{{Short description|1977 hit single performed by Shaun Cassidy}} {{Infobox song | name = Hey Deanie | cover = Cassidy_s2aa.jpg | alt = | caption = US single picture sleeve, using image of parent album | type = single | artist = Shaun Cassidy | album = Born Late | B-side = Strange Sensation | released = November 1977 | recorded = 1977 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop<ref name="MusicHound Rock">{{cite book|first= Carl|last= Cafarelli|editor1-first= Gary |editor1-last= Graff |editor2-first= Daniel |editor2-last= Durchholz |year= 1998 |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |chapter= Shaun Cassidy|publisher= Visible Ink Press |location= Detroit |page= 209}}</ref> | length = 3:37 | label = Warner Bros. | writer = Eric Carmen | producer = Michael Lloyd | prev_title = That's Rock 'n' Roll | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Do You Believe in Magic? | next_year = 1978 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vM072Y_zEPw|Listen to "Hey Deanie"}}}} }}

"'''Hey Deanie'''" is a song written by Eric Carmen. It was a popular hit single by Shaun Cassidy that was released the last week of November, 1977 from his album, ''Born Late''. It was his third and final top-10 hit, peaked at number seven for two weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, spending four months on the chart from late 1977 to early 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40db.net/Find/Songs.asp?By=Artist&ID=1943&Match=Shaun+Cassidy |title=Shaun Cassidy lyrics |publisher=Top40db.net |date= |accessdate=2012-02-21}}</ref> As with Cassidy's prior singles, this song also became a gold record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/singlesbymonth77.html |title=1977 Singles - Month By Month |publisher=Superseventies.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-21}}</ref> Shaun Cassidy has called Hey Deannie his favorite single of all his hit records.

"Hey Deanie" is ranked as the 68th-biggest American hit of 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1978.php |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1978 - Longbored Surfer - Charts |website=longboredsurfer.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126051208/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1978.php |archive-date=26 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Hey Deanie" as the 45th-most popular hit of 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wlshistory.com/big89/1978.htm |title=1978 Countdown : WLS |publisher=wlshistory.com}}</ref> It reached as high as number six on their survey of January 21, 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls012178.htm |title=WLS MUSICRADIO 89 |website=Oldiesloon.com |date=1978-01-21 |accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref>

"Hey Deanie" became an international top-40 hit in both Canada and Australia, reaching number 21 on station 2NUR in Sydney.<ref>[http://www.las-solanas.com/arsa/chart_view.php?sv=82295 2SM 1270 AM survey, 24 March 1978]</ref>

==Background== "Hey Deanie" was the second hit written by Carmen for Cassidy, the first being "That's Rock 'n' Roll", from Cassidy's previous album. Both songs charted concurrently with Carmen's own hit, "She Did It". Carmen recorded "Hey Deanie" himself for his 1978 album, ''Change of Heart,'' and it was also featured as the B side of the title track's 45 RPM release, which became a top-20 hit.

Carmen wrote the song after seeing the film ''Splendor in the Grass'', starring Natalie Wood as "Deanie" and Warren Beatty as her lover.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4812 |title=Hey Deanie by Shaun Cassidy Songfacts |publisher=Songfacts.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-21}}</ref> It was the second of two songs inspired by the movie, the other being "Splendor in the Grass", penned and sung in 1966 by Jackie DeShannon.

As with Cassidy's bigger hits, his version of "Hey Deanie" was featured in one of the episodes of ''The Hardy Boys'', as performed by Cassidy's character Joe Hardy. The episode is entitled "Oh Say Can You Sing" (season two, episode 14).<ref>{{cite web |author=TV.com |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-hardy-boysnancy-drew-mysteries/trivia/ |title=The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Quotes, Facts & Trivia |website=TV.com |date=1979-02-28 |accessdate=2016-10-12 |archive-date=2016-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014014742/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-hardy-boysnancy-drew-mysteries/trivia |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Chart performance== {{col-begin|width=65%}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1977–1978) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=58}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|29 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1978-01-21 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs &#124; Billboard Hot 100 Chart |website=Billboard.com |date=1978-01-21 |accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Cash Box'' Top 100 | style="text-align:center;"|21 |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5469a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5469a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5469a |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|23 |- |Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2017&cat=s|title = Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|23 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1978) ! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|68 |- |Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070b |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|170 |} {{col-end}}

==Cover versions==

"Hey Deanie" was covered by power pop artist Gary Charlson in 1981, as a live version. It was included on his ''Real Live'' album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gary-Charlson-Real-Live-Gary/master/953076 |title=Gary Charlson - Real Live Gary! |website=Discogs.com |year=1981 |accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref>

==Later uses== A portion of the lyrics, "I stand accused, I'm in league with the forces of darkness; an incurable believer in the magic of a midnight sky" was being used for Cassidy's 2020–2023 American concert tour, The Magic of a Midnight Sky.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaun Cassidy |url=https://www.shauncassidy.com/pages/shows |website=shauncassidy.com |access-date=15 February 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119205554/https://www.shauncassidy.com/pages/shows |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/shaun-cassidy/hey-deanie Lyrics of this song] * [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4812 "Hey Deanie" at Song Facts] * {{YouTube|2aphab0R1yE|Eric Carmen - Hey Deanie}} * {{YouTube|GO9WnxRlLF8|Shaun Cassidy - Hey Deanie}}

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