This page will contain videos about Steam (band), as they become available.Steam (band)Steam was a pop music group best known for their 1969 #1 hit song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". A one-hit wonder -- the band had already broken up by the time the song, intended to be a throwaway B-side, hit -- the group and song were largely forgotton until the 1977 Major League Baseball season, when Chicago White Sox organist Nancy Faust began playing the tune when opposing pitchers were relieved, or when the Sox had clearly won the game. Fans began singing along, playing the song during sporting events gradually became a tradition and today the Steam hit is commonly heard at arenas and stadiums throughout the US. The song was revived for the 2000 movie Remember the Titans. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steam_%28band%29&action=edit).This page about Steam (band) includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Steam (band) News stories about Steam (band) External links for Steam (band) Videos for Steam (band) Wikis about Steam (band) Discussion Groups about Steam (band) Blogs about Steam (band) Images of Steam (band) |
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The song was revived for the 2000 movie Remember the Titans. Despite numerous line-up changes and a decline in mainstream success, the band are still recording and performing in the early 2000s. Fans began singing along, playing the song during sporting events gradually became a tradition and today the Steam hit is commonly heard at arenas and stadiums throughout the US. Their greatest success came in the late 1970s/early 1980s, peaking with their cover version of The O'Jays "Now That We've Found Love", a hit single on both sides of the Atlantic in 1979. A one-hit wonder -- the band had already broken up by the time the song, intended to be a throwaway B-side, hit -- the group and song were largely forgotton until the 1977 Major League Baseball season, when Chicago White Sox organist Nancy Faust began playing the tune when opposing pitchers were relieved, or when the Sox had clearly won the game. Their sound is influenced by soul, funk and disco and is considered by some reggae purists to be overly "commercial". Steam was a pop music group best known for their 1969 #1 hit song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". Third World is a Jamaican reggae band formed in 1973. |