Hell Yeah (Montgomery Gentry song)

"Hell Yeah" is a song written by Jeffrey Steele and Craig Wiseman and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in July 2003 as the third and final single from the duo’s album My Town. The song peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Hell Yeah"
Single by Montgomery Gentry
from the album My Town
B-side"My Town"
ReleasedJuly 28, 2003
Recorded2002
GenreCountry
Length4:51 (album version)
3:59 (radio edit)
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman
Producer(s)Blake Chancey
Montgomery Gentry singles chronology
"Speed"
(2002)		 "Hell Yeah"
(2003)		 "If You Ever Stop Loving Me"
(2004)

Content

The narrator recounts the lives of two people, a male of "the Haggard generation" and a female of "the Me Generation", who both like to party and want to go back to when "life was good and love was easy."

Music video

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in late 2003.

Charts positions

"Hell Yeah" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of July 26, 2003. The song has sold 492,000 copies in the U.S. as of September 2017.[1]

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 45

Year-end charts
Chart (2003) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 57

Parodies

References
  1. "Nielsen SoundScan charts – Digital Songs – Week Ending: 09/14/2017" (PDF). Nielsen SoundScan. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. "Montgomery Gentry Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Montgomery Gentry Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.


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