My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
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"My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" is a Neil Young song that opens his 1979 album *Rust Never Sleeps*, reflecting on rock music’s legacy and the tension between fading away and burning out.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Rust Never Sleeps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Crazy Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousLine | It’s better to burn out than to fade away ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
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rock ⓘ |
| hasAcousticArrangement | yes ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Battleme
NERFINISHED
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Billy Talent NERFINISHED ⓘ Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersionOn | Live Rust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVersion | Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Neil Young discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | grunge movement ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
acoustic guitar
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harmonica ⓘ |
| label | Reprise Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveDebutTour | Rust Never Sleeps Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
compact disc
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digital audio ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| notableLyric | Rock and roll can never die ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | Rust Never Sleeps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rust Never Sleeps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
David Briggs
NERFINISHED
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Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Mulligan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| recordedWith | Crazy Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1978 ⓘ |
| referencedIn | Kurt Cobain’s suicide note ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | album track ⓘ |
| side | acoustic side of Rust Never Sleeps ⓘ |
| tempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
fame and mortality
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rock music legacy ⓘ tension between fading away and burning out ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 1 ⓘ |
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