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Released on Motown, also I Want You Back (The Jacksons), Truly (Lionel Richie) and You Mean More to Me (Lionel Richie)
Part of Billy Preston & Syreeta, also A Long and Lasting Love, A New Way to Say I Love You and It’s So Easy
Written by Keith Boyd, Jr., also Some Love (Chaka Khan)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Billy Preston wrote 28 songs on fono
Billy Preston’s most frequent co-writer is Bruce Fisher (5 songs together)
Billy Preston first appears on fono in 1970, 11 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Billy Preston and Keith Boyd, Jr.
- Part of
- Billy Preston & Syreeta
- Released on
- Motown
- Written by
- Billy Preston and Keith Boyd, Jr.
- Part of
- Billy Preston & Syreeta
- Released on
- Motown
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Keith Boyd, Jr.
Same label: Motown
Same release: Billy Preston & Syreeta
Same label: Motown
Same release: Billy Preston & Syreeta
Same label: Motown
Same release: Billy Preston & Syreeta
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Hey You was written by Billy Preston
2MusicBrainz Hey You was written by Keith Boyd, Jr.
3MusicBrainz Hey You is part of the release Billy Preston & Syreeta
Hey You is part of the release Billy Preston & Syreeta
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Motown is the label of the song Hey You
5MusicBrainz Hey You was released on 1981