Little is documented about the original recording behind Hey Cover Number 2, including who performed it or when this second version was made. The numbering suggests it was shared as part of a small series of informal covers passed around on soundboards and social apps. Online, it survives not as a chart release but as a reusable clip, reposted under its transliterated Russian title and dropped into memes, short edits and group chats whenever a spontaneous burst of singing fits the joke better than the original song would.