing

Mr. Nobody

U can barely hear em

Mr tao

48w

Just mic quality it sounds better irl

Ruben Rivas

what low brass

Chelsea

3y↑1

Ikr it sucks playing sousa and only seeing 1 in a huge band

Chelsea

@Sudden_Tax2542 I wasn't saying there was only 1 in this band nor did I say i was talking abt this band I'm saying in general low brass isn't popular.

Chelsea

@Sudden_Tax2542 did you parents ever teach you manners or how to appropriately use punctuation? Starting a conversation with, "You're blind," expecting a polite response. To add on to your statement, I never gave any context as to who I was talking about, because I was making a general observation.

Chelsea

@Sudden_Tax2542 if anything I did point out what I was talking about when I said "a big band," not this band not Ohio State; a band.

Sudden_Tax2542

2y↑1

@Chelsea I would like to say sorry for my nephew’s actions(forced to let him have permission to my phone), he got mad because my School’s marching band didn’t make state(no clue why, doesn’t even include him), so he tried to make people unhappy too. I’ll like to say this again, sorry and thanks for putting him back into his place(literally he had no words to say when he read your comment).