▁reached ▁number ▁ 2 ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Main stream ▁Top ▁ 4 0 ▁chart , ▁behind ▁" Lock ed ▁Out ▁of ▁Heaven " ▁by ▁Bruno ▁Mars . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁their ▁first ▁single ▁to ▁be ▁cert ified ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁ ▁Background ▁information ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁originally ▁created ▁during ▁Sch ult z ▁and ▁Fra ites ' ▁time ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁as ▁a ▁kiss - off ▁to ▁dis inter ested ▁concert - go ers . ▁" That ▁song ▁was ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁get ▁under ▁people ' s ▁skin ▁at ▁shows ▁in ▁Brook lyn , ▁where ▁everyone ▁is ▁pretty ▁ind ifferent ," ▁Sch ult z ▁told ▁American ▁Song writer . ▁" And ▁I ▁figured ▁if ▁we ▁could ▁pun ctu ate ▁it ▁with ▁sh outs ▁we ▁might ▁get ▁someone ' s ▁attention ." ▁ ▁Com position ▁" H o ▁Hey " ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁key ▁of ▁C ▁major . ▁A ▁Mc Int osh ▁MC 2 4 0 ▁ampl ifier ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁recording . ▁ ▁Chart ▁performance ▁The ▁song ▁became ▁a ▁commercial ▁success ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁break through ▁hit ▁for ▁the ▁L um ine ers . ▁It ▁deb uted ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 ▁at ▁number ▁ 9 0 ▁on ▁the ▁week ▁of ▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁From ▁there , ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁sle eper ▁hit , ▁slowly ▁asc ending ▁the ▁chart ▁until ▁it ▁broke ▁into ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁in ▁the ▁week ▁of ▁November ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 2