Chemical Brother’s “Hey Boy Hey Girl” Re-Released As “Hey They”

The Chemical Brother’s have revealed that they will be re-releasing their 1999 hit single Hey Boy Hey Girl as a gender neutral track, renamed “Hey They” and will be a far greater reflection of modern club culture.

“You can’t just go around assuming the gender of a track,” explained Rowlands earlier today. “Every time I hear Hey Boy Hey Girl on the radio or in a club it makes me cringe and I get really embarrassed. It makes me feel like a bit of an old fossil if I’m being honest with you.”

“It’s just not right to have songs like that in this day and age. It’s 2025, we can’t be running around acting like it’s still 2016, for fuck’s sake,” continued Rowlands. “I think the new version is way better anyway, it goes ‘hey they, hey they, superstar DJ, if you fully consent and I haven’t offended you in any way… here we go!” which in my opinion rolls off the tongue far easier.”

“We’re also re-shooting the video, which I’m really excited about,” confirmed Rowlands. “All of the skeletons in the new shoot will be gender-fluid, I’m not exactly sure what that means but I’m really happy about it, men and women’s skeletons all look identical to me anyway, so I suppose there is no gender in the skeletal world,” he added with complete disregard for human anatomy.

Rowlands also revealed that he is changing the act’s name from The Chemical Brothers to ‘The Chemical Family Members Choosing To Identify As Male’ as it is ‘the best way to avoid getting cancelled with this Gen-Z lot while on tour.

You can stream The Chemical Family Members Choosing To Identify As Male’s latest single Hey They on whatever murderous, scene-destroying platform you prefer. Probably Spotify?