. ▁Anne ▁Er ick son ▁of ▁Audio ▁In k ▁Radio ▁gave ▁the ▁song ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 4 ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 , ▁favor ably ▁comparing ▁Wes ley ▁Sch ult z ' s ▁lead ▁vocals ▁on ▁the ▁song ▁to ▁Ra ine ▁Ma ida . ▁Er ick son ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁" it ' s ▁d arn ▁ref res hing ▁to ▁sit ▁back ▁and ▁take ▁in ▁some ▁genu ine , ▁straightforward ▁music ▁that ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁heart ". ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁named ▁the ▁song ▁the ▁ 2 6 th - best ▁song ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁" H o ▁Hey " ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁video ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Ben ▁F ee . ▁The ▁video ▁shows ▁the ▁band ▁walking ▁down ▁a ▁hall ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁L inda ▁V ista ▁Hospital ▁while ▁singing ▁and ▁dan cing ▁to ▁the ▁song . ▁ ▁In ▁pop ▁culture ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁its ▁release , ▁" H o ▁Hey " ▁was ▁first ▁featured ▁on ▁the ▁December ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁episode ▁of ▁Hart ▁of ▁D ix ie . ▁Later ▁on , ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁a ▁television ▁commercial ▁for ▁B ing ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁UK , ▁the ▁song ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁an ▁advert is ement ▁for ▁E . ON , ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁episode ▁of ▁sit com ▁C uck