The chant comes from the 1969 hit Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by the studio group Steam, whose na na na and hey hey chorus proved easy for crowds to adopt. Sports fans picked it up in the late 1970s, most famously at Chicago White Sox games, and it spread to arenas and stadiums as a taunt for ejected players and beaten teams. It has since passed into general pop culture, appearing in films, television and online edits whenever a farewell needs to feel both triumphant and mocking.
About this sound
The classic hey hey hey goodbye chant sung by a crowd to mock a losing team or departing player, widely used as a farewell sound effect in sports edits.
This is the familiar crowd chant built around a simple, singalong melody, with voices rising on the hey hey hey before dropping into a drawn out goodbye. It sounds cheerful on the surface but pointed in context, like a whole stadium waving someone off at once. The repetition makes it instantly recognisable even from a short clip, and the group singing gives it a teasing, celebratory energy. Viewers understand the joke immediately without any setup, which is why a few seconds is enough to signal a defeat, an exit or an elimination.
