Hey Mr. DJ
| "Hey Mr. DJ" | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||||||||
| Single by Van Morrison | ||||||||||
| from the album Down the Road | ||||||||||
| A-side | "Hey Mr. DJ" | |||||||||
| B-side | "Someone Like You" and "Bright Side of the Road" | |||||||||
| Released | 2002 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||||||||
| Genre | Blues, R&B | |||||||||
| Length | 3:45 | |||||||||
| Label | Polydor | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Van Morrison | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Van Morrison | |||||||||
| Van Morrison singles chronology | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
"Hey Mr. DJ" is a popular song written by Northern Irish singer Van Morrison and recorded on his 2002 album, Down the Road. It was released as a single in the U.K. and charted at number fifty-eight. The single includes two popular Morrison compositions as the B-side; both have been included in the compilation album Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.
Rolling Stone magazine reviewer David Fricke has said this about the song "'Hey Mr. DJ' is a requiem for the one-on-one electricity of pre-Clear Channel radio, swinging with sweet brass and the iconic echo of Sam Cooke's 'Having a Party'."[1]
Recording history
The song was originally recorded in 2000 with Linda Gail Lewis, intended for an album entitled Choppin' Wood. Prior to the release of the album, Lewis' contributions to the song were removed and string and vocal overdubs were added.[2]
Personnel
- Van Morrison - acoustic guitar, vocals
- John Allair - Hammond organ
- Crawford Bell - background vocals
- Olwin Bell - background vocals
- Lee Goodall - tenor and alto saxophones
- Mick Green - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Karen Hamill - background vocals
- David Hayes - bass guitar, double bass
- Matt Holland - trumpet
- Bobby Irwin - drums
- Siobhan Pettit - background vocals
- Johnny Scott - background vocals
- Rosie Wetters - cello, string section leader
- Aine Whelan - background vocals
Appearances on other albums
- This song was included on the compilation album, The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3.
- "Hey Mr. DJ" is included on the 3CD limited edition of the 2007 compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits, as the opening song on the third CD.
Notes
- ↑ Fricke, David (2002-05-09). "Down the Road Rolling Stone review". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ Heylin. Can You Feel the Silence?, p.529
References
- Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7