Hey Sandy
Song Length - 2:35 (including sound clip)
Originally released as part of
the legendary elusive Kelloggs give away tape ("Happily Deranged ...
featuring Polaris"), Hey Sandy is the song all Pete and Pete fans will
instantly recognise - it's the tune used for the opening sequence of every
episode. Quite simply it is THE song of Pete and Pete. The version used for
the show is considerably shorter, as it contains only the first verse and misses
out the almost calypso style instrumental. The song provided fans with one of the big
talking points of the programme - what is that third line? Singer and writer
Mark "Muggy" Mulcahy has always kept this a secret. Here are some
reasons that we have been sent that some people think may explain this:
- The lyrics are of a controversial nature: not what the show's producers wanted
associated with a kid's show.
- Mark doesn't know himself. They were originally just mumbled any old way.
- The lyrics are of a personal nature and Mark feels the need to keep them to
himself
- As soon as some people thought it was hard to decipher and began asking Mark
what the line was, he thought it would be funny to keep it a secret.
Other than starting the show, it was also used for the end credits on the episode entitled "Space, Geeks and Johnny Unitas", the only difference being that there was no singing, except for the distinctive "ai ai ai ai" part of the chorus.
Lyrics
Hey Smilin' strange,
You lookin' happily deranged
Icouldasettleshimbee - (The famous unknown line)
Or have you picked your target yet,
Hey Sandy (ai ai ai ai),
Don't you talk back (ai ai ai),
Hey Sandy,
Four feet away,
End of speech it's the end of the day,
We was only funnin',
But guiltily I thought you had it coming,
Hey Sandy (ai ai ai ai),
Don't you talk back (ai ai ai),
Hey Sandy,
(Ai ai ai ai) Hey Sandy,
Don't you talk back (ai ai ai),
(Ai ai ai ai) Hey Sandy,
Don't you talk back (ai ai ai),
Hey Sandy, yeah.
Key
light yellow writing =
lines or words that we had difficulty working out and as a result are probably
wrong.
yellow writing = chorus
grey writing = how many times the line is repeated