{{Infobox song | name = Hey Ladies | cover = HeyLadies.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Beastie Boys | album = Paul's Boutique | B-side = Shake Your Rump | released = July 25, 1989 | recorded = | studio = | genre = * Hip-hop | length = 3:47 (single)<br>14:28 (EP) | label = Capitol | writer = Beastie Boys, Barbarella Bishop, Matt Dike, Ronald Ford, John King, Gaary Shider, Linda Shider, Michael Simpson, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=380299383&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1 |title=Ascap entry for 'Hey ladies' |publisher=Ascap.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-28 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | producer = Beastie Boys, Dust Brothers | prev_title = Girls | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Shadrach | next_year = 1989 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Naf5uJYGoiU|"Hey Ladies"}}}} }}

"'''Hey Ladies'''" is a song by American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, featured on their album ''Paul's Boutique''. It was the album's only charting single, hitting No. 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It is also the first single in history to chart in the Top 20 of both the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles and Modern Rock Tracks charts, hitting No. 10 on the former and No. 18 on the latter.<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beastie boys|chart=all}} |title=Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History |work=Billboard |accessdate=2013-07-02}}</ref>

''Cash Box'' said, "This is extremely funky, and way catchy."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Pure Pop for Now People|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1989/CB-1989-07-15.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|date=July 15, 1989|accessdate=2022-12-21|page=14|author=Wednesday, Oscar}}</ref>

The 12" record and CD versions of the single were released as an EP entitled ''Love American Style''.

In the vein of ''Saturday Night Fever'' and the ''Dolemite'' series of blaxploitation films, a music video was made for the song.

The music video was directed by Adam Bernstein.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/adam-bernstein-direct-the-mist-spike-stephen-king-1201749775/|title=Adam Bernstein To Direct 'The Mist' On Spike|last=Petski|first=Denise|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 5, 2016|access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Track listings== ;7" single # "Hey Ladies"&nbsp;– 3:54 # "Shake Your Rump"&nbsp;– 3:18

;''Love American Style'' EP # "Hey Ladies"&nbsp;– 3:47 # "Shake Your Rump"&nbsp;– 3:19 # "33% God"&nbsp;– 3:40 # "Dis Yourself in '89 (Just Do It)"&nbsp;– 3:26

==Charts== {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1989) !Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|Australian Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/q1abuq2.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=2016-08-24}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|141 |- |align="left"|Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1989/week-35|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 35, 1989|lang=dutch| publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |align="left"|Dutch Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Beastie+Boys&titel=Hey+Ladies&cat=s|title=dutchcharts.nl - Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies|publisher=|accessdate=2011-05-10}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|31 |- |align="left"|German Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Beastie+Boys/?type=single|title=Chartverfolgung / Beastie Boys / Single|accessdate=2011-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225042150/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Beastie+Boys/?type=single|archive-date=2012-02-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|43 |- |align="left"|New Zealand Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Beastie+Boys&titel=Hey+Ladies&cat=s |title=charts.nz - Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-10 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|37 |- |align="left"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=The Official Charts Company - Beastie Boys |work=Official Charts Company |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-10 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|76 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beastie boys|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Beastie Boys Song Chart History: Hot 100|work=Billboard|accessdate=2011-05-10}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|36 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Dance Singles Sales<ref name="Allmusic singles">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p10/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Beastie Boys - Charts & Awards - ''Billboard'' Singles|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=2011-05-10}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|16 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play<ref name="Allmusic singles" /> | style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Tracks<ref name="Allmusic singles" /> | style="text-align:center;"|10 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beastie boys|chart=Alternative Songs}}|title=Beastie Boys Song Chart History: Alternative Songs|work=Billboard|accessdate=2011-05-10}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|18 |}

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