# Hey Deanie

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{{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](/source/Shaun_Cassidy)
| album      = [Born Late](/source/Born_Late_(album))
| B-side     = Strange Sensation
| released   = November 1977
| recorded   = 1977
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)<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](/source/Visible_Ink_Press) |location= Detroit |page= 209}}</ref>
| length     = 3:37
| label      = [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros._Records)
| writer     = [Eric Carmen](/source/Eric_Carmen)
| producer   = [Michael Lloyd](/source/Michael_Lloyd_(music_producer))
| prev_title = [That's Rock 'n' Roll](/source/That's_Rock_'n'_Roll)
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = [Do You Believe in Magic?](/source/Do_You_Believe_in_Magic_(song))
| next_year  = 1978
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vM072Y_zEPw|Listen to "Hey Deanie"}}}}
}}

"'''Hey Deanie'''" is a song written by [Eric Carmen](/source/Eric_Carmen). It was a popular hit single by [Shaun Cassidy](/source/Shaun_Cassidy) that was released the last week of November, 1977 from his album, ''[Born Late](/source/Born_Late_(album))''. It was his third and final top-10 hit, peaked at number seven for two weeks on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/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](/source/Music_recording_sales_certification).<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](/source/WLS_(AM)), 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](/source/2NUR) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney%2C_Australia).<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](/source/That's_Rock_'n'_Roll)", from Cassidy's previous album. Both songs charted concurrently with Carmen's own hit, "[She Did It](/source/She_Did_It)".  Carmen recorded "Hey Deanie" himself for his 1978 album, ''[Change of Heart](/source/Change_of_Heart_(Eric_Carmen_album)),'' and it was also featured as the [B side](/source/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](/source/Splendor_in_the_Grass)'', starring [Natalie Wood](/source/Natalie_Wood) as "Deanie" and [Warren Beatty](/source/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](/source/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(song))", penned and sung in 1966 by [Jackie DeShannon](/source/Jackie_DeShannon).

As with Cassidy's bigger hits, his version of "Hey Deanie" was featured in one of the episodes of ''[The Hardy Boys](/source/The_Hardy_Boys%2FNancy_Drew_Mysteries)'', as performed by Cassidy's character [Joe Hardy](/source/Joe_Hardy_(The_Hardy_Boys)).  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==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1977–1978)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot 100](/source/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](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))'' 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](/source/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
|}
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===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
|}
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==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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Category:1977 songs
Category:1977 singles
Category:Shaun Cassidy songs
Category:Eric Carmen songs
Category:Songs written by Eric Carmen
Category:1970s ballads
Category:Pop ballads
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Lloyd

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